International News

SALISBURY, U.K. – When the 133-year-old Father Willis Organ at Salisbury Cathedral was sent for repair during February and March of this year, the church's liturgical music program continued uninterrupted with digital pipe organ music, reinforced by 12 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers.

BRESCIA, Italy – Outline recently inaugurated a factory that gets part of its power from solar panels on the roof. The energy division of the Marcegaglia group developed the system, which uses an amorphous silicon photovoltaic system to turn sunshine into electricity.

BUENOS AIRES – Seventeen years after their last Argentinian concert, Guns N' Roses performed before a crowd of 45,000 as part of the band's Chinese Democracy World Tour 2010. Buenos Aires Live Show, which handled the technical staging of the event, using Proel Edge15CXPB coaxial monitors.

WEDEMARK, Germany – Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG founder Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser passed away May 17, only a few days after his 98th birthday. He founded the company in mid-1945.

LONDON – Adlib Lighting and Sound provided full technical production for ventriloquist Jeff Dunham and his five characters, including Achmed The Dead Terrorist, known for his catchphrase, "Silence…I Keel You!"

TBILISI, Georgia – Karvasla, a major shopping mall, has been equipped with 350 dBTechnologies M50TW loudspeakers, specified and installed by Smarthouse and Office LLC.

MARCOUSSIS, France – L-Acoustics, which unveiled plans for its KARA/SB18 pilot program at Prolight + Sound 2010 in Frankfurt, now reports that the pilot program is underway, with participants including members of the L-Acoustics Rental Network.

MOUNT KILIMANJARO, Africa – The world record for "The Highest Altitude Rock Gig/Electrical Musical Performance on Land" was set earlier this year at 19,341 feet above sea level, when Sound Driver, a five-piece indie band supported by a group of volunteers carrying gear, trekked up to Africa's highest point before performing amid the threat of sleet, rain, altitude sickness and oxygen deprivation.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – Three soundcos joined forces to support Guns N' Roses' stop at Centenario Stadium here recently on the band's Chinese Democracy tour. Close to 30,000 fans heard the band with the help of a large quantity of Aero Series 2 and Aero loudspeaker models from D.A.S. Audio.

GREYTOWN, South Africa – For the third year running, Gearhouse South Africa supplied full technical production for the annual Mighty Man Conference, including audio. Gearhouse was again working for The Shalom Trust and in collaboration with its technical coordinator, Nik Fairclough of Northwind Recording, who also mixed the FOH sound.

PORT MACQUARIE, Australia – Glasshouse, a $50 million arts center that opened in mid-2009, includes a 600-seat performing arts theater, a 600-square-meter art gallery, a studio theater, conference facilities and an community workshop.