International News

LONDON – Florence and the Machine used a combined iLive FOH and monitor system on its European tour this fall, which included dates in the U.K., Germany, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Holland and Austria.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Along with U.S. president Barack Obama and over 100 VIPs including heads of state and various ministers of different nations addressing climate change issues, a total of more than 30,000 people attended the UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) at the 77,000-square-meter Bella Center in Copenhagen.

RIMINI, Italy – Eros Ramazzotti recently embarked on the first European leg of his "Ali e Radici" (Wings and Roots) world tour, a 10-truck production with stops at indoor arenas in 23 European countries before it travels for some South American dates, a series of European open-air summer shows, then off to the U.S. and Australia.

VIENNA, Austria – AKG recently updated its System Architect plug-in for the HUB 4000 Q to version 3.5 with the introduction of the Harman System Architect 2.1 release, fully integrating the digital wireless microphone system DMS 700 into System Architect.

LONDON – Sound engineer Randy Meullier, who is using a Soundcraft Vi6 for the U.K. and European legs of Alice Cooper's Theater of Death tour, credited Pete Russell at SSE Audio Group for giving him access to his first-choice console.

LONDON – The Hot Rats, a side project of British Indie band Supergrass, recently embarked on tour with a compact Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system to manage various live performances and media appearances.

BUENOS AIRES – The 6th Edition of the Personal Fest, a two-day event headlined by Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys, drew more than 60,000 people to Club Ciudad. Other bands at the event included Nile Rodgers & Chic, Zero 7, Cafe Tacuba and Tahiti 80.

WROCLAW, Poland – The One Love Sound Festival, staged recently at Centennial Hall, drew close to 10,000 fans of reggae, roots music, dub, hip-hop, dancehall and world and electonic music. The sound system for the event was provided by a Czak Music, based in Tarnobrzeg, Poland.

LONDON – SFL Group has installed an L-Acoustics line source system into Dominion Church, based in a renovated 1930s Art Deco cinema in Wood Green, North London, using large-format Kudo and compact Kiva cabinets.

OSLO – Promoting Foot Of The Mountain – their first album in four years – the Norwegian pop band A-Ha has spent the autumn touring venues throughout Europe and Japan with a DiGiCo SD7 at FOH and an SD8 on monitors.

LONDON – Adlib Audio is supplying English 2-tone/ska band The Specials with sound equipment and the crew. Tour manager Mike Darling chose Adlib, based on previous assignments with Ibiza Rocks and other projects. Adlib crew members included James Neale and Richy Nicholson.