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MONTREAL – She's one of the best-selling recording artists in history, but she hasn't toured since 1999.  Following a record-breaking five-year engagement at the Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Celine Dion is back on the road with her Taking Chances production tour, the first major artist to carry two Studer Vista 5SR digital audio consoles to handle front-of-house and monitor mixing.

LIVERPOOL, England – ADLIB Audio continues its busy spring with their new V-DOSC system, once again in action, this time on the recent Matchbox 20 UK arena tour, specified by industry veteran FOH Engineer Jim Ebdon. It was the first time ADLIB has worked with the band, but had worked on Rob Thomas’s last UK production tour. ADLIB supplied their most experienced V-DOSC systems engineers – Tony Szabo and James Neale, plus monitor guru Marc Peers who looked after everything onstage.

Miami, Fla. – For those seeking a fine dining experience coupled with some late night music and dancing, the upscale “Dolores but you can call me Lolita” restaurant and lounge is one of Miami’s top destinations. Offering spectacular south Florida sunsets on the restaurant’s open terrace and featuring an eclectic fusion of Brazilian, Persian, Spanish, Asian and Mediterranean cuisines, guests enjoy a broad choice of menu options and frequently extend their visits into the wee hours of the morning in the adjacent lounge. The facility recently upgraded its sound reinforcement capabilities, and patrons are now treated to a first-class audio experience courtesy of loudspeaker systems from D.A.S. Audio.

Carvin introduces the new EM900 In Ear Monitor System designed with PLL (phase lock loop) electronics, balanced XLR inputs and rugged metal housings. Ideal for both on stage use and rehearsals, the EM900 In Ear Monitor System is an alternative to cumbersome floor monitor wedges — facilitating greater freedom of movement while enabling one to hear everything in either high fidelity mono or stereo. Performers can use as many as 16 complete EM900 systems simultaneously on stage and any number of EM901 stereo receivers on the same frequency.

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – Ryan Adams once said in a radio interview that classic rock is alive and well in America. Truer words were never spoken, especially during the summer, with tours heading out to see America, and Heil Sound microphones are along for the ride.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Backstreet Boys, the best-selling boy band of all time with over 100-million album sales worldwide and a dozen U.S. top 40 hits to their name, are back on the road with their Unbreakable Tour. The line-up may have slimmed down from five to four members, but the boys haven't changed their preference for Sennheiser vocal microphones, once again opting to use SKM 565 G2 wireless handhelds, along with Sennheiser ew 300 IEM G2 personal monitoring systems. 

The ProDesk-4 small format console is available in five different input formats. Available in 16, 24, 32, 40 and 48 mono mic/line input channels, ProDesk-4 includes 4 Stereo Line Only input channels, each selectable from two different input sources and controlled from 100 mm faders with stereo EQ and access to all aux buses.

SAN DIEGO – Founded in early 2000, San Diego’s Rock Church has earned a  reputation for its uplifting, high-energy services and busy concert schedule that consistently draw large audiences week after week. Late last year, the Rock Church and Academy finally opened its own permanent facility in Point Loma, where the large sanctuary is equipped with a combination of L-ACOUSTICS KUDO and dV-DOSC line source array cabinets in a LCR configuration, plus ARCS cabinets for side-fill coverage. 

CHICAGO – Wise Fool’s Pub, a double storefront space on Lincoln Avenue, originally opened in 1968. Since then, blues legends like Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Son Seals, KoKo Taylor, Lonnie Brooks, Buddy Guy and Mighty Joe Young have played there, including George Thorogood, who made his first Chicago appearance there.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – The City Impact Church, known and respected for its positive influence throughout the community of Auckland, New Zealand, recently installed an Adamson SpekTrix Line Array System in the main Sanctuary of the brand new building.  

BERKELY, Calif. – “The audience pays to hear Dolly and it’s my job to make sure they can,” says Michael Fechner, Dolly Parton’s longtime house engineer and production manager, who recently joined hands with Taylor, Mich.-based Thunder Audio to power Parton’s “Backwoods Barbie” world tour with a Meyer Sound system.
 

LAS VEGAS – It’s time again to recognize the foot soldiers of the live audio industry. FOH Magazine is now taking nominations for the 2008 FOH Hometown Hero Awards. If you know or work with a local or regional soundco that consistently goes above and beyond to get the gig right, then let us know.  Go here and fill out the name of the company, city and state, contact info, region, and one or two sentences on why they should get the nomination.