DETROIT – Thunder Audio supplied and deployed an L-Acoustics K1/K2 loudspeaker system for Post Malone’s recent “Runaway” tour, with Julian Gates serving as the systems engineer on the most recent tour leg. FOH and monitor engineers Joseph Hellow and Travon Snipes used DiGiCo SD5 consoles for the trek, which began last fall and continued this year before it was interrupted by Covid-19 in mid-March.
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Lately, especially as the weather improves, people are anxious to break out of their shelter-in-place hibernation and resume “normal” (remember that?) life. Among the first states to give the nod to the resumption of public events – movie theaters, concerts, funerals, weddings, school graduations – was Missouri. So could churches and concert venues be far behind? Let’s take a closer look.
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CHICAGO – While there’s no official word on Lollapalooza (July 30-Aug. 2) and the Pitchfork festival (July 17-19), Chicago music lovers got the bad news May 4 that the Grant Park Music Festival, which had been set to run from June 20-Aug. 15, will be cancelling for 2020. A week earlier, the Ravinia Festival, which runs from June through September in Highland Park, IL, was canceled in its entirety for 2020.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA – Harman Professional University added 14 free Live Workshops to its ongoing Learning Sessions program. Available workshops, scheduled for the first two weeks in May, feature audio and lighting experts who have extensive industry knowledge and experience working with various touring acts.
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CHAMPAIGN/URBANA, IL – C.V. Lloyde Audiovisual worked with the new owner of Kam’s to provide AV support for a larger version of Kam’s Bar, which dates back to 1933. LEA Professional amps drive the JBL speaker system. The venue opened briefly in February and looks forward to welcoming back patrons when Covid-19 restrictions ease.
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FLORENCE, Italy – K-array is offering a complete and homogeneous solution for all areas of a venue dedicated to entertainment: clubs, lounges, bars and… Read More »K-array Webinar Series Presents Clubs and Lounges
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Fulcrum Acoustic announced a webinar led by Stephen Siegel, the company’s president and co-founder. Siegel will be discussing the unique attributes, technology, and application of… Read More »Fulcrum Acoustic Announces Webinar May 7
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IISALMI, Finland – Genelec will be donating a percentage of every sale of its new RAW loudspeaker range to the Audio Engineering Society (AES), for the remainder of this year. Additionally, Genelec will be funding ten one-year AES memberships for those individuals whose lives have been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis.
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NATICK, MA – Genelec’s “G*Connect Webinar: Choosing the right loudspeakers” will take place from 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. EDT and will be hosted by… Read More »Genelec Hosting Loudspeaker Webinar on May 5
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NYC/VIENNA – AES has begun to announce program details for the upcoming Virtual Vienna Convention, including three keynote lectures and the Heyser Presentation. Pictured here, clockwise from top left, are keynote presenter Marisa Hoeschele, Heyser Presentation lecturer Francis Rumsey, keynote presenter Jamie Angus and keynote presenter Franz Zotter.
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TORONTO – Yorkville Sound has been focusing their engineering and manufacturing expertise to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. In conjunction with Starfish Medical, Yorkville’s design team is engaged in an open-source ventilator design project, with a goal of increasing the availability of ventilators in Canada.
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BIRMINGHAM, U.K. – Roy Williams, longtime FOH engineer for Robert Plant and others, died April 29, 2020. His personal mantra was “Live the life you love and love the life you live,” and he certainly accomplished that. He was 73.
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