DETROIT — Kid Rock and his band, Twisted Brown Trucker, are once again rolling across the U.S. with two months of arena shows between February and April. Along for the ride are opening acts Buckcherry and Hellbound Glory. Sound Image is once again supporting the tour with an L-Acoustics K1 system.
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ORLANDO, FL — Encore Broadcast Solutions and Atlantic Professional Audio (APA) provided a Turbosound Flex Array system for the new 3,000-seat, stadium-style sanctuary opened on a new campus by Orlando’s Faith Assembly of God Church.
Read More »NEW YORK — Hanan, a multi-instrumentalist who is particularly noted for his guitar performances, is now touring as a band member for Alicia Key’s Set The World On Fire tour. The lead guitarist recently lauded Harman’s AKG WMS4500 wireless system for its ability to effectively convey his virtuosity to audiences around the world.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — “We would like to reinvent fundraising night,” said Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte to the Las Vegas Review Journal, explaining why six of the seven venues hosting Cirque productions would go dark on Friday, March 22. The day is designated “World Water Day” by the One Drop foundation, a charity Laliberte founded to save lives among the world’s poor with sustainable clean water and sanitation systems.
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC — Following their recent tour with the Zac Brown Band, SES (Special Event Services) has increased its inventory of Martin Audio MLA loudspeakers with an additional 24 MLA, 24 MLX, and 48 MLA Compact enclosures.
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HOUSTON — Wes Matthew, owner of Puresound, has been using the RF Spotlight antenna from RF Venue to overcome the challenges posed by the crowded radio frequency spectrum in the Houston area, including signal dropouts and RF interference. One of the more recent cases where RF Spotlight helped solve problems was at a megachurch equipped with lavaliers and handheld wireless microphones linked to Sennheiser ew 100 G3 receivers.
Read More »LINCOLN, NE — Battling health issues that ranged from the diagnosis of a bleeding ulcer in January to pneumonia in both lungs earlier this month, Morrissey, 53, has been forced to cancel the remaining 22 tour dates on his on-again, off-again North American tour, which had been set to run through May 1. There are no plans to reschedule the shows, said Morrissey’s publicist, Lauren Papapietro.
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO — The Open Control Architecture (OCA) Alliance, the industry collective developing, and working to standardize, a media networking system control standard for professional applications, recently added three new associate members – Attero Tech, LLC, Audinate Pty. Ltd, and Waves Audio.
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ABBOTSFORD, BC, Canada — Sound Art Calgary provided the sound system driven by dual SD8-36 consoles at FOH and monitors to bring Pink Floyd’s music and showmanship back to fans via a tribute tour across the U.S. and Canada. The 26-city tour, called The Pink Floyd Experience (PFX), took place in February and March. It was produced by Annerin Productions.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL — Florida Sound Engineering helped the new owners of the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars update the player locker room and nearby facilities with a new AV system that makes use of the Jupiter 8 app-based turn-key DSP from Symetrix.
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MIAMI — Three crew members were injured, two critically, when a section of video screen panels suspended some 30 feet above the Ultra Music Festival’s main stage fell during load-in at Bayfront Park here just before 8 p.m. March 14. After extensive safety checks during daylight hours March 15 by federal OSHA inspectors, the fire marshal and structural engineers, the main stage was approved for use and festival performances set for March 15-17 and 22-24 proceeded as planned.
Read More »LOS ANGELES — The Anschutz Company announced that while it had been seeking a buyer for Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) since Sept. 2012, no suitable offer has been made. As a result, AEG is no longer for sale. In a statement released March 14, The Anschutz Company’s owner, Philip Anschutz, also noted that he will be assuming a more hands-on role again with AEG, and that Tim Leiweke, who had served as AEG’s president and CEO since 1996, is stepping down.
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