LOS ANGELES — As with last year’s ceremony, all of the artists and bands who performed using in-ear monitors during the 55th Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center here Feb. 10 used the Shure PSM1000 Personal Monitor System. This year’s list of IEM-using performers included Mumford & Sons, Rihanna, Maroon 5, Carrie Underwood, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake and Taylor Swift (pictured here).
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The 2013 edition of The Event Production Directory will be published and poly-bagged with the April issues of FRONT of HOUSE and PLSN magazines. If your company hasn’t been listed in the past, now’s the time to do it! Join thousands of other production companies and get listed in the largest resource in the event production industry. Go to epdweb.com and update or create a new listing today. Only the most-recent listings and updated records will have a chance of being published in this year’s directory. Deadline for updates is Feb. 28, 2013.
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LOS ANGELES — Bruno Mars (pictured here), Sting, Zac Brown, Miranda Lambert, Alicia Keys and Ed Sheeran got an assist from Sennheiser mics and wireless gear for their performances at the 55th Grammy Awards, held at Staples Center here Feb. 10. Sennheiser endorsees Zac Brown Band and Adele won Grammys for Best Country Album and Best Pop Solo Performance.
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CHICAGO — Picking up for Capital Sound, which had supported The Killers tour stops in the U.K., Delicate Productions provided a Martin Audio MLA system for the band in the U.S. Along with the usual challenges in optimizing the sound within venues ranging from mid-sized arenas to small theaters, casinos and ballrooms, which the MLA system helped tackle, the Camarillo, CA-based production company had to contend with cancellations of major arena shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Toronto’s Air Canada Centre and New Jersey’s Susquehanna Bank Center due to lead singer Brandon Flowers’ laryngitis.
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LIVONIA, MI — Thunder Audio, headquartered here, recently added 34 RCF subwoofers to their production inventory. The additional gear includes 24 TTS56-A (double-21) subwoofers, eight TTL36-AS (double-18) flyable active subwoofers and two TTS28-A (double-18) active subs, noted Thunder Audio owner Tony Villarreal. The new gear has already been deployed for events featuring Skrillex, Metallica and others.
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CHICAGO — For their 2012 Whip It to Shreds co-headlining tour of North America, Blondie and Devo were mixed on a Midas PRO6 at FOH and a PRO2C console at monitors. Production manager Jim Roese of New Hampshire-based RPM Dynamics, who specified the gear, also supported the tour as monitor engineer. Roese was joined by FOH engineers Rod Nielsen (Blondie) and Paul David Hager (Devo) along with Devo monitor engineer Adam Beck-Slaten.
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TEXAS — Intelligent Lighting Services’ Eric Bernstein recommended Ashly’s ne8250pe eight-channel Network Amp with integrated Protea signal processor for the Perry’s Steakhouse and Grille locations in Katy, Dallas and San Antonio, TX.
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HONOLULU — Custom Audio supported the audio needs of the NFL for the 2013 Pro Bowl, held at Aloha Stadium here Jan. 27 with an assist from RFvenue. Along with adverse RF conditions, the rain was heavy enough to warrant a flash flood warning from the National Weather Service for the entire island of Oahu; the game was delayed by a half hour as a result.
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LAS VEGAS — The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announces that pro audio executive Michael MacDonald has joined its Board of Advisors.
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NEW ORLEANS — The crews supporting the Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show tried to leave nothing to chance. Along with their own power supply, the halftime show was supported by a wireless system from Sennheiser, provided by ATK Audiotek. Beyoncé’s voice was heard via a custom chrome-finish Sennheiser SKM 5200-II handheld transmitter, topped with an MD 5235 dynamic capsule.
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ST. CHARLES, IL — Blast 13, a youth group weekend retreat held in late January by Willow Creek Community Church at the Pheasant Run Convention Center here, drew close to 1,400. Chicago-based TC Furlong supported the event with gear including a Yamaha CL5 digital audio console and two Rio3224-D input/output racks at FOH and a CL1 for monitor mixing along with two ProPlex Gigabit switches for network redundancy.
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NEW YORK —The Phantom of the Opera, which celebrated 25 years on the Great White Way on Jan. 26, also became the first Broadway production to complete 10,000 performances Feb. 11. Masque Sound joined the festivities as the production’s legacy audio equipment rental provider.
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