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MONTREAL – Singer/songwriter Norah Jones is supporting her fourth studio album, The Fall, with a tour and performances on late night TV. The album, produced by Jacquire King, is a rock ‘n' roll departure from Jones' earlier work. But Jones' voice has not changed, and FOH engineer Brett Dicus continues to rely on Neumann gear for vocals and a backline of Sennheiser wired mics and wireless PMs.

SAN ANTONIO, TX – The 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, held at the Alamodome, was the 10th annual East vs. West football match-up. Televised live on NBC, the game featured the top 90 high school football players in the U.S. Clearwing Productions supported the event with audio gear including a Yamaha PM5D-RH digital audio console.

LAS VEGAS – The recession may have turned some of the high rollers on the Strip into bargain hunters, but not all of the big-spending visions from the mid-2000s got scrapped. CityCenter – a $4 billion project at its June 2006 ground-breaking and almost an $11 billion project at its December 2009 grand opening – stands as the largest privately-funded development in the U.S. The project also required a major investment in audio gear.

PITTSBURGH, PA – Duquesne University's renovated Union Ballroom has been equipped with two AX366 Arrayable Install loudspeakers from EAW, chosen by Hollowood Music and Sound for their ability to overcome the challenge of the room's split-ceiling design.

BUENA PARK, CA – Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. (YCAS) recently held two product seminars for audio consultants and an AV Summit for rental houses and end users highlighting small- to mid-scale audio solutions.

CALGARY, Canada – After the U.S. leg for their Double Down Live tour, ZZ Top headed north of the border for a string of shows in Canada, supported by Briere Production Group and gear from Martin Audio.

JACKSONVILLE, FL – The University of North Florida's Andrew A. Robinson Theatre, which hosts lectures, presentations, small theater, film showings and music performances, needed a multipurpose sound system, and UNF Fine Arts Center technology director Richard Stanford found one with a new Variant setup from D.A.S. Audio.

ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, MD – With a name like Crystal Serenity, it better sound good. So when the cruise ship, the flagship of the fleet operated by Crystal Cruises, needed a transport solution for their 600-seat Galaxy Lounge, which required a long cable run, Kyle Toth, entertainment technical director, chose LightViper EF2 Ethernet.

ANAHEIM, CA – Adamson Systems Engineering may not have had a booth at the recent Winter NAMM, but a couple of their Point Series boxes were at the show, used for sound reinforcement at the Waves Audio booth.

BUENA PARK – Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. and Yamaha Corporation of America, along with Elation Lighting, Shure and Media Shout, will sponsor two Worship Arts Technology Summits (WATS) in February. The first will be held in conjunction with Sandy Cove Ministries in North East, Md., Feb. 2-4. The second will be held at the Lifeway Ridgecrest Conference Center, Ridgecrest, N.C., Feb. 15-17.