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MEXICO CITY – YOSO, comprised of former Toto and Yes band members, kicked off their first leg of their world tour in Mexico recently with support from West Coast Sound & Light (WCSL). The tour is expected to travel to South America in 2010.

ESCONDIDIO, CA – Ross Ritto, 60, CEO and founder of Sound Image, who had spent nearly 40 years in the touring and systems integration industry, serving as a trend-setter, inventor and mentor to many, passed away on Dec. 23, 2009. The cause was cancer.

NEW YORK – The 77th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony drew tens of thousands who heard the ceremony through Outline Butterfly speakers driven by Powersoft amplifiers supplied by PRG, the production coordinators for the event.

NEW YORK – Legends 33, a sports bar and restaurant located on 33rd Street, not far from the Empire State Building, is named for its location and its emphasis on sports icons, but a Renkus-Heinz sound system installed by AV integrators Starview Satellite is another important element in the marketing mix.

CANYON LAKE, CA – The Young Americans teach music, dance and performance to young people throughout the world. The organization, founded in 1962, is a non-profit corporation and number more than 250 college age performers from nearly 40 states and seven countries with one agenda, to keep music alive in schools.

ST. PAUL, MN – The annual KDWB Jingle Ball, held at the Xcel Energy Center, helped ring in the holiday season with Jordin Sparks, Pitbull, Colbie Caillat, Boys Like Girls, 3oh!3, Justin Bieber, Jay Sean, Owl City and an Electro-Voice X-Line sound system deployed by local production company Eternal Systems, Inc.

OMAHA, NE – When the band Vertical Horizon went out on tour this year, they tapped industry veteran Jay Phebus as their FOH engineer and tour manager. The group is best known for "Everything You Want" from the 1999 album of the same name. This year, founding members Matt Scannell and Keith Kane decided to hit the road to promote the group's new album, Burning the Days.

LOS ANGELES – Industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails recently completed a world tour throughout the United States, Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific Rim, playing venues ranging in capacity from 5,000 to 25,000.