MILWAUKEE, WI – Summerfest, held here June 25-29, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s largest music festival for the past 15 consecutive years. Clearwing Productions supported the 46th annual event with more than 340 L-Acoustics loudspeaker enclosures.
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SAN DIEGO – As die-hard comic fans flooded the San Diego Convention Center, Comic-Con 2013 hosted more than 100,000 visitors as well as hundreds of celebrity guests discussing their latest movie roles and ideas surrounding the comic universe. During numerous panels, stars such as Peter Dinklage, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tom Cruise and Harrison Ford addressed questions from the audience through Harman’s AKG D5 microphones.
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BATON ROUGE, LA – Over a four-day span, Premier Production & Sound (PSS) Services worked with more than 127 bands in Baton Rouge and New Orleans at various music festivals and events, including the Baton Rouge Blues Festival, LSU’s “Groovin’ on the Grounds” and the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans. For the live sound reinforcement of each event, PSS provided Harman’s Crown amplifiers, JBL loudspeakers and Soundcraft mixing consoles.
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WEST LONDON, U.K. — Entec, based here, continued its 20 year working relationship with British band Blur, supplying sound equipment for the band’s 30-plus performances in 2013. The shows have included dates across Asia, Europe, South America, as well as a headline slot at Coachella; the photo is of the band performing in Hyde Park after the London 2012 Olympics.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Varsity Theatre, which is celebrating a 100-year history as a venue for live entertainment here, recently upgraded and expanded with a new in-house sound system from Electro-Voice. The main workhorse of the system is the Electro-Voice XLD281 dual 8-inch line array element, a 3-way system in a compact enclosure. The XLD281s are hung in two lines of six each. The system also includes a half-dozen QRx 218S compact dual 18-inch subwoofers for low-end support.
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LOS ANGELES — Since it opened here in 2011, the Icon Ultra Lounge has emerged as a nightlife hotspot, with guests reveling to DJs supported by rented sound gear within the 8,000 square-foot lounge and also on a similarly sized rooftop.
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RIO TINTO, Portugal — NEXT-proaudio, based here, named Studio Brasil as its exclusive distributor for Brazil. Studio Brasil is a growing pro audio distributor based in Sao Paulo. Pictured here are, from left, António Correia, general manager of NEXT-proaudio and Manoel Rodrigues, president/CEO of Studio Brasil.
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CHICAGO — Gand Concert Sound provided audio gear and crew to support the Red and Green stages at the Pitchfork Music Festival, held July 19-21 in Chicago’s Union Park, which drew 50,000 with Bjork, Solange, Lil B, R Kelly, Savages, The Breeders, Swans and Wire. The stages featured Nexo GEO T line arrays and Yamaha digital consoles.
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COSTA MESA, CA – QSC Audio Products announces that Brad Zell has joined its marketing team as Online Marketing Manager. In his new role, Zell will be responsible for leading the company’s digital marketing efforts including social media management, digital content creation, campaign management, and artist relations. “I am elated to have Brad Zell join our Marketing Communications team,” says Ray van Straten, QSC Senior Director, Marketing Communications and Training & Education. “As we continue to grow as a global brand, the ability to create and deploy compelling and effective online campaigns will be crucial to our success. Brad’s vast experience and knowledge on the QSC team present us with new and exciting possibilities for the future.”
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COSTA MESA, CA — QSC Audio Products named Brad Zell online marketing manager. Zell, who joins QSC after 10 years at PreSonus, will lead the company’s digital marketing efforts including social media management, digital content creation, campaign management and artist relations.
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ST. LOUIS, MO — Fair St. Louis, “America’s Biggest Birthday Party,” was celebrated under the city’s iconic Arch for the last time before a two-year renovation, with Stanco Productions providing audio, video and lighting for the fourth year in a row. To ensure superior audio coverage throughout the fairgrounds for this year’s featured acts, including Trace Adkins, Brett Michaels and Counting Crows, Stanco chose a Martin Audio rig consisting of 16 W8LC per side with 12 W8LM and 4 W8LMD downfill cabinets a side for outfill. Crown amplification and AVID Venue Profile consoles were also used for FOH and Monitors.
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