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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AMSTERDAM — 24/7’s Mike Ho installed a sound system centered on RCF’s TTL11-A within Kitchen & Bar Van Rijn, which offers its dining and drink patrons live music and a DJ on weekends. The system is equipped with daytime and after-dark presets.
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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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NASHVILLE — Music City Center (MCC), set for a grand opening later this year, named LMG as its preferred AV supplier recently. LMG hired Curt Wallen as accounts manager for the site. The grand opening is set for May 19-20, 2013.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — A Nike-sponsored event here to launch a new uniform for Brazil’s National Soccer Team included performances by Brazilian singers Seu Jorge and Naldo along with samba musicians and dancers. Gabisom Audio Equipment supported the event with two Soundcraft Vi6 mixing consoles at FOH.
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LUTON, U.K. — Cadac Holdings Ltd. named Seattle-based Lift Distribution as a key distributor for its U.S. pro audio retail, install and sound rental channels. Lift Distribution joins Broadway sound specialist RF Pro as a source for Cadac gear in the U.S.
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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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VARNA, Bulgaria — Harman distributor Factor TC specified a JBL VRX/SRX sound reinforcement system and other Harman gear along with lighting for a new 2,000-seat amphitheater has opened in the Kamchia Resort on the Black Sea coast.
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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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