LAS VEGAS – The Parnelli Award Board of Advisors announced sponsors of the 10th annual Parnelli Awards, set for the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas on Oct. 22, 2010. There are now 21 confirmed Gold Sponsors – some who are new and others who upgraded from Silver sponsorships last year. There are also seven confirmed Silver Sponsors and six Production Partner sponsors.
Read More »COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Liberty Wire & Cable has changed its name to Liberty AV Solutions to reflect its status as a provider of AV connectivity solutions. There has been no change in the company's management or ownership.
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PORTLAND, OR – Sound Image is supporting Erykah Badu's current Out My Mind, Just In Time 2010 AD tour with a Soundcraft Vi6 console and JBL VerTec line arrays.
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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – The Goo Goo Dolls occupy a unique space in the music industry, having risen from a respectable decade in the underground to worldwide stardom. Now poised to release their ninth studio album, Something For The Rest Of Us, the Goo Goo Dolls are spending much of the summer selling out arenas.
Read More »KNOXVILLE, TN – Waves Audio announced that Studio Devil Virtual Tube Amplification is joining Waves' Virtual Stock Software Distribution (VSSD) fulfillment program as an alternative means of product distribution.
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LONDON – ADLIB supplied the U.K. and European legs of the current Crowded House tour with sound equipment and crew. Dee McLoughlin served as tour manager, Robin Scott as production manager, and Adlib's James Neale and Marc Peers also joined the tour, supporting engineers Angus Davidson (FOH) and Paul Jeffrey (monitors).
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DONETSK, Ukraine – Donbass Arena, open since late 2009, was designed and built to meet UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) regulations for soccer stadiums. It's now also hosting mega-concerts, starting with a show called The Hits of the 80s. Indigo Music Company, Ltd. supported that event with a sound system that included gear from D.A.S. Audio.
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KIEV, Ukraine – A Midas PRO6 live audio system was featured at the third annual Ukrainian Sound Engineers Union Seminar. Midas Klark Teknik's Ukrainian distributor, Cortmi Ltd., provided a PRO6 as FOH console for the three-day seminar.
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ANAHEIM, CA – Ubi-Tech, a design-build contracting firm serving the house of worship market, recently installed an L-Acoustics KUDO system at Sa-rang Community Church, a mega-church with an 80-member choir, 25-piece orchestra and two full praise teams for Korean and English services.
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Caribbean Entertainment Technologies Ltd., the systems integration arm of the distribution company AMR Export, recently upgraded the audio system at the Queen's Hall with a new Soundcraft Vi6 console.
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WILMINGTON, DE – The 1,208-seat Grand Theater, also known as the Masonic Hall and Grand Theater, has hosted performances by Ethel Barrymore, Buffalo Bill Cody and John Philip Sousa and a variety of operas, symphonies, vaudeville, burlesque and other events since it opened as the Grand Opera House in 1871.
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PROVO, UT – Randy Lane, front of house engineer for Carrie Underwood's Play On Tour, is using Countryman Associates' Type 10 DI for stringed instruments including acoustic guitars, fiddle and bouzouki.
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