AMSTERDAM – Pearl Jam’s Covid-delayed “Gigaton” tour took off with U.S. shows in May, followed by a swing through Europe in June and July. The band returns for more concerts in the U.S. and Canada in September. Rat Sound and Britannia Row have been providing L-Acoustics K1 systems.
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MONTREUX, Switzerland – Meyer Sound stepped up for its 36th year as a Strategic Partner and Official Sound Provider of the Montreux Jazz Festival. The U.S.-based company supported the festival with nearly 300 loudspeakers deployed across 12 venues, indoors and out, large and small.
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BASEL, Switzerland – Basel Train Station management turned to promedias AG for an audio upgrade that included Renkus-Heinz Iconyx Compact loudspeakers. The busy hub is located at the intersection of France, Germany and Switzerland.
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CONCORD, CA – Clayton Valley Charter High School (CVCHS) theater director Sunny Shergill helped steer the Bay Area school toward a CrewCom wireless intercom system… Read More »Clayton Valley Charter High School Gets Campus Wide Coverage with Pliant Technologies CrewCom
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LOS ANGELES – Monitor engineer César Benítez Seilhamer, who used a DMI-KLANG card with his DiGiCo Quantum5 console last year for the co-headlining tour featuring Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias, has started using the new KLANG:konductor as well for Martin’s 2022 gigs, including two recent nights at the Hollywood Bowl with the 100-plus-member Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
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LONDON – Gareth Owen’s “virtually identical” sound designs for two theatrical musical classics that continue to entertain audiences in the UK — “Singing in the Rain” and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” – both start with d&b audiotechnik Y-Series setups.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Rosebar Lounge in Washington, DC recently updated its audio system with loudspeakers drawn from the E11EVEN Sound by DAS Audio series. Willy-Tech Services worked with DAS Audio on the project.
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PLYMOUTH, UK – The Drum theatre, a 159-capacity performance space within the Theatre Royal Plymouth (TRP) complex, recently underwent a full refurbishment that included the installation of EM Acoustics’ Reference Series loudspeakers.
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FRONT of HOUSE and PLSN have learned of the passing of industry visionary, Eric Pearce, owner of SGPS/ShowRig. He died on Sunday, July 24, 2022 at the age of 72. Details of his passing have not yet been released. He was a Parnelli Visionary Honoree in 2013 and will be greatly missed throughout the industry. We will have more on the life and career of Pearce at a later date.
For more on Eric Pearce’s career achievements, go to https://plsn.com/articles/features/eric-pearce-to-receive-parnelli-visionary-award-1/
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NORTHRIDGE, CA – Harman Professional Solutions has announced the newest members of JBL Pro’s flagship VTX line array series — the VTX A6 subcompact dual 6.5-inch passive line array element and the B15 compact, arrayable 15-inch subwoofer.
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HOUSTON – Tallowood Baptist Church, in the Memorial City neighborhood of West Houston, replaced an aging mixing console at front-of-house with a Solid State Logic… Read More »Tallowood Baptist Church Acquires Solid State Logic Live L350 Console
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WORLD – Summer tours are back in full swing, and artists ranging from Lorde and Bon Iver to Tindersticks, H.E.R. and Lewis Capaldi are performing with DPA Microphones on their 2022 treks. Pictured here is Phillip Harvey, FOH engineer for Lorde, who has supported the singer with a DPA d:facto vocal mic since 2017.
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