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In Memoriam: Vinny Testa, 76

OLD BROOKVILLE, NY – Vincent P. Testa, the founder of multiple trade publications and president of Testa Communications, died April 19 from complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 76.

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(L-R) Chance Stahlhut, VP of audio, PRG North America; Mike Grimes, co-owner, Basement East; Jeff Priepot, account executive – music, PRG. Photo: Barlow Harlin.

Meyer Sound System at Nashville Club Survives Devastating Tornado

NASHVILLE – March 2020 will be remembered as the start of a disastrous year for just about everyone in the live event industry. But for Basement East in Nashville, that month was memorable not just for Covid-19, but for a midnight tornado – and the remarkable survival of much of the Meyer Sound speaker system in the storm’s aftermath, which was put back into service with an assist from PRG.

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EDC Las Vegas To Be Postponed to October

LAS VEGAS – Insomniac Events CEO Pasquale Rotella issued a statement noting that the Electric Daisy Carnival, which had been set to take place as an in-person event at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from May 21-23, will have to be postponed to Oct. 22-24, 2021.

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