Award-winning band The xx has bought two DPA d:facto II Vocal Microphones after being impressed by their audio quality and ability to deliver an incredibly natural sound during a recent tour of the US. The band, which comprises Oliver ...
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USA - The Who's 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia has been reprised in a multimedia display on the band's latest outing. The 37 date tour, which began in November and runs through the end of February, celebrates the four-decade anniversary of ...
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The Ministry of Sound closed last month for its annual technical overhaul - with Harman Professional brands, distributed in the UK and Eire by Sound Technology Ltd, featuring in the club's major audio upgrade. During the three-week ...
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UK - Nexo hosted the first public listening sessions for its new STM modular line array, choosing the LH2 Studios in London as a venue for the international production community. Despite terrible January weather causing London airports to ...
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USA - Veteran monitor engineer Michael Prowda spent most of 2012 on tour with a new client, Radiohead. Being a big believer in matching equipment to the specific needs of the artist, he suggested the band consider the Sensaphonics 3D Active ...
Tags: 3D system, IEM system, 3D experience
Fuelled by a significant upgrade to the original 1978 concept, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds, The New Generation as it is now known, has been playing to packed arenas throughout the UK and Northern Europe this ...
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UK - West London-based technical solutions company Entec Sound & Light continued its long working relationship with The Bootleg Beatles, the most successful and widely recognised tribute band to the legendary British musical group. Entec ...
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Liverpool based rental specialist Adlib supplied lighting and audio for the most recent tour by vocal harmony group, The Overtones. The Higher tour played a variety of venues in a six week stint around the UK in the run up to Christmas, and ...
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Europe-Lawo console brand Innovason has just wrapped up a successful European seminar tour entitled The origin of sound.Driven by Lawo's Marcel Babazadeh,himself a tonmeister and accomplished classical musician,the aim of the tour was to ...
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After its illustrious past as a cinema, the landmark Scala at London's Kings Cross has now been firmly established by director Ryan Bissett as a popular alternative live music, club and arts venue. Since the venue also hosts LAE Live ...
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Australia - Since acquiring their Shure PSM 1000 Personal Monitor Systems earlier in the year, JPJ Audio has sent them on a variety of tours with great success. Artists such as Pitbull, Macy Gray, Lady Antebellum, and most recently Delta ...
Tags: JPJ, Shure PSM, JPJ Audio, audio quality
Europe - Popular Belgian singer Geike Arnaert spent the summer playing a number of European festival shows, her mixture of sparsely-arranged pop and haunting ballads providing a popular counterpoint to many of the other performers. Ensuring ...
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UK - October saw singer-songwriter Labrinth take to the road for an eight-date UK headline tour. Backed by a four piece band and with plenty of guest appearances, a Sennheiser microphone and in-ear monitoring package "ensured that all ...
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UK - Liverpool-based technical solution specialist Adlib's audio division is supplying an L-Acoustics K1 sound systemand delays for the UK and European leg of Radiohead's current world tour. They are also supplying two of their top ...
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UK-2012 has seen the highest profile series of concerts yet in London's Hyde Park,with regular events like Wireless and Hard Rock Calling festivals joined by a stop on Madonna's MDNA tour and the BT-sponsored London Live series of concerts ...
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