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Showtime Classic: Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball Tour

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Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball Tour ranks as #18 on the top tours from 2000-2020. Photo by Steve Jennings

Sound Co

Solotech

Tour Dates

2012-2013

Crew

FOH Engineer: John Cooper

Monitor Engineers: Troy Milner, Monty Carlo

System Engineer: Klaus Bolender

System Engineer/L-Acoustics K1: Etienne Lapré

Crew Chief/System Engineer: John “Boo” Bruey

Techs: Ray Tittle, Rob Zuchowski

Tour Project Managers: Mario Leccese, David Brazeau

Gear

FOH

Consoles: 1 Avid VENUE Profile w/2 stage racks; 1 APB-DynaSonics MixSwitch

Speakers: L-Acoustics K1 (32), K1-SB (24), mains; KARA (12), underhang; K1 (28), side hangs; KUDO (48), rear-fill; dV-DOSC (8), SB-28 (8), front fills; SB-28 (8), ground-stacked; V-DOSC (16), delays; KARA (12), side array underhang; dV-DOSC (6), center cluster.

Amps: LA-RAK (26)

Processing: Avid VENUE Pack 2.0 plug-ins, Waves Live plug-ins, CLA, Crane Song Phoenix; Lake/Dolby LP8D8 processors (5); SMAART; L-Acoustics software; Avid 2 Pro Tools HD cards, Avid MADI HD cards (4), RME MADI bridge (2), Avid Sync HD (2), Apogee Big Ben Word Clock

MON

Consoles: DiGiCo SD7s (2), SD Racks (4)

Speakers: Audio Analysts SLP wedges (32: 20×12”, 12×15”), subs (2×18”); JBL VerTec VT4888 (8), monitor side fills; Buttkicker Shakers for platform w/ amps (4)

Amps: 4-mix wedge rack (Crown I-Tech 12000HD; 6); VerTec VT4888 side fill amp rack (5000HD, 12000HD; 1); drum sub amp rack (12000HD; 1)

Mics: Wireless: Shure UR4D-J5 (8), UR2 handheld w/ SM58 capsules (10), UR1 beltpack transmitter J5s with B98 clip-on mics (12), UHF antenna dist. Systems (2); amplified paddle antennas with cables (3), helical antennas (5)

IEMs: Sennheiser SR 2050 (12), EK 2000 (36), AC 3200 (3)