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Showtime Classic: Madonna MDNA Tour

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Madonna’s MDNA tour ranks 22nd among the top tours from 2000 to 2020. Photo by Steve Jennings

Sound Co

Eighth Day Sound

Tour Dates

2012

Crew

  • FOH Engineer: Tim Colvard
  • System Tech: Mark Brnich
  • Monitor Engineers: Matt Napier, Sean Spuehler
  • Programmer: Dan Roe
  • RF Techs: Wilson Tennermann, Jason Kirschnick, Ron Sharpless
  • Madonna’s Sound Tech: Demetrius Moore

Gear

FOH

  • Consoles: DiGiCo SD7s (2)
  • Speakers: d&b audiotechnik J8 line arrays (28 per side) and J-Subs (8 per side) for mains, J8 (12) and J12 (4) for side arrays, V12 (12) for rear hang, V8 (6) for center hang, Q7 (12) for front fill, V8 (5) and V-Subs (2) for side fills plus B-2 subwoofers (18, groundstacked).
  • Amps: d&b w/R1 Remote Software for system control
  • Processing: Rational Acoustics/Smaart; Avalon 737s; TC 2290, 6000; Eventide 8000, 3000; AMS RMX-16; Yamaha 990s; Avalon 737

MON

  • Consoles: DiGiCo SD7 with sidecar
  • Speakers: L-Acoustics 108P, 115P sub; d&b Qsubs, sidefills
  • PMs: Ultimate Ears UE-11
  • Processing: Logic 9
  • Mics: Sennheiser 5000 series with ME 505 capsules, 3732 and 2000 receivers; Shure SM91, SM52, SM57, SM98; AKG C-414; Sennheiser MD-409. Radial Engineering direct boxes.