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Showtime Classic: Billy Joel In Concert

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The series of shows logs in at #23 among top tours from 2000 to 2020. Photo by Steve Jennings

Sound Co

Clair Global

Tour Dates

2014*-Present

Crew

  • FOH Engineer: Brian Ruggles
  • Monitor Engineer: Josh Weibel
  • System Tech/Crew Chief: Richard Schoenadel
  • Stage Tech: Jay Yochem
  • P.A. Techs: Bryan Darling, Tom Ford

Gear

FOH System

  • Main Speakers: (32) Clair CO12s (16 per side)
  • Side PA: (24) Clair CO12s (12 per side)
  • Rear PA: (32) Clair i3 (14 per hang)
  • Front Fills: (8) Clair P2; (4) Clair R4
  • Subs: (8) Clair HP 218 powered subs/side
  • Amplifiers: (75) 20k amps
  • FOH Console: DiGiCo SD5
  • Plug-ins: Waves Soundgrid
  • Outboard Gear: Lexicon PCM70, Bricasti M7, Eventide Eclipse, TC M5000. Summit DCL 200 tube compressor
  • Drive Processing: LM44; TC 6032 Remote; (7) TC 1128 graphic EQs
  • Recording: Avid Pro Tools, 96 channels

MON System

  • Monitor Console: DiGiCo SD10
  • Plug-ins: DiGiCo onboard comp/gates/reverbs
  • Monitors: (6) Clair CM 22 wedges, (8) Clair SRM downstage, Ml-18 sub
  • RF tools: Shure Wireless Workbench 6
  • IEM System: Sennheiser 2050s
  • IEMs: Jerry Harvey Audio JH-16s; Sensaphonics 2MAX
  • Vocal Mics: Shure Beta 58 and SM58; SM58 capsule on Shure wireless
  • Instrument Mics: Shure Beta 52, Beta 91A; SM57; KSM137; Beta 98A; KSM 32s; Beta 98A, AKG 414s; Cascade Fathead II; Audio-Technica AT4050; Sennheiser MD421s; Applied Mic Technology AMT-Series
  • D.I. Boxes: Avalon Tube Preamp, Countryman, Radial Engineering

Tour Notes

The original piano man and band continued their long string of sold-out dates from 2014 into 2015 and beyond. *Gear and crew list here is from 2015.