Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape Tour Kicks Off with VerTec Line Array System

NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA — Sound Image is providing the live audio system for the current Gwen Stefani world tour, “The Sweet Escape.”

A massive stage set, cutting-edge lighting, LCD image surfaces and video support systems all contribute to the sophisticated show, which highlights a five piece backing band and project’s Stefani’s personality with advanced stagecraft techniques such as a larger-than-life throne that elevates the artist during a featured production number.  

CALGARY, ALBERTA — Sound Art Calgary, Inc. deployed a wide range of equipment from Electro-Voice for the Calgary Stampede, one of the largest outdoor rodeos in the world, attracting well over a million visitors in July.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil and Meyer Sound have enjoyed a fruitful relationship since the early 1990s for numerous productions including Corteo in 2005. Now, Cirque du Soleil has chosen the company as sound equipment supplier for the new show KOOZA, which debuted in April in Montreal.  

OLD LYME, CT — Norah Jones and the Handsome Band, together with longtime FOH engineer Lee Moro, are using Neumann microphones, Sennheiser's evolution 900 Series, evolution wireless 300 Series instrument systems and 300 Series personal monitor systems for her worldwide tour. 

WIESBADEN, GERMANY — Five open-air concerts in Germany gave fans a chance to hear R&B legend Lionel Richie perform live this summer. Satis&Fy of Werne and an Electro-Voice X-Line system took care of the sound for the tour. 

MANCHESTER, TN — This year’s Bonnaroo Festival featured d&b audiotechnik's new J-Series system for the three-day festival in Tennessee.

Beyerdynamic, a manufacturer of microphones, headphones and wireless microphone systems, has recently added the IMS 900 personal monitoring system to its product line of professional touring, broadcast and permanent installation.