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For the fifth year since it opened in 2007, Britannia Row Productions provided live audio for the NFL’s annual International Series game seen by some 80,000 fans in London’s Wembley Stadium — a venue Britannia Row has worked many times, including Live Earth, the Concert for Diana, Metallica and Foo Fighters, among others.

The Audio Engineering Society met Oct. 21-23 at New York City's I.M. Pei-designed Javits Center for the 131st AES Convention. Though MTA construction proved an eyesore, if not an inconvenience, it will extend the #7 IRT Flushing Line, providing Grand Central and Times Square commuters subway access to Javits, by 2012.

By the time Ed Wannebo took the stage at the end of the evening to accept the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award, it was already an entertaining evening filled with surprises. Then Kenny Chesney walked out on stage. A true man crush ensued.

Broadway musical The Book of Mormon was conceived in 2003 while South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were meeting with friend and producer Scott Rudin (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut) in Manhattan. Noting the similarity between Team America's marionettes and Avenue Q's puppets, Rudin suggested they see Robert Lopez' Broadway musical. Afterwards they discovered a shared interest in both musical theater and Mormonism. After years of collaboration and workshops, they went straight to Broadway, with rehearsals and previews each lasting less than a month before opening March 24 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on 49th Street.

The majority of low frequency sound reproduction is from vented loudspeaker enclosures – that is, loudspeakers that have a port in the enclosure. Nearly all professional loudspeaker enclosures are vented to improve their low frequency output. Including a properly designed port in a loudspeaker enclosure is a straightforward way of gaining additional low frequency output over a simple closed-box enclosure. Unfortunately, port design is usually a compromise, and this affects how the port functions at high output levels. This article seeks to enlighten the reader about how the port in a vented box operates, and to provide some guidelines for identifying good port design.

LONDON – The Proms are an annual eight-week summer season of classical music concerts held in Royal Albert Hall. On the last night, usually September's second Saturday, an accompanying outdoor concert is held across the street in London's Hyde Park – a 15-year tradition.

MEDELLIN, Colombia – For Pentecostes, a day-long Catholic festival that recently drew thousands to Medellin's Plaza de Toros la Macarena with a combined Mass and concert, Master Espectaculos and Eventos Totales provided D.A.S. loudspeakers for audio support.

Ed Wannebo stops in mid sentence. He's halfway through a long interview, and he's up to working for Hall & Oates. He's already spoken of his work with Van Halen, Tina Turner, David Bowie, ZZ Top, and Stevie Nicks, among others. He's not yet gotten to Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, or Kenny Chesney.

Made in the USA by a Bunch of Fanatics" isn't just a bunch of marketing at Lectrosonics, which has been celebrating its 40th year in 2011. It's what helped the company get its start, and the energetic engineering and pioneering spirit of innovation continue. The philosophy and business plan is simple: "Build the best product we know how to make, and support it with the best service we can possibly provide."

Subwoofers are arguably the most popular, visceral, and fun topic in all of pro audio. The classic vented loudspeaker enclosure makes a great entry point into the world of building loudspeaker enclosures. Building a cabinet, wiring it up and then hearing the beast rumble to life is an extremely rewarding experience. We will help prepare you to "make sawdust" with the drivers in this month's Buyers Guide.

Helen Folasade Adu is widely known by the same name as her band, Sade, and both are on a worldwide tour, on the heels of this year's Ultimate Collection. Last year's Soldier of Love – recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios and only their sixth studio album in a quarter-century – debuted at number one and earned their fourth Grammy. It's been a decade since their last tour, but Sade is selling out arenas. The North American leg launched June 16 in Baltimore and winds up September 12 in Norfolk.

Simply called Cropredy Festival for the first three decades, the annual folk-oriented fête is held each August in the fields just east of the village of Cropredy 50 miles south of Birmingham, England, attracts mostly campers to a single stage at the lower end of a sloping arena field flanked by a fabulous assortment of food vendors.