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The Salute to the Military USO Concert on the White House South Lawn on July 4, now in its second year, honors troops and their families for their service to the country. While officially on hiatus, The Killers reconvened to perform six songs at the gig, mixed by their longtime FOH engineer James Gebhard on a DiGiCo SD7.

Chris Brown, owner of production company SOUNd CHeK MUSIC, dealt with torrential rain and a heat index swing from 70º to 105º at the Sheraton New Orleans Fais Do-Do stage, one of 12 at this year's New Orleans Jazz Fest.

Karrie Keyes, who has been mixing Pearl Jam's monitors since 1991, opted for a Midas PRO6 console supplied by Rat Sound for the band's 2010 tour in support of its Backspacer album. This represented a change for Keyes, a longtime devotee of Midas' Heritage desk and other analog consoles.

Sound Image is supporting Erykah Badu's current Out My Mind, Just In Time 2010 AD tour with a Soundcraft Vi6 console and JBL VerTec line arrays.

First Assembly of God Church in Manhattan, Kan. recently renovated their sanctuary with design and installation services provided by MSM Systems (Lawrence, KS). The church makeover included complete audio, video, lighting and acoustic systems.

Ubi-Tech, a design-build contracting firm serving the house of worship market, recently installed an L-Acoustics KUDO system at Sa-rang Community Church in Anaheim, Calif., a mega-church with an 80-member choir, 25-piece orchestra and two full praise teams for Korean and English services.

Sound Decisions provided Danley loudspeakers and subwoofers for One Lord Sunday, an annual event staged at the Wasilla, Alaska Multi-Use Sports Complex that brings 4,000 congregants from 20 churches and dignitaries including the governor of Alaska together for a mixed-style worship service.

Imagine that after years of banging boxes on one-show-a-night tours, you land in a venue and manage to stay there for three decades. Everything is where you left it the show before, from input lines to coffee mugs. All you need to do is show up and put the key in the ignition.

In early May, the city of Nashville experienced some of the worst flooding in its history, which affected countless homes, studios, and venues, including the historic Grand Ole Opry House. Soundcheck, a large rehearsal facility and home to Shure's Nashville office, was partially submerged in up to four feet of water.

With a budget of nearly $250,000 per restaurant for AV systems, CEO and founder Steele Platt clearly places a premium on the sound systems that go into Yard House restaurants. And along with the usual 100 to 250 varieties of beer on tap, 23 of the newest Yard House restaurants are using Ashly Protea DSP hardware ne24.24M audio processing.

The Pinkroom nightclub in Miami's South Beach is hosting DJs and live bands with a new sound system including D.A.S. Audio Variant and Aero Series 2 loudspeakers chosen by Paradise Production Services.

The O2 in London recently hosted a rendition of Bizet's classic opera, Carmen. To convey both the power and subtlety of Bizet's music throughout the 18,000-capacity arena, Autograph Sound Recording Ltd. provided a Meyer Sound reinforcement system.