LAS VEGAS – The Parnelli Board of Advisors announced that Kevin Lyman, founder of the Vans Warped Tour and currently an Associate Professor at USC, has accepted the invitation to join the Parnelli Board of Advisors.
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NORTH AMERICA – The readers of FOH have spoken and we are pleased to announce the Regional Winners of the FOH Hometown Hero contest. They are now finalists for the Parnelli Hometown Hero – Sound Company of the Year Award. They are, by region: Northeast: Black Walnut Productions, Chambersburg, PA: Southeast: Spider Ranch Productions, Ocala, FL; Midwest: Allied Production & Sales, Mendota Heights, MN; Northwest: Canaan Sound & Light, Sacramento, CA; Southwest: Brown Note Productions, Thornton, CO; Canada: Gearforce, Vancouver, BC. Congrats to all!
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NASHVILLE – Major Tom US has been supplying a Meyer Sound Panther system for bluegrass guitarist Billy Strings’ 2023 amphitheater and arena tour. For the third annual Billy Strings Renewal Festival in Buena Vista, CO in late September, the tour’s complement of Panther loudspeakers were also deployed, connected via a Milan AVB network.
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USA – Monitor engineer Ian Beveridge and RF technician Eiran Simpson have been keeping the Foo Fighters ears happy with systems built around the Lectrosonics M2 Duet system, specifically M2T dual stereo transmitters, M2Ra belt-pack receivers, and an M2C active antenna combiner.
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TIZI OUZOU, Algeria – A new 50,000-seat stadium in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, home to the JS Kabylie soccer team, was built to exacting UEFA standards, covering everything from the field to the capabilities of the technical equipment installed. Turkey-based Atempo provided the sound system, which includes EN-54-rated Electro-Voice EVH loudspeakers and Dynacord IPX amplifiers.
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ORT, Austria – Since 2011, Austria’s “Woodstock of Brass Music” has emerged as the largest open-air brass band festival in Europe. Drawing more than 80,000 with performances by 130 bands, this four-day extravaganza in late June gets an audio assist from a truck provided by Tonzauber equipped with Lawo’s mc²36 MkII audio mixing console.
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LAS VEGAS – U2’s 25-show residency in Las Vegas, ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere,’ is set to run from Sept. 29 to Dec. 16, 2023 at the new Sphere at the Venetian in Las Vegas. FOH was there for the band’s second show on Sept. 30, and even if you closed your eyes and just listened, it was impressively immersive. The Holoplot sound system lived up to its promise with audio that was crisp, detailed and full – but not too loud – with occasional flourishes including sonic movement within the space.
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LAS VEGAS – Sphere Entertainment Co. has debuted The Sphere Experience, a signature content category featured at Sphere – the next-generation entertainment medium that opened in Las Vegas last week, capturing worldwide attention for its stunning visual displays and immersive technologies.Read More »The Sphere Experience Opens, Darren Aronofsky’s Film ‘Postcard from Earth’ Debuts
THAILAND – For the Harudot Chonburi in Chon Buri Province, Thailand, selection of Electro-Voice compact loudspeaker models were chosen in formats and finishes to complement… Read More »Electro-Voice and Dynacord Enhance Unique Coffee Experience at Harudot Chonburi in Thailand
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MONTREAL – André Riendeau, the co-founder of Solotech, passed away peacefully on Sept. 29, 2023, surrounded by his family, after a 17-year struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 81. Memorial Services are planned for Nov. 4, 2023 at Les Espaces Memoria in Laval, Quebec, Canada.
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MONTREAL – Each August, Montreal’s picturesque Parc Jean-Drapeau, which spans two islands on the St. Lawrence River, draws crowds to three of the city’s biggest music festivals, all produced and promoted by evenko: the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival, îlesoniq and Lasso Montréal. Solotech deployed L-Acoustics K1/K2 systems for all three events.
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DALLAS – The AT&T Performing Arts Center turned to Spectrum Sound for an audio upgrade within its various performance spaces including 2,200-seat Margaret McDermott Hall, the 547-capacity Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, the outdoor Annette Strauss Square, with a lawn that can hold up to 2,200, and two black box theater spaces. The upgrade included a new d&b audiotechnik P.A. system and a pair of DiGiCo Quantum338 consoles.
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