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Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ Trek Leads List of Top 2023 Concert Tours

WORLD – Revenues from the global concert touring business, reduced to a trickle due to the Covid pandemic in 2020 and 2021, came roaring back in 2022, with an even bigger surge in 2023. Total ticket sales from the top 100 tours, which reached a high of $5.6 billion in 2019, sank to $1.2 billion in 2020 and $1.7 billion in 2021, according to Pollstar, before chalking up a new record — $6.3 billion — in 2022. Then came 2023’s surge, to a total $9.2 billion.

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L-Acoustics is Platinum Sponsor of January 2024 AES International Conference in France

LE MANS, France – L-Acoustics announced that it will serve as platinum sponsor of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) International Acoustics and Sound Reinforcement Conference in Le Mans, France from Jan. 23 to 26, 2024. Arica Rust, a member of the Education & Scientific Outreach division at L-Acoustics, is co-chairing the conference. Scott Sugden, Director of Product Management at L-Acoustics, will give the keynote presentation.

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Focusrite Buys OutBoard/TiMax

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UK – Focusrite plc announced its acquisition of UK-based Sheriff Technology Limited, trading as OutBoard, the company behind TiMax immersive audio solutions and OutBoard stage rigging motor control products and PAT4 electrical safety testing. They will join the Audio Reproduction division of the Focusrite Group alongside Martin Audio, Optimal Audio and Linea Research.

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TiMax Manages Holoplot and EM Acoustics Spatialization in ‘The Matrix’

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MANCHESTER, UK – For “Free Your Mind: The Matrix,” an immersive, dance-based reimagining of the cult 90s movie franchise, which was created specifically as the opening event for Manchester’s new cultural space within Factory International, sound designer Gareth Fry specified TiMax SoundHub to play a key role in the complex spatial audio requirements of The Warehouse, where the event’s main action takes place.

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Evangelical Church in Mexico Updates Worship Space with L-Acoustics A10i Audio System

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TAMPICO, Mexico – The site of a former bullring is now a worship space for Tampico, Mexico’s Fuente de Vida (Fountain of Life) evangelical church. Since it opened in 2011, the 8,000-seat dome arena worship space has had issues with the sound reinforcement system. That was recently rectified with a new 360-degree design centered on L-Acoustics’ A Series loudspeakers.

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