LONDON — Beyoncé’s “I Am…” world tour includes Sennheiser and Neumann wired and wireless mics, with the artist and The Mamas, her trio of backup singers, all using Sennheiser’s SKM 5200 handheld mics with MD 5325 capsules.
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KOSTRZYN, Poland — The Woodstock Trainstop 2009, the 15th such festival to be held in Poland, marked 40 years since the original Woodstock took place with support from Fotis Sound. The free concert, held on the Poland/Germany border, drew a crowd of 420,000. The main stage was equipped with Midas gear, with both analog and digital consoles provided.
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BERGAMO, Italy — The Trescore music festival, one Italy’s largest, drew tens of thousands to hear Afterhours, J-Ax, Calibro 35, Le Luci Della Centrale Elettrica, Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti and Ministri. Airone S.r.l. provided RCF TT+ Series as the main PA system, which included TTL33-A line arrays, TTS28-A subwoofers and TT25-SMA stage monitors.
Read More »KIEV, Ukraine —Anastacia’s four-month tour of theatres and arenas in the U.K. and Europe wrapped up in Ukraine with DiGiCo D5s at both Front of House and monitor positions, as they had been throughout the tour, operated, respectively, by Tony Blanc and Becky Pell.
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FLORENCE, Italy — Located within a deconsecrated 18th century church, the $4.5 million Cavalli Club, owned by Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, was equipped with an Alcons audio system.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — Adlib has designed and installed an L-Acoustics dV-DOSC sound system for Band on the Wall, a 350-capacity venue that dates back some 200 years. It has been associated with live music for much of its heritage. The name comes from the 1930s, when musicians used to perform from precarious platforms strapped to the wall.
Read More »NEW DELHI, India —Harman Professional held a training seminar at the headquarters for Hi-Tech Audio Systems Pvt Ltd recently, the first in series of training seminars combining lectures with hands-on work that will be held throughout India.
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POTTERS BAR, U.K. — The Soundcraft Studer factory expansion in Potters Bar, near London, is the culmination of a $7 million investment the company made four years ago, doubling the manufacturing floor space and adding storage.
Read More »SZEGED, Hungary — Pro audio sales, rental and distribution specialist Votec has become the first European rental company to stock the new Renkus-Heinz VerSys VLX3 externally powered high power, large format line array system.
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BEIJING — ACE Professional Sound and Lighting used components from JBL Professional, Soundcraft, Crown Audio and BSS Audio and configured using Harman HiQnet System Architect for China’s National Day celebrations. A team of sound technicians from Zenith also took part with gear from d&b audiotechnik.
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CASCAIS, Portugal — Portuguese artist Mariza had embarked on the worldwide Terra tour, named after her recent album, but returned to Portugal for a number of concerts. Upon her return, Mariza’s sound engineer, João Cebolas, got the chance to work with a Midas PRO6 live sound system provided by Audiomatrix, a local rental company owned by Jorge Pina.
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BRUSSELS — Square Brussels, a new event space, recently purchased Studer Vista 5 and Vista 5 SR consoles as part of the sound reinforcement system for its auditorium. Belgium-based company Play installed the consoles, which were purchased through Studer’s Belgian representative, HeynenNV.
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