LONDON —Brian Eno celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with the first of two live performances of his 1983 composition Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks in the IMAX Cinema at London’s Science Museum.
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BARCELONA, Spain — Focus, S.A. was recently contracted to furnish sound reinforcement for Pride Barcelona 09, a GLBT event attended by an estimated 15,000 people. The event was held at Avenida Maria Cristina, and Focus relied on EAW for loudspeakers and processors for the night’s main stage concert, which featured live musical artists and DJs.
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SOUTHWOLD, U.K. — Adlib Audio supplied sound equipment and crew to the Latitude Festival for the fourth year running, this year taking over two new stages — the Uncut second stage and the Sunrise Arena, in addition to the Lake Stage, the Film & Music Arena and the Cabaret Tent which also had a “roving” sound system. The Adlib team of 14 was crew-chiefed by Richy Nicholson.
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BRUNEI — The Jerudong Park Amphitheatre, part of a major amusement attraction in Brunei, a small nation that shares the island of Borneo with Malaysia and Indonesia, has acquired an Allen & Heath digital iLive system including an iDR10 MixRack and iLive-176 Control Surface.
Read More »BERLIN — For Bürgerfest (Citizen Party), which attracted 750,000 spectators to Brandenburg Gate to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Germany’s constitution, Bundespresseamt, Germany’s federal PR agency, hired Mediapool to provide also sound reinforcement. Mediapool used a Meyer Sound system comprising 186 loudspeakers.
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SURREY, U.K. —Delta Sound announced plans to acquire Sound By Design. Both companies will operate from Delta’s current HQ near Hampton Court in Surrey, with Oct. 1 set as the target date for SBD’s relocation.
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DRESDEN, Germany — A Studer Vista 8 is at the heart of a new concert hall at Dresdner Hochschule für Musik (Dresden University of Music) in Germany, named after the 19th century composer, Carl Maria von Weber. More than 600 people from all over the world study music at the university.
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DUBAI, UAE — SLS Productions provided a JBL VerTec line array system for a Deep Purple concert that capped the fourth annual Dubai Bike Week. Event promoters Live Nation and MECOM contracted SLS Productions to provide the sound, lighting and video systems for the three-day festival, which drew more than 25,000 visitors.
Read More »OBERHAUSEN, Germany — For the Comet Awards, recently held at König-Pilsener-Arena and broadcast on Viva TV, a German subsidiary of MTV Networks, Procon Event Engineering supplied over 190 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers, which stayed out of TV sightlines for the live broadcast pop music event. The TM Array configuration of subwoofers was deployed to provide even low-frequency coverage.
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SOUTHWOLD, England — With the bands changing within 15 minutes on stage, sound engineers at this year’s Latitude Festival didn’t have much time to get acquainted with the nuances of a new digital console.
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JOUNIEH, Lebanon — The first Midas PRO6 live audio system to be sold in Lebanon has been installed into the Casino du Liban, where it is being used at front of house in the 1,200-capacity venue for a wide range of live music performances, from rock and pop through to jazz, classical, Arabic, dance shows and musicals.
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BALADO, Scotland — For the fourth year running, Adlib Audio supplied a sound system and crew to the King Tut’s Wah Wah Tent at T in The Park Festival, supporting a lineup that included Daniel Merriweather, Jason Mraz, The Pet Shop Boys, the Noisettes, Friendly Fires, Jamie T, The Saturdays and more during the three-day event.
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