International News

WARSAW, Poland  — Continuing its tradition of bringing together stars with worldwide recognition to witness music at its finest, the International Sopot Festival is Poland’s largest event of the year and celebrated its 45th anniversary with a two-day festival. Warsaw PA rental company, GMB ProSound, supplied and operated the sound system centered on Soundcraft Vi6 and Vi4 mixers. The main front-of-house mixers deployed two Soundcraft Vi6s and the monitors were run through two Soundcraft Vi4 mixers.

COLOGNE, Germany — An L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system was recently used for the 35th anniversary show of Hohner, a German folk music band, at the 14,000-capacity Lanxess Arena in Cologne. 

ENGLAND —ADLIB Audio supplied a V-DOSC sound system to the recent Scouting For Girls UK tour, which was specified by the band's FOH engineer Andy Williamson. It was the first time Williamson had toured with V-DOSC, who thought the time was right to give it a good road test. It was also his first time using ADLIB on a full touring show.

BANGALORE, India — The Palace Grounds in Bangalore, India were transformed into a celebration for thousands who turned out for “The Great Indian Rock 2008.” Bangalore transcended into the Rock Capital of India with an international concert that featured three prominent Indian bands, Slingshot, Rainbow Bridge and Extinct Reflections and two Norwegian popular acts, Sahg and Satryicon. V&P Sound deployed a Harman sound system that featured Soundcraft’s Vi6 and included products from JBL, Crown, dbx and AKG.  

ENGLAND — CV Audio called upon on Allen & Heath iLive system for sound reinforcement at the Shrewsbury Folk Festival, a four-day festival with many international acts, such as Grammy-nominated Winnipeg five-piece The Duhks; Richard Thompson from Fairport Convention, legendary folk rockers Oysterband and Irish instrumental band Lunasa,
 

LONDON – The first UK installation of the new OmniLine Micro Line Array from Martin Audio has been installed in the new three-story, glass-fronted Kingly Club in London’s Covent Garden. The scalable system was specified by Bernard Mani, head of London integration company, Systems Etc, after witnessing its launch at PLASA 2007 and seeing it immediately adopted in America for Star Trek The Tour — billed as “the largest interactive Star Trek exhibit ever.” 

LONDON – The beautiful setting of St John’s Church, situated in the heart of London’s Westminster, played host to BRIT award-nominated The Feeling in part of Capital Radio’s Capitalive Summer Tour in association with Rimmel London. Turbosound’s new Flex Array series were used on the tour.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE, England – In September 2006, Peterborough Community Church opened a brand new, 80,000-ft. building in the Cambridgeshire city it is named after. With a technical specification that would be the envy of many large theatres and live music venues, the inclusion of DiGiCo D5 and D1 consoles demonstrated that the church was committed to the future. Twenty months later, the building has a new name – KingsGate Community Church – and its technical team has had many months of using the DiGiCo consoles.

CORBEYRIER, Switzerland –  Switzerland’s 7th annual ‘Dance with the Wolf’ festival recently took place in Corbeyrier with Allen & Heath’s iLive digital system managing monitor mixing. 

ISRAEL – The first NEXO GEO T line array system has arrived in Israel, purchased by rental company Sincopa, one of the country’s largest PA providers for entertainment events, and expects its new investment to raise its profile still further.

LONDON – With a client roster that reads like a who’s who of the highest profile musicians, Waterloo Sunset rehearsal studios in London needs to have equipment available that meets the needs of the most discerning, and indeed demanding, users. With this in mind, the facility features a comprehensive Turbosound wedge monitoring system and has recently taken delivery of further Turbosound cabinets.

SOUTH AFRICA – Sun City Super Bowl played host to the 14th Annual MTN South African Music Awards (SAMA), an anticipated showcase of the country’s musical talent. Local rental company Sound Stylists provided the event’s audio requirements, with its recently purchased DiGiCo D5 Live console chosen as the front-of-house mixing solution.