Top Tours of 2022
WORLD – Billboard magazine recently ranked tours around the world by total ticket sales from November 2021 through October 2022. They included the following artists: 1-Bad Bunny, 2-Elton John, 3-Ed Sheeran, 4-Harry Styles, 5-Coldplay, 6-Rolling Stones, 7-Red Hot Chili Peppers, 8-Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe, 9-Kenny Chesney, and 10-The Weeknd. FOH’s Showtime section for its January 2023 issue focuses on the audio production supporting these tours, with info on crew and gear. Scroll down and follow the links for all the details.
1: Bad Bunny
- Tour: World’s Hottest Tour
- Sound Company: Clair Global
Crew
- FOH Engineer: Luis “Peewee” Velazquez
- Monitor Engineer: Luby Muñoz
- Systems Engineer: Ricardo Barragan
Gear
- Consoles: Yamaha Rivage PM10
- Speaker System: Clair Cohesion
- Mics: Sennheiser, Shure
More details: www.plsn.me/FOH-TT22-1
2: Elton John
- Tour: Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour
- Sound Company: Clair Global
Crew
- FOH Engineer: Matt Herr
- Monitor Engineer: Alan Richardson
- Systems Engineer: Nick Giameos
Gear
- Consoles: Yamaha Rivage PM10; Custom Monitor Setup
- Speaker System: Clair Cohesion
- Mics: Audio-Technica, Sennheiser, AKG, Shure
More details: www.plsn.me/FOH-TT22-2
3: Ed Sheeran
- Tour: + — = ÷ x (Mathematics)
- Sound Company: Major Tom Ltd
Crew
- FOH/Monitor Engineer: Chris Marsh
- Audio System Designer: Charlie Albin
- Loop Pedal Tech/RF Engineer: Dave White
Gear
- Console: DiGiCo Quantum7 w/KLANG:kontroller
- Speaker System: Meyer Sound Panther
- Mics: Sennheiser
More details: www.plsn.me/FOH-TT22-3
4: Harry Styles
- Tour: Love on Tour
- Sound Company: Britannia Row Productions
Crew
- FOH Engineer: Karl “Snake” Newton
- Monitor Engineer: Charles “Chopper” Bradley
- System Engineer: Michael “Monk” Shear
Gear
- Consoles: Avid S6L, DiGiCo SD12
- Speaker System: L-Acoustics K2
- Mics: Sennheiser, Shure
More details: www.plsn.me/FOH-TT22-4
5: Coldplay
- Tour: Music of the Spheres Tour
- Sound Companies: Firehouse Productions (U.S.); Wigwam Acoustics/Solotech (UK/Europe)
Crew
- FOH Engineer/Audio Producer: Daniel Green
- Monitor Engineer: Chris Woods
- Audio Designer/FOH Tech: Tony Smith
Gear
- Consoles: DiGiCo SD10, Quantum 7, SD10RE
- Speaker System: d&b audiotechnik GSL, KSL
- Mics: Shure Axient Digital, Sennheiser Digital 6000
More details: www.plsn.me/FOH-TT22-5
6: Rolling Stones
- Tour: SIXTY Tour
- Sound Company: Clair Global
Crew
- FOH Engineer: Dave Natale
- Monitor Engineer: Steve Carter
- Systems Engineer: Jo Ravitch
Gear
- Consoles: Yamaha PM4000, Midas H4000
- Speaker System: Clair i-5, i-5b
- Mics: Sennheiser, Shure, Austrian Audio
More details: www.plsn.me/FOH-TT22-6
7: Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Tour: Global Stadium Tour/Unlimited Love Tour
- Sound Company: Clair Global/Eighth Day Sound
Crew
- FOH Engineer: Toby Francis
- Monitor Engineers: Vish Wadi, Matt Andrade
- Systems Engineer: Ville Kauhanen
Gear
- Consoles: Yamaha PM5000 w/RND 5059, DiGiCo SD7 Quantum, Yamaha PM5000
- Speaker System: d&b audiotechnik GSL, KSL
- Mics: Shure, DPA, Audio-Technica, AKG, Sennheiser, Telefunken, Neumann
More details: www.plsn.me/FOH-TT22-7
8: Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe
- Tour: The Stadium Tour
- Sound Company: Clair Global
Crew
- FOH Engineers: Ronan McHugh (DL), Brent Carpenter (MC)
- Monitor Engineers: Ted Bible (DL), Scott Megrath (MC, Band), Scott Flaws (MC, Vince)
- Systems Engineer: Jason Brandt
Gear
- Consoles: DiGiCo SD7 Quantum, Avid S6L
- Speaker System: L-Acoustics K1, K2, Kara
- Mics: Audio-Technica, AKG, Shure
More details: www.plsn.me/FOH-TT22-8
9: Kenny Chesney
- Tour: Here and Now
- Sound Company: Clair Global
Crew
- FOH Engineer: Robert Scovill
- Monitor Engineers: Phillip “SidePhill” Robinson (Chesney), Bryan “Opie” Baxley (band)
- Systems Engineer/Crew Chief: David Shatto
Gear
- Consoles: Avid S6L 48D, S6L 24C; Yamaha PM7
- Speaker System: Clair Cohesion CO-12
- Mics: sE Electronic V7/V7x, V Kick; AEA KU5A
More details: www.plsn.me/FOH-TT22-9
10: The Weeknd
- Tour: After Hours til Dawn
- Sound Company: Clair Global
Crew
- FOH Engineer: Derek Brener
- Monitor Engineer: Lewis Lowder
- System Tech: Randy Weinholtz
Gear
- Consoles: Yamaha Rivage PM10, DiGiCo SD5
- Speaker System: Clair Cohesion CO-12
- Mics: Sennheiser, Shure, AKG, Audio-Technica, Telefunken, Royer
More details: www.plsn.me/FOH-TT22-10
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