Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Soda Stereo’s reunion dates in Miami featured Shure microphones on Charly Alberti’s drum kit, placed by FOH engineer Adrian Taverna, who has been with the band since their beginning.

For Celine Dion's current world tour, production company Solotech is bringing out a pair of new Studer 5 SR consoles for both FOH and monitors…DPA Sound has added to its DiGiCo inventory with two CS-D5s and a D1. The desks have already been used for a number of tours with Danish bands, including those of Tina Dickow, TV-2, Big Fat Snake, Poul Krebs, Thomas Helmig and Nephew…Saddle Creek Records has opened The Slowdown, a new 470-capacity bar and club in downtown Omaha, KS, that hosts live performances by regional and touring artists. Ohio-based A/V system integrators SoundCom installed three sound systems at the venue, including main and small club systems featuring Electro-Voice loudspeakers and subwoofers…Charlotte, NC-based production company Event Productions added EAW line array modules, digital signal processors and subwoofers to its audio system inventory…Broadway's latest addition, The Ritz, features a sound design by Tony Meola, who spec'd a Meyer Sound loudspeaker system…FiberPlex's LightViper was acquired for Third Day's recent tour, spec'd by David Jacques, the band's production manager/FOH engineer.

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