Stage Roof Collapses at Sugarland Concert
INDIANAPOLIS, IN—Five people were killed and at least 45 others injured Saturday, August 13, when overhead stage rigging collapsed just before a Sugarland concert...
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN—Five people were killed and at least 45 others injured Saturday, August 13, when overhead stage rigging collapsed just before a Sugarland concert...
Every summer, dozens of major tours hit the road, with acts playing festivals, fields, sheds, arenas or if they’re lucky, stadiums.
Every summer, dozens of major tours hit the road, with acts playing festivals, fields, sheds, arenas or if they’re lucky, stadiums.
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The annual New York Maker Faire returned to the New York Hall of Science in September, bringing with it all sorts of DIY audio...
The annual New York Maker Faire returned to the New York Hall of Science in September, bringing with it all sorts of DIY audio...
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NEW YORK, NY—In the March 1995 issue of Pro Sound News, I wrote an article about opening night on Van Halen’s “Balance” tour—its last...
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Since its founding by a group of street performers in 1984, Cirque du Soleil has grown to become an entertainment powerhouse, with tours and...
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When you’re putting a permanent house sound system into one of the most famous performance spaces in the world, you don’t mess around—which is...
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Five people died and 140 people were injured, 10 criticially, when tents and numerous stages’ rigging collapsed at Belgium’s Pukkelpop festival during a violent...
Five people died and 140 people were injured, 10 criticially, when tents and numerous stages’ rigging collapsed at Belgium’s Pukkelpop festival during a violent...
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Newspapers have been reporting mid-year statistics from Pollstar that show the grosses on the Top 50 tours worldwide hit a cumulative $1.65 billion, up...
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