CMA Touring Awards Honor Top Live Engineers
After two years of postponement due to the pandemic, the CMA Touring Awards returned last night at Marathon Music Works in Nashville.
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After two years of postponement due to the pandemic, the CMA Touring Awards returned last night at Marathon Music Works in Nashville.
Analog purists Social Distortion brought digital into the mix on its current tour with the arrival of a DiGiCo desk in monitorworld.
With Outline's 50th anniversary underway and the retirement of CEO/Head of Sales Giorgio Biffi, Outline has named a new management team.
There aren’t many bluegrass artists headlining arenas these days, but Billy Strings isn’t just any bluegrass artist.
In the post-pandemic world, Slipknot has already completed three US tours with the help of Eighth Day Sound and a variety of L-Acoustics PAs.
Engineer Daniela Seggewiss has been mixing classic rockers Sweet's monitors on an Allen & Heath SQ-5 console.
Shore School in Sydney, Australia recently upgraded its auditorium with a new Adamson Systems Engineering CS-Series line array.
22live has gone all in on Martin Audio, and will be both a dealer and rental partner for the loudspeaker manufacturer.
FOH engineer Mark Kennedy discusses his choice to take an SSL Live L550 console out for Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raise The Roof...
Veteran metal act Volbeat closed out 2022 with a three-month European/UK tour, bringing Meyer Sound's new Panther PA along for a stroll.
German event technology manufacturer Adam Hall has announced a new division with the creation of Adam Hall Integrated Systems.
Boston has always been both a baseball town and a music town—now the past-times have teamed up at MGM Music Hall at Fenway.
SA Van Conversions teamed with Stage Audio Works to design a mobile stage truck used for demonstrations that include dissecting sharks.
Watching New Year's Eve on TV with family is always a bit of an adventure because I like to gauge their opinion of whether...
UK live sound provider 22Live has announced its official formation having already completed two major tours and more.
At The Bar in the newly renovated Penn Station, system integrator Osbee Industries has installed 10 Genelec 4430A Smart IP speakers.
d&b audiotechnik has launched a new, far-reaching Immersive Business division, which will be led by industry veteran Al McKinna.
A new book, 'Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual,' will debut from Omnibus Press on March 23.
The last few months have seen a number of major audio installations at scholastic stadiums around the country.
Australian singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett spent much of 2022 touring the world, opening for the likes of Nick Cave and the Rolling Stones, and more.
The NHL's Minnesota Wild got a different kind of win recently when its home arena, the Xcel Energy Center, installed a new Meyer Sound...
Audio engineer Kyle Chirnside mixed FOH on an Allen & Heath SQ console for artist Max Schneider's fall tour.
The Hard Rock Live Sacramento has a new audio system designed by Scéno Plus and implemented by Clair Global.
The Al Wasl Dome was recently repurposed into a 3,000-seat concert venue, opening with an A.R. Rahman concert, mxied by Phil Wright.
World Stage Lighting recently fielded an EAW Anna/Otto system for a Smash Mouth concert at Seven Feathers Casino Resort.
Unions are lobbying for Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA), which would help entertainment workers deduct required work expenses.
George Thorogood and the Destroyers have been making the rounds this year with a pair of Allen & Heath dLive surfaces in tow.
Hip-hop legends Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Busta Rhymes shredded the sheds with beats, bars and the big sound of a brand-new PA.
Alt rock legends The Killers have returned to the road this year, circling the globe with FOH engineer Kenny Kaiser and a slew of...
With 160 million albums sold, these days Billy Joel focuses on live performances, all of which are mixed by longtime FOH engineer Brian Ruggles...
French space-pop group L'Impératrice has been touring the world with FOH/monitor engineer Antoine Guyonnard and a variety of Allen & Heath desks in tow.
Swedish rockers Ghost have had a busy year, hitting the road in the U.S. twice, most recently on a late-summer headlining tour with audio...
Silk Sonic's smooth retro-flavored R&B fills Las Vegas' 5,200-seat Dolby Live theater with the help of SSL L650 consoles.
In Part 2, we explore the monitors and miking on the biggest tour of 2022—Kenny Chesney's 41-date "Here and Now" stadium tour.
Kenny Chesney’s 2022 tour, mixed by legendary FOH engineer Robert Scovill, marked the return of stadium shows this year, as the country superstar played...
Veteran FOH engineer/blogger Steve La Cerra is in France with Blue Öyster Cult, and is now very impressed with a new venue, Le Radiant.
A consummate live sound engineer who mixed everyone from U2 to Led Zeppelin to Barbra Streisand, Dave Skaff died last week at the age...
Downtown Napa’s Oxbow RiverStage brought in Sound Image Productions in to provide all audio for the event, including an EAW P.A.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have always been ones to change things up, and their current 'Unlimited Love' stadium tour is solid proof.
Blue Öyster Cult just marked its 50th anniversary. La Cerra, live sound engineer for three of the band's five decades, looks back.
Bill Burr played to a packed house at Fenway Park with the help of Scorpio Sound Systems, which fielded a d&b audiotechnik KSL rig.
Studio and live sound engineer Rick Camp has upgraded his Master Mix Live facility in Las Vegas with an SSL System T S300-48 console.