Live Sound
75th Tony Awards’ ‘Best Sound’ Winners Announced
The Tony Awards, honoring the best work on Broadway during the current theatrical season, came just nine months after the previous edition.
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Live Sound
AVIXA Market Insights Outline AV Industry’s Sound Footing
AVIXA's Market Insight Lunch at InfoComm revealed that despite challenges, the industry's long-term outlook remains unaffected.
Live Sound
Making ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Sound Natural
Billy Crystal’s new Broadway musical, 'Mr. Saturday Night,' features a Kai Harada-designed audio system based around Meyer Sound speakers.
Business
NAMM Show Returns, Wary but Ready to Roll
The NAMM Show is a convention like no other, but the 2022 edition, which opens today, will be like no other NAMM Show.
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Mix Live Blog: Don’t Let the Door Hit You in the…
FOH engineer/Tour Manager Steve La Cerra checks in with his latest tale of getting from Point A to Point B without losing his band,...
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Simple Minds Returns to the Road with Brit Row
Simple Minds just wrapped up the first leg of its long-awaited 40 Years of Hits Tour with audio support from Britannia Row.
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Jazmine Sullivan Hits the Road with Clair
Tonderick “TW” Watkins is manning Jazmine Sullivan’s FOH mix on one of her tour’s two DiGiCo SD12 96 consoles supplied by Clair Global.
Business
Shure Joins ITU, UK Spectrum Policy Forum Steering Board
Shure recently joined the International Telecommunication Union and the UK Spectrum Policy Forum Steering Board.
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Jack White Gets Bats with Harman
Baseball bat manufacturer Warstic Sports, co-owned by rocker Jack White, recently opened a new HQ/retail space outfitted with JBL Pro and Crown audio gear.
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Scovill Adds Alcons for Chesney Tour
Veteran FOH engineer Robert Scovill has brought along Alcons Audio speakers for use as mix position nearfield monitors on the current Kenny Chesney tour.
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Melissa Etheridge On The Move with Midas
FOH engineer Jim Roese brought along Midas Heritage HD96 desks supplied by Sound Image on the current Melissa Etheridge tour.
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Parsons Audio Outfits Lynn Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium
The 2,000-seat Lynn Veteran's Memorial Auditorium recently had a d&b audiotechnik V-Series loudspeaker system installed.
Business
Sennheiser and Shure Lose Battle for Vacant UHF Channel
The FCC has refused a request from Sennheiser and Shure to preserve a vacant channel in the TV bands for wireless mic use.
Live Gear
Inside Solotech’s Massive New Nashville Base
Years in the making, Solotech has officially opened its new, 120,000-square-foot facility in Nashville, Tennessee.
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75th Tony Awards’ ‘Best Sound’ Nominees Announced
Nominees for this year’s Tony Awards, including those in the two Best Sound categories, were announced today.
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Istrouma Baptist Updates Its Audio
Baton Rouge’s Istrouma Baptist Church recently updated with audio system with help from production design company Pink Palace Media.
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Miami’s Ultra Music Festival Returns
This year’s Ultra Music Festival in March found Unreal-Systems/AgorÀ USA providing sound on the main stage for 55,000 people nightly.
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KFC Yum! Center Updates Audio Systems
Louisville’s main sports arena, the KFC Yum! Center, recently updated its house system.
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Riding the Mix at RodeoHouston
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo holds all-star concerts 20 nights in a row for up to 73,000 people a night. For 28 years, Malcolm...
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Las Vegas’ Madison Square Garden Sphere Construction Continues
When Las Vegas' $1.66 billion Madison Square Garden Sphere is completed in 2023, it will contain a 17,000 capacity arena inside the world's largest...
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Nehru Science Centre Looks to the Future
Mumbai’s Nehru Science Centre used its COVID downtime to update its audio system with the help of audio house OdBle.
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Burning Man’s Robot Heart Gets A Transplant
Burning Man's jaw-dropping Robot Heart sound-system bus is headed to New York's Central Park to party—and reinvent itself in the process.
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Level 42 Returns to the Road
Merlin PA supplied an Electro-Voice and Dynacord sound system to support Level 42's first UK tour since the height of the pandemic.
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Conquering Sound in a Polygonal Sanctuary
Zurich’s Church of St. Katharina features classic brutalist architecture that may look beautiful but it is also acoustically challenging with reflective surfaces and an...
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Seattle’s Crocodile Gets Complex
Seattle venue The Crocodile has expanded into a full-fledged entertainment complex, all of which is connected with Sommer Cable.
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Red Bull Arena’s Audio Kicks
New Jersey's 25,000-seat Red Bull Arena recently updated its audio system with a new L-Acoustics A Series loudspeaker system.
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Brooklyn Made Makes Plans to Branch Out
Emerging NYC venue Brooklyn Made has acquired two more properties to build out adjacent venues that will hold up to 2,500 people.
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Solotech Helps Evanescence Share The Bitter Truth
Evanescence just wrapped up its first US tour in two years, supporting its latest album, The Bitter Truth, and along for the ride were...
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SF’s Revitalized Castro Theatre Set for Audio Upgrades
Until a major audio renovation takes place later this year, San Francisco's Castro Theatre is using temporary Meyer Sound systems provided by rental partner...
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Eddie Vedder’s ‘Earthling’ Tour Blasts Off
RAT Sound tackled audio duties for the recent solo tour of Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, supporting his new album, 'Earthling.'
Live Gear
Yale Bowl Upgrades Comms
Yale Athletics recently installed an intercom system from Studio Technologies at the school’s 107-year-old football stadium, the Yale Bowl.
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Hip-Hop Halftime: Remote-Mixing Music for Super Bowl LVI
Remote-mixing music for Super Bowl LVI from the NFL’s new West Coast facilities was no simple trick.
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SES Hits the Road with Joe Bonamassa
Blues master Joe Bonamassa just wrapped up a six-week return to the road with Special Event Services providing audio gear for each stop.
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London’s Albany Upgrades Audio for In-The-Round and More
A community arts center in southeast London, The Albany recently replaced its long-standing audio system with an eye towards future projects.
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The Mother Mother of All Tours
Canadian alt-rockers Mother Mother are in the midst of a 12-month tour, on the road internationally with a pair of Allen & Heath CT1500...
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Taylor Hawkins and Foo Fighters Through The Years
With the unexpected passing Friday of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, we look back at his and the band's long and prolific careers.
Live Gear
DiGiCo, d&b Beat Latency for 5G Festival’s Remote Music Performance
More than 20 musicians were able to perform together remotely via DiGiCo and d&b Soundscape equipment during the 5G Festival.
Live Gear
British Music Embassy Rocks at SXSW
The British Music Embassy Cedar Street Courtyard at SXSW this year was outfitted with a phalanx of Allen & Heath dLive consoles.
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Unheard Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry / Mouse On Mars Immersive Collaboration Debuts
Brooklyn's National Sawdust recently took an unheard Lee “Scratch” Perry/Mouse on Mars collaboration into the immersive realm.
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Maroon 5 Rolls into SF’s Oracle Park
Maroon 5 was heard at San Francisco’s Oracle Park stadium recently through a massive EAW Anya system provided by Sound Image.
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Powering David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’
Pete Keppler, system designer and house engineer for David Byrne's 'American Utopia' on Broadway, discusses the show's audio system.
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Going All-In for George Strait “Strait to Vegas” Shows
Spectrum Sound is providing a d&b audiotechnik KSL system for George Strait's in-the-round residency at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena.