Tours

The veteran rap rock band and FOH engineer Taylor "Squid" Veraldi have been hitting the road hard in preparation for the band's fifth album.

Live Sound

From Town to Town with From Ashes To New

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 12/05/2025

The veteran rap rock band has been hitting the road hard in preparation for its fifth album.

The Wonderment Tour’s Fourier Audio transform.engine in the lower left FOH rack is running LiquidSonics’ Cinematic Rooms plug-in, seen on the external screen to the right

Live Sound

AR Rahman Takes Fourier Audio on the Road

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 11/26/2025

Composer/producer/musician AR Rahman (A.K.A. ARR) has been on the road this year with the 2025 Wonderment Tour.

Part of the giant, stadium-filling L-Acoustics P.A. that Britannia Row fielded for the Oasis Live 25 world tour. Photo: Britannia Row.

Live Sound

The Audio of Oasis Live 25, Part 2

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 11/19/2025

Fans have waited 16 years for the Gallagher brothers to reunite; ensuring they hear every note is a bespoke crew of pros from Britannia...

Oasis Live 25 at Rogers Stadium in Toronto, Canada. Photo: Clive Young

Live Sound

The Audio of Oasis Live 25, Part 1

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 11/18/2025 ⋅ Updated: 11/19/2025

Fans have waited 16 years for the Gallagher brothers to reunite; ensuring they hear every note is a bespoke crew of pros from Britannia...

Front of house engineer Will Nicholson has been mixing Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism tour on a DiGiCo Quantum 852 console.

Live Sound

Mixing Dua Lipa on the Road

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 11/11/2025

Front of house engineer Will Nicholson and monitor engineer Alex Cerutti discuss mixing Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism tour.

Gateway Studios & Production Services (GSPS) provided audio gear and crew for Ghost's tour.

Live Sound

Ghost Tour Goes the Distance with Gateway

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 11/10/2025

Gateway Studios & Production Services (GSPS) is providing audio gear and crew for Ghost's North American tour.

Brent Washburn mans his Allen & Heath dLive C1500 control surface on the road with artist Elijah Woods.

Live Sound

Washburn and Woods Hit the Road with Compact Rig

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 11/06/2025

FOH engineer Brent Washburn talks about using his compact Allen & Heath dLive rig to mix popster Elijah Woods.

Drake’s vocals were captured with a Sound Devices Astral HH wireless handheld mic, topped with a Sennheiser 9235 capsule. Photo: Simone Joyner/Getty Images.

Live Sound

Drake Crosses The Continent

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 11/04/2025

FOH engineer Demetrius Moore shares his audio objectives for mixing rap/R&B superstar Drake live.

When Turkish star Yalin played London’s Royal Albert Hall, Chalset Sound tackled multiple audio aspects of the show.

Live Sound

Chalset All In for Yalin at RAH

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 10/22/2025

When Turkish star Yalin played London’s Royal Albert Hall, Chalset Sound tackled multiple audio aspects of the show.

SLS Production Services fielded a JBL VTX system for Alice Cooper's recent tour.

Live Sound

Alice Cooper Tour Gets Comfortable with SLS

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 10/21/2025

SLS Production Services backs Cooper & Co. across 196 shows

Live Sound

FOH Engineer Is Flying High With Polyphia—and His Console

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 10/08/2025

Carry-on Allen & Heath SQ-5 and stagebox bring consistency to guitar-rock tour, with flexibility as the venues get bigger.

Front-of-house engineer Wil Madera has chosen the Waves eMotion LV1 Classic console for Pitbull

Live Sound

Pitbull Engineer Rides the Waves LV1

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 10/03/2025

Pitbull's recent European tour was mixed on a Waves eMotion LV1 Classic, marking one of the highest profile shows to date to use the...

Out on the road for his first U.S. solo tour in nearly 30 years, Bruce Dickinson (center) pauses with FOH engineer/production manager Ken “Pooch” Van Druten (left) and Kevin “Tater” McCarthy. Photo: Courtesy of Ken Van Druten.

Live Sound

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Steps Out on Tour

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 10/01/2025

Ken “Pooch” Van Druten has been manning the house desk on Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson's first U.S. solo tour in nearly 30 years.

Eddie Mapp is literally the calm at the center of the storm during a recent Pantera show in Phoenix.

Live Sound

Pantera Engineer Eddie Mapp Gives Back

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 09/30/2025

Metal mixing maestro Eddie Mapp recently hosted students from his alma matter, CRAS, for an educational afternoon when Pantera played near the school.

Kali Uchi’s recent tour made extensive use of a JBL VTX P.A. provided by Sound Image.

Live Sound

Kali Uchis Hits The Road with Sound Image

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 09/29/2025

Kali Uchi’s recent arena tour—her first—made extensive use of a JBL VTX P.A. provided by Sound Image.

The Weeknd has been using a Sound Devices Astral HH wireless microphone with his preferred Sennheiser 5235 capsule when performing live.

Live Sound

The Weeknd’s Audio Team Solves A Mic Mystery

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 09/18/2025

For years, a nearly inaudible issue with The Weeknd’s vocal mic drove his perfectionist audio team mad; recently, they finally solved the problem.

Vince Gill wrapped up his 30-date summer tour with a five-night stand at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Photo: Ed Rode/Getty Images.

Live Sound

Vince Gill Live: Get That Analog Mentality

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 09/17/2025

Country legend Vince GIll made the rounds this summer on a 30-date tour that brought along his longtime audio team, custom-built from the ground...

Ben Jackson on the road. Photo: Alex Beamis.

Live Gear

Yungblud Rocks Out Via Radial

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 09/15/2025

Backline/guitar tech Ben Jackson recently updated stageside rigs for rocker Yungblud and his band.

Live Sound

Hot August Nights in Golden Gate Park

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/28/2025

Meyer Sound brings Panther to three landmark events—Dead & Company, Outside Lands and Zach Bryan—back to back to back.

Live Sound

Dude Perfect Takes the Laughs on Tour

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/28/2025

“This is five guys on wireless headset mics out in front of the P.A., and we’re needing to get vocal clarity above a crowd...

Live Sound

Steven Wilson Immerses Audiences on ‘The Overview’ Tour

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/26/2025

Theaters, amphitheaters and arenas all modeled in Soundvision software, optimized for L-Acoustics L2/L2D + Syva surround setup.

Featured

MCR Pushes Sound to the Max on Black Parade Tour

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/25/2025

FOH engineer Jay Rigby makes use of 400-foot throw, levels of 102 dB, with L-Acoustics K Series rig.

Green Day's massive crowds are captured nightly for the band's in-ear monitors via Schoeps MiniCMIT shotgun mics. Photo: Schoeps.

Live Sound

Capturing the Crowds of Green Day Live

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/12/2025

Green Day monitor engineer Danny Badorine leans on a collection of shotgun mics to correctly capture crowds, cymbals and more.

Jordan Waller, a 31-year-old FOH engineer from British Columbia, has become a go-to guy for many of that country’s country artists.

Live Sound

FOH Engineer Rides Canada’s Country Wave

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/11/2025

Jordan Waller, a 31-year-old FOH engineer from British Columbia, has become a go-to guy for many of that country’s country artists.

FOH engineer Josh Osmond with his Avid Venue s6L on The Lumineers’ Automatic tour. Photo: Rachel Deeb

Live Sound

Mixing The Lumineers Live

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/05/2025 ⋅ Updated: 08/12/2025

The Lumineers' longtime FOH engineer Josh Osmond uses modern technology to bring the band's old-school folk feel to every seat.

Centered around original members Charlie Burchill (left) and Jim Kerr (center), Simple Minds hit the road in North America for 26 shows, including a stop at Denver’s Ball Arena. Photo: Thomas Cooper/Getty Images.

Live Sound

Simple Minds: Alive & Kicking In Concert

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 08/05/2025 ⋅ Updated: 08/07/2025

Veteran rockers Simple Minds just finished up their latest world tour, including a rare 26-date run across North America. Along for the ride were...

Prepping another Papadosio show with the Allen & Heath Avantis Solo set at FOH.

Live Sound

Papadosio Rolls Towards Hiatus

By Mix Edit ⋅ Published: 08/01/2025

After two decades, jam band Papadosio is retiring from the road with a final tour, and FOH pro Jon Chadwick is along for the...

FOH pro Toby Francis' Focusrite RedNet A16Rs.

Live Gear

Toby Francis Drives Grand National Tour at FOH

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 07/29/2025

Toby Francis is well known for lugging racks of analog outboard along with him on tour, and his current gig at front-of-house with Kendrick...

An artist's rendering of the completed Trilith Live facility. Image: Trilith.

Live Sound

Trilith Live Thinks Big

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 07/28/2025

Trilith Live is the latest large-scale tour/event rehearsal facility to enter the field, but it brings a new approach to the concept.

American singer-songwriter Teddy Swims has been touring the world this year, bringing his mix of country, pop and R&B around the globe. Photo: Gary Mather.

Live Sound

Teddy Swims’ Tour Goes…Swimmingly

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 07/23/2025

Teddy Swims has been touring the world this year, bringing his mix of country, pop and R&B around the globe with the help of...

Black Sabbath at Madison Square Garden, performing beneath a new Clair Global Cohesion loudspeaker system. Photo: Steven J. Messina.

Live Sound

Mixing Black Sabbath’s ‘The End’ Tour

By Rob Granger ⋅ Published: 07/22/2025

In 2016, Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne hit the road one last time for the band's "The End" tour.

Polish sound specialist 120dB recently took two SSL System T consoles out on tour with Genzie.

Live Sound

Polish Sound Specialist Highlights Console Flexibility

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 07/22/2025

Polish sound specialist 120dB recently took two SSL System T consoles out on tour with Genzie.

Maluma’s +Pretty +Dirty worldwide arena and stadium tour recently wrapped its European leg with a pair of upgraded DiGiCo desks at FOH and monitors.

Live Sound

Maluma Tour Rolls with Upgraded Consoles

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 07/21/2025

Maluma’s +Pretty +Dirty worldwide arena and stadium tour recently wrapped its European leg with a pair of upgraded DiGiCo desks at FOH and monitors.

Shinedown leader Brent Smith belts into an sE Electronics V7 vocal mic on the Dance, Kid, Dance tour. Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images.

Live Sound

Shinedown Turns It Up on Dance, Kid, Dance Tour

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 07/15/2025

Shinedown rocks with a capital "R" and helping make that happen every night are FOH engineer Andy Meyer and monitor man Chris Lightcap.

Magdalena Bay vocalist Mica Tenenbaum, wowing the crowd during the band’s stop in Buffalo on its recent Spring tour. Photo: Ava Young.

Live Sound

Mixing Magdalena Bay On the Move

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 07/14/2025 ⋅ Updated: 07/16/2025

Finishing a UK trek opening for Billie Eilish this week, indie synthpoppers Magdalena Bay are on the road with engineer Michael Tomas Regina manning...