Business
New UK Live Sound Provider 22Live Debuts
UK live sound provider 22Live has announced its official formation having already completed two major tours and more.
Tours
Live Sound
Touring Mental Health Manual Set to Debut
A new book, 'Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual,' will debut from Omnibus Press on March 23.
Live Sound
Mixing Courtney Barnett’s Monitors
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.
Live Sound
Taking Audio to the Max
Audio engineer Kyle Chirnside mixed FOH on an Allen & Heath SQ console for artist Max Schneider's fall tour.
Live Sound
On The Road With Wu-Tang Clan, Nas & Busta Rhymes
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.
Live Sound
The Killers On The Loose: Brandon Flowers & Co. Tour The World
Alt rock legends The Killers have returned to the road this year, circling the globe with FOH engineer Kenny Kaiser and a slew of...
Live Sound
Keeping the Crowd in a Billy Joel State of Mind
With 160 million albums sold, these days Billy Joel focuses on live performances, all of which are mixed by longtime FOH engineer Brian Ruggles...
Live Sound
French Space Pop Touches Down in U.S.
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.
Live Sound
Ghost Rolls Out with Ultrasound and Meyer Sound
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...
Live Sound
Cover Story: Kenny Chesney—Taking Here and Now to Another Level, Part 2
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.
Live Sound
Cover Story: Kenny Chesney—Taking Here and Now to Another Level, Part 1
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...
Live Sound
Red Hot Chili Peppers Hit the Road with Eighth Day Sound
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have always been ones to change things up, and their current 'Unlimited Love' stadium tour is solid proof.
Live Gear
One Way or Another, Blondie Tours Through 2022
Blondie and their longtime live sound crew had a tumultuous post-pandemic world tour, but got through it, one way or another.
Live Sound
Incubus Returns to the Road
Incubus spent the summer touring with Clair Global, a massive L-Acoustics rig and guitarist Mike Einziger’s Mixhalo platform.
Live Sound
In This Moment Rolls Through Red Rocks
FOH engineer Brian Hardaswick has been mixing In This Moment on an Allen & Heath dLive system throughout the group’s 2022 tour, including a...
Live Sound
What OneRepublic Did On Its Summer Vacation
After a pandemic pause and years of one-offs and short runs, OneRepublic returned to the road this summer with a full-fledged tour supported by...
Live Sound
Capturing Bon Jovi’s Live Drum Sound
Capturing Bon Jovi's drum sound on the band’s recent U.S. tour was a passel of mics from Austrian Audio.
Live Sound
Cover Story: Inside The Stadium Tour, Part 2 — Def Leppard
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard co-headlined The Stadium Tour this summer, playing to 1.1 million fans with the help of Clair Global and an...
Live Sound
Cover Story: Inside The Stadium Tour, Part 1—Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard co-headlined The Stadium Tour this summer, playing to 1.1 million fans with the help of Clair Global and an...
Live Sound
Keeping Duran Duran’s Live Sound Wild
Duran Duran just finished its US tour leg, part of a 2022 journey that will culminate at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame...
Live Gear
Mixing Dance Gavin Dance Live
FOH engineer Travis Wade has been on the road this year with post-hardcore act Dance Gavin Dance and an A&H dLive S5000 desk.
Live Sound
Solotech Reports Bumper Festival Season
Festivals throughout Canada, the U.S. and the UK lead to a record year for Montreal-based audio-visual systems provider.
Live Sound
Rage Against the Machine Returns to the Road
Rage Against The Machine tore across the U.S. this summer, relishing its return to the road with the live sound help of Eighth Day.
Live Sound
Jacob Collier Roams the World with Eighth Day Sound
Creating a consistent live sound for musical polymath Jacob Collier and his improvisation-based sound while on tour is no simple matter.
Live Sound
Tedeschi Trucks Band Doesn’t Let Up
The Tedeschi Trucks Band has returned to the road once again, this year with an L-Acoustics system provided by PRG in tow.
Live Sound
Rolling Stones Tour Augmented with Austrian Audio Mics
The Rolling Stones made their way through Europe’s stadiums on the group’s Sixty tour this summer with a batch of Austrian Audio microphones.
Live Sound
Dead & Company: Keeping It Live
Dead & Company FOH engineer/tour director Derek Featherstone discusses the band's summer tour, its new Meyer Sound Panther P.A. and his methods for mixing...
Live Sound
Veteran Live Engineer Rick “Ricco” Massei Passes
Touring audio veteran Rick “Ricco” Massei passed away unexpectedly earlier this year at home in Cathedral City, California.
Live Sound
Miking Mathematics on the Move with Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran's Mathematics stadium tour has been circling the globe with long-time production company, Major Tom, in tow.
Live Sound
On The Road with Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam has been on the road since May with the help of Rat Sound Systems and Britannia Row.
Blogs
Mix Live Blog: Where Have All the Workers Gone?
The unemployment rate has been 3.5 percent for months, causing job vacancies everywhere—and that in turn is affecting every part of touring.
Live Sound
Nothing More Engineers Dive Into dLive
Nothing More has been on tour this year with a pair of Allen & Heath dLive S5000 surfaces at FOH and monitorworld.
Live Sound
Mixing Nick Mason’s “Saucerful of Secrets” Tour
Pink Floyd founding member Nick Mason has been on the road this year with his 2022 “Saucerful of Secrets” tour.
Live Sound
On The Road with CCM Act Bryan and Katie Torwalt
The FOH position for Grammy-winning CCM artists Bryan and Katie Torwalt is based around an Allen & Heath dLive CTi1500 surface.
Live Sound
Living It Up Live With Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa's second album, Future Nostalgia, came out just as the pandemic began; two years, six singles and a Grammy later, she's taking a...
Live Sound
Getting the Show on the Road: Tour Sound in 2022
There are more tours than ever this summer, but in the live sound world, gear shortages and staffing challenges remain.
Live Sound
The Killers Rampage Through U.K. with Capital Sound
Veteran alt-rockers The Killers spent May and June touring the U.K. and Ireland with the help of Capital Sound and a d&b GSL system.
Live Sound
Back on the Road with Billie Eilish, Part 2
In Part 2, the Billie Eilish tour's audio team preps for its 2022 run, rethinking everything from the ground up.
Live Sound
Back on the Road with Billie Eilish, Part 1
After a two-year pandemic pause—not to mention an Oscar win and a hit album—Billie Eilish and her sound team are back on the road,...
Live Gear
Dead & Company Debut PANTHER on Tour
Stadium/Shed System from UltraSound Anchored by 72 PANTHER Loudspeakers
Live Sound
Umphrey’s McGee: Rocking in Reykjavik
Veteran jamband Umphrey's McGee headed to Iceland earlier this year for “Röckjavik,” a special three-night run at the 1,800-seat Eldborg Concert Hall in Reykjavik.
Live Sound
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,...