Live Sound
Capturing Chris Young’s Live Sound On Tour
Chris Young is hitting the road hard in advance of his next album, with Erik Rogers tackling FOH engineer duties for the country star.
Tours
Live Sound
Mixing Lizzo’s Live Sound On The Road
Whether breaking out her flute or an unexpected R&B cover of Rammstein's "Du Hast," Lizzo keeps her concert sound team on its toes.
Live Sound
Capturing Tower of Power Live
Tower of Power has been laying down the funk for more than 50 years, and still hits the road to bring a good time...
Live Gear
Måneskin’s Mic Gets Spiky Anti-Cupping Accessory
Enrico La Falce, FOH engineer for Italian glam rockers Måneskin, found a simple way to ensure lead singer Damiano David doesn’t cup his mic....
Live Sound
On The Move with Modest Mouse
FOH engineer Peter Thompson had to take a different approach to the band's live sound when the now four-piece band hit the road this...
Blogs
MIX SIDEBAR: Take Me to the Rink—The Surprise Creation of Talking Heads’ “Big Band”
FOH engineer Frank Gallagher's stories are always headed somewhere unexpected—like this one, which starts off in late-Seventies New York City.
Live Sound
Frank Gallagher: ‘Soundman Confidential’ Talks Talking Heads, B-52’s and the Evolution of Live Sound
Frank Gallagher has mixed rock legends since the Sixties; still touring today, he's sharing how it all went down on his new podcast.
Live Sound
Tour Ready to Suckerpunch Crowd
Engineer George Adrian will have his Allen & Heath dLive at every stop on the upcoming Maggie Lindemann tour.
Business
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.
Live Gear
Social Distortion Goes Digital
Analog purists Social Distortion brought digital into the mix on its current tour with the arrival of a DiGiCo desk in monitorworld.
Live Sound
Billy Strings: Blowing Up with Bluegrass
There aren’t many bluegrass artists headlining arenas these days, but Billy Strings isn’t just any bluegrass artist.
Live Sound
Eighth Day Sound Ties Up Slipknot Tour
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.
Live Sound
Providing Sweet Sounds from Monitorworld
Engineer Daniela Seggewiss has been mixing classic rockers Sweet's monitors on an Allen & Heath SQ-5 console.
Live Sound
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss On The Road
FOH engineer Mark Kennedy discusses his choice to take an SSL Live L550 console out for Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raise The Roof...
Live Sound
Volbeat Tour Takes On Panther
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.
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.
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...