Live Sound
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.
Tours
Live Sound
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.
Live Sound
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.
Live Sound
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.
Live Sound
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.
Live Sound
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...
Live Sound
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 Sound
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.
Live Sound
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...
Live Sound
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 Sound
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.
Live Sound
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.
Live Sound
The Oak Ridge Boys Roll and Little River Band Flow with Avantis Desks
Nashville's Brantley Sound recently set up both the Little River Band and the Oak Ridge Boys with Allen & Heath Avantis desks for live...
Live Sound
Bon Iver Puts L-ISA Processor II to the Test with 7.1 Immersive Concert
A pair of Bon Iver concerts in Los Angeles marked the first official deployment anywhere of L-Acoustics’ 3D audio processing engine, the L-ISA Processor...
Live Sound
Dan + Shay Tour Takes ‘Good Things’ On Tour
PRG provided audio, video, and lighting systems for the latest tour by country stars Dan + Shay, backing their 'Good Things' album.
Live Sound
Shure Mics Up Super Bowl LVI
RF coordinators, referees and performers used Shure gear to deliver Super Bowl LVI to 70,000 fans at LA’s SoFi Stadium.
Live Sound
A Tour of Duty with The War On Drugs
Playing Madison Square Garden for the first time is a milestone for any band and its crew, but for The War On Drugs, that...
Live Sound
Metallica Marks 40 Years of Mayhem
Metallica's go-to designer since the early 90s, Dan Braun, talks about creating the band's recent 40th anniversary concerts in this exclusive interview.
Live Sound
Cirque du Soleil Returns With ‘KOOZA,’ ‘Alegria’
Unexpected pause due to the global pandemic enables Cirque du Soleil’s touring operations to upgrade its KOOZA production to Sennheiser Digital 6000.
Live Sound
Genesis Live: Turn It On Again…One Last Time, Part 2
In Part 2, Genesis FOH engineer Michel Colin reveals Phil Collins' inexpensive vocal mic and how to get that classic 1980s gated drum sound...
Live Sound
Genesis Live: Turn It On Again…One Last Time, Part 1
After announcing a farewell tour in March, 2020, Genesis finally hit the U.S. this past fall...and then Covid struck the audio team.
Live Sound
TAG Spreads ‘Good’ Vibes for Pitbull
TAG provided audio for Pitbull throughout the 'I Feel Good' tour this past fall, using its d&b audiotechnik KSL system.
Live Sound
Brown Note Finishes Festival-Filled Fall
Brown Note Productions spent the fall providing audio for four major multi-day festivals promoted by Danny Wimmer Presents.
Live Sound
Faux Floyd Rolls with Capital Sound
Long-running tribute act The Australian Pink Floyd Show hit the road in the UK this past fall with an Outline system from Capital Sound...
Live Sound
3 Doors Down Rolls Out with Special Event Services
3 Doors Down hit the road this summer to mark the 20th anniversary of its debut album, with Special Event Services providing audio production.
Live Gear
Parvaaz Circles Around to New Tour
Bangalore-based Parvaaz just wrapped up its multi-city Full Circle tour, the first tour of its kind in India since the pandemic began.
Live Sound
The Evolving Live Mix of Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra returned to the road this fall behind its latest album, The Million Masks of God; FOH engineer TJ Elias shares his insights...
Live Sound
Whatever It Takes, Part 2: Mixing the DMB Live
Part Two of 'Whatever It Takes' explores the Dave Matthews Band's house mix, monitor setup, miking and more.
Live Sound
Whatever It Takes, Part 1: The DMB Overcome COVID Crises
The Dave Matthews Band finishes its epic 2021 tour this weekend at New York's Madison Square Garden. We checked in with the audio team...
Live Sound
Beartooth Singer Mixes Band’s Monitors Live
Metalcore band Beartooth has been tearing it up on stage recently with vocalist Cabel Shomo mixing monitors from center stage for all five...
Live Sound
Bringing Avatar’s Death Metal to Life on Tour
Death metal faves Avatar hit the U.S. this fall, tearing up theaters and festivals along the way—FOH man Erik Rogers tells all
Live Sound
Jonas Brothers Dig Into DPA
The Jonas Brothers wrapped up their 2021 “Remember This” tour last night with a show at the Hollywood Bowl.
Live Sound
A&H Found at Atlas Weekend
This year's Atlas Weekend in Kyiv, Ukraine saw comedian and pop singer, Andriy Danylko, mixed through an Allen & Heath dLive system.
Live Sound
Mix Live Blog: Get Back Inside!
FOH engineer and Mix blogger Steve La Cerra heads to New Hampshire and discovers the Tupelo Music Hall is a sweet-sounding space.
Live Sound
Los Bukis Reunion Tour Rolls
Grupera band Los Bukis has reunited this year to hit the road, with Sound Image providing audio for every stop.
Live Sound
Creating a Monitor Sound that Styx
Styx’s monitor engineer Evan McElhinney has been using Audix gear during the band’s current tour for its Crash of the Crown album.
Live Sound
Life is Beautiful Festival Rocks Vegas
Solotech provided a selection of Meyer Sound systems for mid-September's Life is Beautiful festival in Las Vegas.
Live Sound
Hella Mega Yeah! Behind the Audio of the Summer’s Biggest Tour
Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer brought the rock—and the most surprising FOH console of the year—on the road this summer.
Live Sound
Rise Against Returns to the Road
Rise Against was one of the first major acts to return to touring, heading out in July; engineers Nate Northway and Charlie Bybee talk...
Live Sound
Swedish Classical-Crossover Tour Rolls with Ek
Hans Ek uses his music to meld disparate genres together while his live audio team uses Allen & Heath dLive CTi1500 surfaces.
Live Sound
Britannia Row Heads Back Outdoors for Anne-Marie Set
Britannia Row Productions marked its return to outdoor live music in the UK when it tackled a live set during the 2021 Pirelli British...
Live Sound
Phish Touring With Rupert Neve Designs RMP-D8 Preamps
FOH mixer Garry Brown adds 112 channels, via Dante, to his Yamaha Rivage PM10–based console system.