Live Sound
Ed Sheeran Sets Epic Touring Record Backed by Major Tom Ltd.
The two-year Divide tour is now the highest-grossing and most-attended tour of all-time.
Live Sound
Live Sound
AES Sets Sound Reinforcement Track for 2019 Convention
Sound Reinforcement Track aims to offer practical ideas and solutions for live sound pros.
Live Sound
Console Gets New Kentucky Home
An audio makeover for ‘The Stephen Foster Story’ included a new Allen & Heath desk.
Live Sound
ENTEC Moves into Parookaville
Audio provider ENTEC brings EDM to the masses at German dance festival.
Live Sound
Yorkville Digs Into Oh Canada Ribfest
More than 54,000 people came out to the decade-old ribfest, getting their fill of food and music via a Yorkville Sound PA.
Live Sound
Craig Morgan Tour Transitions to New Consoles
Hard-touring country show transitions to Allen & Heath desks.
Live Sound
Italy’s Medimex Festival Turns to International Sound
Italian conference/festival hosted Clock DVA, Adrian Sherwood, others.
Live Sound
Billie Eilish Tour Rides the Waves
FOH engineer Drew Thornton shares how he applies plug-ins to Eilish’s live sound.
Live Sound
Red Rocks Goes Green with Hawaiian Reggae
Hawaiian reggae act The Green recently played Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, mixed on Allen & Heath dLive desks.
Live Sound
Queen Latifah Pops into Boston for July 4
After multiple collaborations with the Boston Pops for its annual Fireworks Spectacular, Queen Latifah took to the road this summer for an orchestral mini-tour.
Festival Profile
Twelve Foot Ninja Attacks Europe with Allen & Heath
Aussie metal/funk/Latin/reggae band freaked out the festivals of Europe this summer.
The Wire
The Lost Colony Doubles Down on Point Source Audio; Mics Shine Through Tough Weather
Through wind and rain, stage fights, environmental acoustics and more, Point Source Audio mics have weathered all the challenges in The Lost Colony, the...
Recording
Creating the 432-Track ‘Woodstock 50’ Box Set
By Steve Harvey. Woodstock took place 50 years ago this month, and for those who weren’t there (or were and don’t remember it), Rhino...
Live Sound
The Pro Sound News Centerstage Chart for August 2019
Pro Sound News runs down the crews and gear on the top 10 highest-grossing tours of the month.
Live Sound
Masque Sound Launches New Division
Longtime Broadway audio provider broadens its reach with new division.
Live Sound
Raising the Roof—and Expectations—at Summerfest
By Steve Harvey. Many concerts have raised the roof at the 23,500-seat American Family Insurance Amphitheater, the flagship venue of Milwaukee’s Summerfest, but this...
Blog
Live Sound Gets Environmentally Sound
By Clive Young. Concerts are scientifically proven to be good for your health; now they're becoming less bad for the Earth, too.
Live Sound
Drummer Stephen Perkins Feels the Telefunk
Perkins has worked with Jane’s Addition, Rage Against the Machine, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, and Suicidal Tendencies.
Festival Business
Meyer Sound Rolls into Roskilde 2019
2019 marked the second year of the ongoing collaboration between Meyer Sound and Northern Europe’s biggest festival.
Live Sound
Rudess’ KeyFest Turns to QSC at Sweetwater
The three-day clinic, held annually at the campus of Sweetwater Sound, made use of QSC live sound gear.
Live Sound
RRS Rolls with Adam Sandler on Tour
Las Vegas-based RRS Audio provided audio for the comedian’s spring tour.
Festival Profile
ABC Tackles Sound at Primo Maggio Roma 2019
Rome’s annual music festival presented 31 acts over two days on a rotating stage.
Festival Profile
Brown Note Takes on Chicago Open Air Festival
Tool, SOAD, Ghost and others annihilate crowd at Chicago festival.
Live Sound
Penn’s Peak Picks New PA
The venerable Pennsylvania venue opts for a Coda Audio line array system.
Live Sound
On the Road with ZZ Top’s 50th Anniversary Tour
The trio from Texas kicked things off with three shows in its home state, with audio support from Houston-based LD Systems.
Live Sound
Tool On Tour
On the road with a new album due in August, Tool continues to fine tune its sound.
Live Sound
The Pro Sound News Centerstage Chart for July 2019
Pro Sound News runs down the crews and gear on the top 10 highest-grossing tours of the month.
Live Sound
Audience Eavesdrops on Cold War Thriller
By Mel Lambert. How do you get a theater audience to experience the paranoia and suspicion of East Berlin in 1968? For the sold-out...
Live Sound
Morris Light & Sound Takes on CMA Fest
Morris tackles audio for Russell Dickerson, Maren Morris, Hunter Hayes and others as it fields d&b on five stages.
Festival Profile
Eilish Rolls into Coachella with A&H
The young songstress wasn’t the only major artist at the festival using the desk either.
Live Sound
2019 Sound Designer Tony Awards Make History
Jessica Paz, co-sound designer for Hadestown, became both the first woman to nominated for and also the first to win a Tony Award for...
Live Sound
Clair Brothers Settles in at Leisure World
New amphitheater for seniors outfitted with Clair house system.
Business
Police Seize 1.8 Tons of Meth, Heroin Smuggled in Counterfeit Loudspeakers
The meth bust, valued at $835 million U.S., is the largest in Australian history.
Live Sound
Inside the Colorado Symphony’s Immersive Star Wars Show
Hyperspace got “hyperreal” when Clearwing Productions deployed L-Acoustics’ L-ISA for a live orchestral accompaniment to The Empire Strikes Back.
Live Sound
Meyer Sound Teams with TED
The TED Conference and Meyer Sound kicked off a new partnership this spring.
Live Sound
Whisky a Go Go Nets New P.A.
The famed L.A. musical launch pad has updated its audio system.
Live Sound
Excision Wraps Up Apex Tour with PK Sound
EDM artist brings 225,000-watt rig on the road.
Live Sound
Drake Takes Sennheiser on ‘Vacation’
Wireless Sennheiser gear could be found all over the rapper’s recent 'Assassination Vacation' tour of Europe.
Live Sound
Mu-Mu Audio Shapes Acoustics with Nebula
Regional audio provider develops acoustic processing for room ambiance.