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Brussels’ Bozar takes immersive leap
Nearly a century after Victor Horta designed Brussels’ Palais des Beaux-Arts (Bozar to by locals) the 2,150-seat Henry Le Bœuf Hall has furthered its history with the installation of a permanent sound system after decades of rented systems brought in for amplified performances. This never quite match the venue’s artistic ambitions – a situation now resolved with L-Acoustics’ L-ISA Hyperreal Sound and L Series line arrays.
The Greatest Of All Tours
Fifties-influenced Danish metal band Volbeat recently wrapped up a North American tour, supported by Halestorm and The Ghost Inside, and are now heading for Europe. Production manager/FOH engineer Denniel Miller is mixing the band on a DiGiCo Quantum852 console paired with Fourier Audio’s transform.engine in a control package tailored to give Volbeat the big sound they need onstage.
Into the Millennium
The first pop act to perform at the Las Vegas Sphere, the Backstreet Boys took up a summer residency at the fully immersive venue to mark the 25th anniversary of the release of their Millennium album. Relaying the band’s performance through the Sphere’s 360° sound system, involved the use of an SSL Live console and five Digital Audio Denmark Core 256 interfaces for playback, to host plug-ins and for and recording.
DiGiCo’s Lizard Wizardry
Six-piece multi-genre Australian band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard recently toured the US with their Phantom Island show, featuring collaborations with local orchestras on eight nights of the 12-date run. For the first time, the band’s FOH engineer Sam Joseph and monitor engineer Joe Santarpia were behind new small-footprint Quantum326 mixing desks.
Calema at the Estádio da Luz
The close to their 15 Years tour, Lisbon’s 68,100-capacity Estádio da Luz was the biggest stadium show yet for Portuguese-speaking band, Calema. The show ran show without a hitch, with two DiGiCo Quantum 338 consoles s at FOH and two DiGiCo SD5s at monitors from Auditiv Audiovisuals.