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The Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide

Volbeat on The Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide (Pic: Bryan Reesman)

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.

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Into the Millennium

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.

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DiGiCo’s Lizard Wizardry

DiGiCo mixing brings Wizardry to King’s Phantom Island

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.

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Calema at the Estádio da Luz

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.

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Back to the Beginning

Ozzy Osbourne (Pic: Ross Halfin)

Planning the band’s last live performance for Birmingham’s Villa Park Stadium, Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning Production Director Jake Berry asked Clair Global if singer Ozzy Osbourne’s vision to play a final show – where it all began in Aston, Birmingham, in 1968 – would be possible as a mutli-band live stream, the answer was always going to be ‘yes’.

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‘Oldest and most striking’ theatre installs dB PA system

The Marlstone hills of Zuid-Limburg in the Netherlands are home to the Openluchttheater Valkenburg, which ranks among the oldest and most striking open-air theatres in Europe. Designed by renowned architect Pierre Cuypers, it now relies on a sound system from dBTechnologies, with a focus on VIO line arrays.

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Stadsschouwburg De Harmonie upgrades with L-Acoustics

The Netherlands’ Stadsschouwburg De Harmonie has completed an audio upgrade with a new L-Acoustics L Series professional sound system that marks a significant advance in the venue’s ability to deliver consistent, high-quality sound – whether for hosting corporate presentations, cabaret performances or dynamic musical acts.

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Largest US Hindu temple installs Riedel media and comms

Generallay recognised as the third largest Hindu temple in the world and the largest in the US, BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham has adopted a new media and communications infrastructure based around Riedel Communications tecnology. To manage its complex operations, BAPS selected Riedel’s MediorNet and Bolero intercom systems to be powerful, scalable, and intuitive enough for its volunteer staff to operate.

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Loud Technologies Asia takes on Williams AV in Singapore

Assistive listening, language interpretation and wireless communication specialist Williams AV has appointed LTA Loud Technologies Asia as its distributor in Singapore.

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Genelec gets fresh feel for Music Row in Nashville

Electric Feel Entertainment has expanded its footprint with the opening of a new recording studio in Nashville, in the heart of historic Music Row. This is Electric Feel’s second US studio, joining its flagship Los Angeles location and complementing international and upcoming additions including Miami and New York – ans is furnished with Genele monitoring.

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Bansbach Akustik completes IICA audio upgrade

System integrator Bansbach Akustik has completed a comprehensive audio update at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), selecting Powersoft’s Quattrocanali fixed-install amplifier platform as part of a modern, networked conference system designed for ministerial-level sessions and international delegations.

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Audio-Technica Deutschland takes on TiMax distribution

The forthcoming LEaTcon 25 show in Hamburg has given spatial audio pioneer TiMax its first public opportunity to share space with new distribution partner, Audio-Technica Deutschland. The appointment is indicative of TiMax’s push towards deeper local engagement.

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