DirectOut has announced the appointment of a new three-member Management Board. This strategic evolution prepares the company to navigate its extraordinary global growth and the increasing complexity of the professional audio market. The new Board of Directors consists of Luca Giaroli as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), René In der Stroth as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Jan Ehrlich, transitioning from his previous role as CEO to Chief Operating Officer (COO). Giaroli, who previously held the pivotal roles of Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Solutions Officer at DirectOut, has been instrumental in transforming the company from a hardware-centric manufacturer into a…
Author: Alicia Pollitt
Denmark-based Motor Stage Automation (MSA) supplied a complete automation system, comprising Moveket VMK-S 500 vari-speed hoists, Moveket V-Motion 40 E-drives, especially modified Alfasystem M-1020L stage lift and Moveket control, to facilitate several scenic, creative and technical solutions for Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism tour. Moving objects included two spectacular eight and five-metre-diameter ‘astrolabe’ LED rings, six lighting pods, a ‘puck’ on which the artist flew above the stage, while the two astrolabes created kaleidoscope effects above, and the upstage lift, which was utilised extensively for stage access throughout Dua Lipa’s acclaimed live performance. The production design was a collaboration between tour…
Clair Global has opened its first premises in central Las Vegas, Nevada. Clair Global’s Integration Division specialises in installed solutions for large- scale construction projects across performance venues, sports facilities, corporate headquarters, and houses of worship, while its Events Division provides robust and technically advanced road-ready systems for live event deliveries, including music concerts, sporting events and festivals. This move demonstrates the company’s dedication to seamless customer service across both divisions. The new locality welcomes Troy Staton as General Manager and will back ongoing Clair Global projects in the city, enhancing client relations and simultaneously catering to Clair Global brands…
TSL has reinforced its concert touring and festival team with a series of senior industry appointments, bringing decades of touring and festival experience into the business and expanding its capability to deliver lighting and rigging services at the highest level. Joining as Account Director, Ian Turner brings more than 30 years of experience across theatre, touring and UK festivals. Having founded and led GLS Lighting for three decades, Turner built long-standing relationships across the industry, working as a Lighting Technician, Crew Boss and Lighting Designer. As Account Manager, Turner has worked on touring shows for artists including Motörhead, Thin Lizzy,…
dBTechnologies ACADEMY held the masterclass Global Sound Concert: Shaping the Sound at its Bologna headquarters, led by Josh Rogosin, longtime recording engineer for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts and founder of Global Sound Concerts. Rogosin helped shape the sound and production language behind NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts and now applies that same philosophy through his own Global Sound Concerts platform. Across two intensive days, Rogosin deconstructed the technical framework behind his approach to live capture—an engineering discipline grounded in deliberate microphone deployment, spatial awareness, and source-first balance. Rather than relying on post-production correction, his method emphasises gain structure, capsule selection, placement…
Follow-Me has announced the successful deployment of its Follow-Me 3D TWO system on Swedish singer-songwriter Miss Li’s energetic summer festival tour. The production marked the first time a summer festival tour utilised the system in Sweden, showcasing the platform’s flexibility in challenging outdoor lighting conditions. Linda Therese Karlsson, known professionally as Miss Li, has released eight studio albums since beginning her career in the early 2000s, with her songs featured in Swedish commercials and numerous American television series. Her high-energy performances and time-coded shows present unique challenges for lighting teams, particularly during Swedish summer festivals where daylight is a constant.…
Young Voices is one of the largest and most technically complex education-based touring productions. Now in its 30th year, the family run organisation brings together around 250,000 children annually from approximately 4,500 schools, performing across major UK arenas including BP Pulse Live, The O2, Wembley Arena and Co-op Live. While the scale is comparable to major touring artists, the priorities of the show are entirely different. The production must deliver arena-level impact while remaining flexible, fast to install and sensitive to the fact that thousands of first-time performers are at the centre of the experience. Trustee, Clare Edwards, commented: “At…
With The Legendary Tour, metal band Sabaton is setting new standards in arena productions. The central element of the show is a 24-metre-long flying catwalk designed to look like a medieval drawbridge, connecting the monumental main stage with a B-stage – directly above the heads of thousands of fans. At the start of the show, the structure hangs almost invisibly into the arena roof. During the performance, the catwalk is lowered, creating an intense 360-degree moment in which the band performs directly above the audience. The project demonstrates how precise static calculations, modular truss systems and integrated automation merge to…
22live has now rescheduled it’s ‘Test Drive’ event, following a move to an entirely different premises from that originally planned. Alex Penn, 22live’s Commercial Director, commented, “After originally planning to host this open day in September 2025, we were forced to postpone as our plans changed and we moved to an entirely different building! However, we hope that relaunching now will develop even more interest as we are in a bigger more exciting space, and the event promises to be even better than before.” 22live is throwing open the doors of its brand-new Redditch HQ for 22live Test Drive, a…
With tour and production management company, Travelled Music, celebrating its 24th year in 2026, TPi caught up with Tour Manager, Alan Thompson, to discover how touring has changed for him, and what we can expect from the sibling-run company in the future. Can you tell us about your role as Tour Manager with Barry Can’t Swim? “I came onboard with Barry Can’t Swim in early 2024. I recommended and was fortunate enough to have some good people join me and the team at the same time. We brought in a new MD and FOH, and as the year developed and…
The Who’s The Song Is Over finale tour in North America featured original members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend as they wowed fans one more time across the US and Canada. Cohesion was the chosen PA for all dates on the band’s farewell trek. Prior to The Who’s closing Philadelphia performance at Xfinity Mobile Arena, FOH Engineer, Robert Collins and System Engineer, Chris ‘Chopper’ Morrison, who have performed their respective roles for both The Who and Eric Clapton for more than a decade, discussed their working relationship, their philosophies mixing and designing the Cohesion audio system, and their perspective on…
In December, Michael Bond’s much-loved children’s character gently padded into the silvered environs of London’s Savoy Theatre as Paddington the Musical erupted into a glorious, fast-paced confection of a production that enchants audiences of all ages. A co-production between Sonia Friedman Productions, STUDIOCANAL, and Eliza Lumley Productions on behalf of Universal Music UK, with music and lyrics by Tom Fletcher, book by Jessica Swale and direction by Luke Sheppard, this production is packed with outrageous characters and new musical numbers. Curious, atmospheric, fantastical and homely scenes are juxtaposed with complex, compact sets all of which add to the magic and…
The Obsidian Control Systems team will showcase the new ONYX NX3 lighting console at the upcoming ISE tradeshow, February 3-6 in Barcelona. Lighting control specialists are invited to Booth #6Q300 for an up-close look at this new addition to the ONYX platform—and much more, including the new NETRON FS16, a new rackmount network switch in Obsidian’s award-winning line of data distribution products, and HELIOTRAQ, a new simplified performer tracking solution. The Obsidian team is proud to introduce the NX3, an advanced full-size lighting console built on the intuitive ONYX platform. Crafted to boost speed and creativity, it delivers lighting control…
Fourier Audio has announced HYPERPORT, a new low-latency, point-to-point audio protocol designed for seamless integration between its transform.engine or transform.go and DiGiCo’s Quantum and SD-Range consoles. With the launch of HYPERPORT, Fourier Audio addresses one of the most critical challenges in live sound – latency. Built from the ground up for professional touring, theatre, and broadcast environments, HYPERPORT delivers ultra-fast, reliable audio transfer, giving engineers the speed, precision, and confidence they need in high-pressure performance situations. When connecting transform hardware as an insert on a DiGiCo console, HYPERPORT achieves an astonishing 1.2ms roundtrip latency, a reduction of more than half…
The Yamaha Grand Plaza Stage is the central hub for live performances, concerts, and artist showcases at the 125th Anniversary NAMM Show which opened 22 January, in Anaheim, California. As usual, this large outdoor stage is rigged with a NEXO STM sound system deployed by Minneapolis-based Reach Communications, and will this year see performances from artists including Grammy nominees The War and Treaty, Nashville breakout star Alana Springsteen, Quincy Jones protégé Sheléa and piano prodigy turned viral sensation Ethan Bortnick. With on-site support from Bertrand Billon of NEXO’s France-based ES Team, the team at Reach have configured their STM inventory…
KLANG:technologies has announced the global NAMM Show launches of its new KLANG:1 and KLANG:1pro, which pack professional immersive in-ear monitor mixing into a new ultra-compact format at unprecedented price points. These are the smallest KLANG processors ever created, providing a single immersive mix from 64 input channels and serving as the pro audio and music industry’s most affordable entry points into immersive monitoring. “Our new KLANG:1 and KLANG:1pro bring immersive in-ear mixing down to a totally new size and cost category, opening the KLANG world to considerably more engineers and artists by lowering the entry price barrier,” said KLANG CEO…
Fourier Audio has announced the worldwide launch of its compact transform.go plugin server, designed to run VST3 plugins in a live environment. The new transform.go packs 16 channels of I/O into a remarkably trim, light, and tour-grade design that conveniently fits into a backpack or carry-on Peli case, perfect for use on flypack shows and mid-sized productions, whilst featuring the same best-in-class features as the company’s larger transform.engine—including full access to the transform.suite bundle. “With its compact size and attractive price, transform.go is an ideal travelling companion for DiGiCo’s Quantum112, providing a stellar plugin solution that nicely complements the mixer’s…
RCF expands its EVOX lineup with a family of three active column systems built around a true three-way electroacoustic design, a new amplification platform, and a clean, neutral aesthetic. All models are available in black or white. Drawing on more than a decade of EVOX adoption in DJ, live performance, and rental applications, EVOX J is a ground-up evolution focused on higher headroom, clearer vocal projection, and faster deployment. At the heart of EVOX J is a dedicated high-frequency section: a 1.75” neodymium compression driver (Kapton dome) loaded by RCF’s True Resistive Waveguide (TRW), engineered to deliver constant 120° ×…
