Propelled by an unbroken string of sellouts in NFL-sized stadiums, Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (“Divide”) Tour continues to draw thousands of fans from around the world to hear the unstoppable one-man band. As has been the case from the beginning of his “A” level tours, Sheeran connects with his adoring throngs through a Meyer Sound LEO Family reinforcement system provided by UK-based Major Tom The production team relies on the power and transparency of LEO Family to deliver the dynamic punch of the music while creating a sense of intimate connection between Sheeran and his fans. “Major Tom and the Ed…
Author: Jacob Waite
Already manufacturing the most ‘green’ amplifiers in terms of carbon footprint, Powersoft is now poised to shred efficiency agendas with the launch of its radically redesigned ArmoníaPlus. Uniquely loudspeaker-oriented, the new ArmoníaPlus interface mimics the real-world and the physical process of audio design with a workflow approach that is both simple to use and easy to navigate. ArmoníaPlus has been rethought and completely redesigned to be the most efficient audio design environment on the market today, which takes users from system design to Showtime through a simplified guided workflow. Users will feel completely at home within the ArmoníaPlus layout. In…
Green Hippo announces technology supplier cast as its distribution partner in Germany. With effect from 1 October 2018 cast will manage the exclusive distribution of the Green Hippo’s award-winning product line throughout the European Union’s most populous member state. The result of a 2005 merger between C. Adolph and RST, cast’s roots date as far back as 1898. Over 100 years on, Herr Adolph would no doubt be proud to discover that the company he founded still supplies product to theatres. Based in Hagen in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia state, cast is recognised for its high levels of service and quality…
High above the vast festival grounds of Lowlands, 2 enormous towers shed its light on the audience at night. The towers are part of the restyling of Planet Paradise and feature each 4 rings fitted with ROE LED Strip. A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise is Holland’s most adventurous cultural outdoor event, offering a cutting-edge choice of only the best in alternative music, film, stand-up comedy, visual arts, literature and street theatre. An audience of over 55.000 thousand people settles down each year in Biddinghuizen, a polder landscape located in the middle of nowhere, where once the North Sea freely roamed.…
ProLights’ new RA3000 high-precision 1000W LED profile luminaires took centre-stage for Quincy Jones – A Life in Song at The O2 in London. The event featured music and conversation from high-profile artists, accompanied by a 71 piece orchestra, to pay tribute to the iconic American musician and record producer’s career in his 85th birthday year. Lighting and Production Designer, Ben M. Rogers needed a powerful, precise and flexible moving LED Profile to create the perfect look for each song. Just 3 Prolights RA3000 delivered all the key light for the soloists, with temperature corrected front light from the variable CTO…
When German band Kraftklub performed before a sell-out 17,000 crowd at the Parkbühne open-air venue in Berlin’s Wuhlheide, they did so once again through local PA company, Complete Audio’s Martin Audio MLA loudspeaker array. The show formed part of the band’s festival tour, where they carry only FOH and monitor control in the truck, tasking local companies, such as Complete Audio, with providing the PA and lighting. At the Parkbühne, Complete Audio rigged 12 Martin Audio MLA elements and an MLD Downfill enclosure per side as the main PA, with 2 sidefill hangs, each comprising eight MLA Compact. The low-frequency extension…
Spanish singer and musician Pablo Alborán’s current Prometo tour has been created by LD Chus Fernandez working closely with artistic director Salva Alborán. Fernandez chose to work with Robe moving lights, picking 40 Robe MegaPointes, 48 Robe Spiiders and 32 Robe BMFL WashBeams as the work-horses of the rig, all supplied by rental company Fluge. Fernandez’ 2nd year as LD, lighting director and operator for Alborán, and he and Salva – who also creates the video content – worked out numerous multi-level ideas and looks to ensure that all the different visual elements had their chance to shine. With a large upstage…
Current RMS strengthens its position with the recent acquisition by UK-based software company Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS). KCS is a supplier of software to wholesalers, merchants and other distributive businesses, also acquiring sister company inspHire, a premium supplier of software to companies in the equipment rental industry. Over 15,000 companies globally use solutions provided by KCS, including fully integrated ERP systems comprising supply chain management, financial accounting, CRM, warehouse and transport management, eCommerce, ePOS and business intelligence. The acquisition of both Current-RMS and inspHire will allow KCS to strengthen its presence within the rental industry, offering additional functionality to its…
WAVE recently announced that applications for its inaugural UK mentoring scheme are now open. Having received overwhelming support from the AV industry the programme will mentor 20 women currently working in or wanting to join the sector. Applications can be made at www.womeninavuk.com and the closing date is 9 November 2018. Applicants can come from any role within the AV sector from end-user to the manufacturer and ideally with a particular career challenge that they would like assistance on. Suggested job roles include Operations, Integrator, Technician, Engineer, Support, Conferencing co-ordinator, Sales, Marketing/PR and Business. There are no age limits to the applicants…
Staged annually for the last 14 years, Queensland, Australia’s Creative Generation (CGEN) event was the biggest yet, with almost 2,000 schoolchildren being given the opportunity to perform in a professional environment on an enormous arena stage measuring 20 metres x 18 metres, with a 38 metre x 6 metre rear projection screen behind it. Content delivery and projection mapping specialists IKONIX – who are based on Australia’s Gold Coast – were asked to help deliver the desired “Wow!” factor for the 5th successive year. At the heart of the solution they created were 2 Avolites RX8 Ai media servers to…
Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has embraced the recent purchase of the company by the Italy-based RCF Group, as the move continues to bolster sales, product innovation, development and support. “The announcement of our acquisition has served to not only excite our expanding customer base but also inspire interest from companies serving market categories that have been neglected for some time,” explained T.J. Smith, EAW president. “We have a strong and knowledgeable sales team in place that is working hard to further our presence in the industry with great success. With the RCF Group behind us, I can’t imagine a brighter…
Delta Live has had an association with the Proms for over 20 years, this year deploying DiGiCo consoles at all mix positions – an SD5 at Front of House, and SD7 at monitors and an SD9 mixing the string section of the orchestra – with the SD5’s native L-ISA Desk Link interface helping the company to bring a completely new listening experience to the BBC Proms audiences. “This was the first time we had used L-Acoustics’ L-ISA Hyperreal Sound system,” said Delta Account Director Stephen Hughes, who has worked on every Proms season since 2004 and has an intimate knowledge…
For this BBC Proms series, Delta Live has deployed L-ISA Hyperreal Sound, giving the system its Proms debut and audiences an intensely real audio experience. Delta Live’s association with The Proms stretches back nearly two decades with Sound by Design, now incorporated into the Delta group, first working on the events in 2000. Delta account director Stephen Hughes has worked on every season since 2004, has an intimate knowledge of the Royal Albert Hall, and has deployed many a standard stereo system there. This is not the first time L-ISA has been deployed at the RAH ‑ the system was…
The RAW Foundation, which jointly produced the AIF’s Drastic on Plastic campaign in which 60 festivals pledged to eliminate single-use plastic, has released the full program for its RAW Talks: Inspiration for ‘pointless plastic’-free event industry which it will deliver on 18 October between 11am and 2pm at this year’s Showman’s Show held at Newbury Showground. The event, which takes place in the Hub Talks tent, located opposite the exit from the Exhibition Hall to the main Showground, offers a unique opportunity to find out the facts about why plastic is a problem, and what steps events can take to become ‘pointless…
Hanyuan Lake, a new venue in the Shaanxi Province in China, has recently invested in an Allen & Heath dLive mixing system for their performances, including their regular production (organised by the Beijing FengShangShiJi Culture Media Company) of ‘The Legend of Han Dynasty’. Purchased through local distributors, EZPro Intl, the set-up comprises a dLive S5000 paired with a DM64 MixRack and Dante card, for virtual soundcheck. Zhao Yangyang (main sound engineer at Hanyuan), commented: “dLive has an incredibly intuitive interface and its simple operation makes it easy and quick to learn. The integrated redundancy in dLive S Class hardware brings…
BLACKBOX BBR1B makes live recording “easy” declares FOH Engineer Mattia Sartori. With an incredible live set at the inaugural RPMM Festival in the Portuguese city of Porto, Francesca Lombardo – famous for her unique electronic sound – gave rise to a thrilling fusion of live and pre-programmed music. At Front of House was Live Engineer Mattia Sartori, who captured the set on one of his 2 JoeCo BBR1B BLACKBOX multi-track recorders. London-based Sartori has held senior audio engineering and project management posts across the world and regularly takes his BLACKBOX recorders out on the road, enjoying “a totally robust and…
Over the past few years, Alcons Audio pro-ribbon systems have proved themselves more than capable of handling the high SPLs demanded at European dance music festivals and, at Trondheim Rocks, an LR28 system showed that it is the perfect system for hard rock and heavy metal too. The new festival got off to a flying start, with a sell-out crowd enjoying 16 bands over 2 days and the mighty Iron Maiden closing the event on their Legacy Of The Beast tour. Held in the grounds of the city’s Dahl brewery, very close to residential buildings, the FoH system had to…
As show lighting and video professionals prepare for the inaugural Knight of Illumination Awards USA (KOI-USA), to be held in Las Vegas on 20 October 2018 the organisers have revealed the shortlist. Following the launch of KOI-USA back in April 2018, nominations were received from across the US and around the world. Nominations fall into three categories – Theatre, Live for Broadcast, and Concert Touring & Events – and the shortlist includes some of the world’s best-known names in lighting and video design: Concert Touring & Events: LeRoy Bennett, Bob Bonniol, Gabriel Coutu-Dumont, Ben Dalgleish, Patrick Dierson, Cory FitzGerald, Bryan…
