ClayPaky Supports Aerosmith’s Las Vegas Residency Live by Thomas Richard - September 21, 2019 Aerosmith has launched its “Deuces Are Wild” residency at the Park Theater at MGM in Las Vegas with a multi-sensory experience that’s playing to sold-out houses. The show features Claypaky Mythos 2 and Sharpy Wash lighting fixtures provided by PRG. The band, which has sold more than 150 million albums worldwide,
Justin Kitchenman Evokes Summer on Luke Bryan Sunset Repeat Tour with CHAUVET Professional Live by Thomas Richard - September 21, 2019 Officially, summer ends in the northern hemisphere on September 23 with the autumnal equinox, but don’t tell that to the thousands of people in cities like Indianapolis and Detroit who will be packing venues to catch the final dates on superstar Luke Bryan’s Sunset Repeat Tour this fall. Joined by friends
L-Acoustics L-ISA Has Broadway Bounty Hunter Surrounded! Live by Thomas Richard - September 21, 2019 L-ISA Sound technology by L-Acoustics made its North American musical theater debut in Broadway Bounty Hunter After being heard by over six million spectators at more than 1,500 live music performances around the world, L-ISA Sound technology by L-Acoustics recently made its North American musical theater debut in Broadway Bounty Hunter,
KV2 Audio takes audiences to the moon and back with APOLLO 11 Live by Thomas Richard - September 20, 2019 As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in 1969, a new play endeavours to recreate the thrill of this historic event with a unique, immersive theatrical experience. APOLLO 11 tells the story of the 400,000 men and women who worked to accomplish this extraordinary mission. Told through
Vari-Lite and Strand provide high performances for Caruth Auditorium Install by Thomas Richard - September 18, 2019 © David C. Brown RPT Assistant Director For Music Operations SMU Meadows School of the Arts Caruth Auditorium, a classical concert hall at the heart of Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts, has benefited from a new stage lighting system from Vari-Lite and Strand. The system has delivered improved
Mason Sound adds Dynacord SONICUE to the mix at Illinois State Fair Live by Thomas Richard - September 18, 2019 Each year, Mason Sound provides the sound system and crew support for the concert series at the Illinois State Fair’s main grandstand stage. New for 2019, Mason Sound utilized Dynacord’s SONICUE sound system software to streamline the control and configuration of their Dynacord TGX-powered Electro-Voice X-Line Advance line-array loudspeaker system. Requiring
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival Celebrates L-Acoustics Live by Thomas Richard - September 18, 2019 Crowds regularly flocked to the Prospect Park Bandshell for this summer’s BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, now reinforced via an L-Acoustics K2 system Brooklyn has become an international destination, and it knows how to party. Each year since 1979, the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival takes place at the Prospect Park Bandshell, making
Bridge Ministry Rocks Child Hunger with Allen & Heath Live by Thomas Richard - August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 Jeff Baggett sets up the dLive S5000 at FOH for the Rock Child Hunger Concert The yearly “Rock Child Hunger” concert, hosted by Nashville’s Bridge Ministry raises funds to feed children suffering from hunger in Nashville. This year’s concert, held at Lipscomb University’s Shamblin Theatre, included well-known artists like Amy Grant,
No Doubt: Gwen Stefani Hears the Difference with DPA Live by Thomas Richard - August 5, 2019 For rock or pop shows with large audiences of screaming fans, it is common for engineers to face the challenge of audience leakage. For Eddie “El Brujo” Caipo, monitor engineer for Gwen Stefani’s “Just a Girl” residency at Planet Hollywood’s Zappos Theater in Las Vegas, that’s not the case. Recognizing
Summerfest 2019 is Hotter Than Ever Thanks to Clearwing and DiGiCo Live by Thomas Richard - July 30, 2019 A DiGiCo SD7 FOH console in action at Summerfest 2019 for Jennifer Lopez’s performance at American Family Insurance Amphitheater There’s a good reason that Wisconsin’s Summerfest is colloquially known as the “Big Gig.” For 11 days in late June and early July each year, somewhere between 700,000 and a million people