Jonny “Famous” Williams, front-of-house engineer for Sir Rod Stewart for the past two and a half years, has switched to a Solid State Logic Live L650, supplied by Sound Image (Clair Global Group), for the North American tour, with a rack full of SSL analogue processing.
PLASA has partnered with LIVE Green to launch its 2026 Sustainability Survey, an initiative examining awareness, attitudes and actions relating to sustainability and carbon emissions reduction across the entertainment and event technology sector.
On Hilary Duff’s the lucky me tour, monitor engineer Nathan Bond runs every mix, from musicians to the technical crew, on a DiGiCo Quantum338 fitted with a DMI-KLANG card that also works as a communications switchboard.
The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing will present the panel “Grammy SoundTables®: Songs That Changed My Life” at AES Show Nashville 2026, on Saturday 31 October at 4:00 p.m. CDT on the main stage of the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.
Generation AV, Martin Audio’s distributor for Asia-Pacific, has doubled its demonstration and training space in Ubi, Singapore, responding to a growing demand in the region for hands-on learning and system expertise.
Bridge Technologies has joined the Media eXchange Layer (MXL) initiative and containerised its entire range of audio and video scopes, which can now be accessed within Grass Valley's MXL-native AMPP OS.
Production Resource Group (PRG) is now the exclusive distributor of SGM Lighting's entertainment portfolio in Japan, effective October 28, 2026. Lighting designers, production companies and venues in the country will have a single source for SGM fixtures, backed by PRG's technical expertise.
For the North American tour of the musical The Great Gatsby, lighting designer Cory Pattak uses 10 ultra-low-profile COLORado Solo Edge 3 RGBWL linear LED fixtures from CHAUVET Professional, supplied by PRG and installed along the front edge of the stage.
In Putney, South-West London, a 7,000-square-metre residence has incorporated a comprehensive audio system. The project, which began with a single 5.1 media room, eventually expanded throughout the entire home. Cinergy handled the integration using L-Acoustics sound systems.
ETC has introduced Arkon, an automated LED beam fixture that combines high light output with a comprehensive effects system and pixel-controlled RGB accent strips, designed for concerts, festivals and outdoor events.
DiGiCo has released downloadable software upgrades for its two most compact consoles in the Quantum range, the Quantum112 and Quantum225 Pulse, bringing features typically found on larger mixing desks to compact models.
The streaming service for Israelis abroad has gone live on Redge Technologies’ TVaaS platform, with its apps published in all relevant stores and its full user base migrated from legacy systems. It is Redge’s first deployment for end users in the United States and its first commercial launch on Roku OS.
Lighting designer Fabrice “Tom” Azoulay of CANAL LED used Chorus Line 16, Proteus Rayzor 760, Proteus Maximus and Artiste Picasso fixtures to light a moving 120-metre inflatable structure with throw distances of less than one metre.
Working with Emaar Properties and systems integrator Blue Rhine Industries, INFiLED deployed around 1,100 m² of MVmk2 LED in roughly 50 positions inside and around the world’s largest shopping destination, where skylights and glass façades push indoor light levels close to daylight.
Teatros del Canal, one of Madrid's leading contemporary performing arts centres, has added 24 FORTE, 24 T2 Profile and 24 Arianne 6 LED wash beam fixtures from Robe, all supplied with their respective flight cases, as part of a major technical equipment upgrade.
The first edition of Prolight + Sound Bangkok (PLSB) brought together 4,547 trade visitors from 51 countries and regions, alongside more than 160 exhibiting companies and brands, establishing the event as a new meeting point for the audiovisual and entertainment industries in Southeast Asia.
Peter Maffay stepped away from conventional touring after his farewell tour in 2023. Since then, and again in 2026, he has returned each summer with a series of individual concerts under the Love Places banner, performing at venues that either hold personal significance for him or bring a special atmosphere to each show.
