Last summer, DJ Florian Picasso wowed his fans with a livestream set, accompanied by hypnotic projection mapping and pyrotechnics, from his great-grandfather Pablo’s former residence in Cannes.
When times get tough, artists adapt, relentlessly leveraging leading-edge production technology to explore ever more innovative ways of making an impact with remote live performances. And that’s exactly what drove the deployment of an Adamson CS-Series loudspeaker rig for Tate McRae’s performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
At the beginning of this year, singer/songwriter Niall Horan had to take the decision to cancel his Nice To Meet Ya world tour. But earlier this month, he announced a special, one-off live streamed show from London’s Royal Albert Hall and promoted by livestreaming company, Driift.
Live music has proven it will find a way despite the lockdowns on performances compelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the more imaginative examples of this was the October 9th performance of Verdi’s iconic opera Rigoletto by the Tulsa Opera.
Drive-in shows may be the order of the day this year, but Big Wreck isn’t the kind of band you want to listen to live with your car’s FM radio on and your windows up. To get the maximum impact, Adamson Systems Engineering’s class-leading CS-Series powered loudspeakers brought in abundance to the band’s recent show at Canada’s Ancaster Fairgrounds.
Pioneer Pro Audio supplies bespoke XPRS-10 loudspeakers to adidas Originals, London. Adidas recently opened the doors to a new flagship store on London’s Carnaby Street.
Full Sail University, the premier media arts and technology educational institution located in Winter Park, Florida, has purchased a DiGiCo Quantum338, which has been installed in Full Sail Live 1, just one of the university’s industry leading campus facilities utilized by its students.
While the pandemic has forced millions of music lovers into their homes across the world, the appetite for live shows was clearly demonstrated when Eric Chou’s 2020 How Have You Been concerts sold all 42,000 tickets across four concerts (August 8 and 9 in Taipei, and September 5 and 6 in Kaohsiung) in just 15 minutes.
Elisa is a hugely popular, award-winning Italian singer-songwriter, whose career to date has spanned more than twenty years. Drawing on the pop, alternative and electronics genres, Elisa has sold millions of records and remains as relevant as ever at the forefront of Italian music.
On July 15, Live Nation kicked off Crew Nation Presenta, a series of concerts at Madrid’s famous Sala La Riviera featuring a line-up of renowned local artists.
Doing live music performances during the Covid-19 pandemic has compelled live sound companies to use every resource at their command to ensure that shows sound and feel authentic, even when performances have to take place without a live audience.
Marking the country’s much anticipated return to live music events, chart-topping band L.A.B. played a sold-out show for 6,000 fans at Spark Arena in Auckland.
