The M4 motorway might cut a swathe through the centre of Boston Manor Park in Brentford, London, but where the Junction 2 Festival is concerned it is anything but a dividing presence.
German audio technology and solutions company d&b audiotechnik today announced the introduction of a new set of performance enhancing capabilities for the company’s market-leading d&b Soundscape audio platform.
With India’s dramatic increase in music festivals, live acts, private shows, and grand weddings come an increase in investment in audio technology and an audio rental industry that has consequently become more dynamic in its equipment choices and its services.
Bryan Ferry has been a mainstay in the art-rock world since the early ‘70s. Still playing music with commanding style, he returned to the stage with support from the legendary rental supplier, Britannia Row Productions.
Stage Tec, the Berlin-based manufacturer of professional audio technology, supplied three ON AIR flex mixing consoles, two NEXUS STAR routers, and a NEXUS network for the audio equipment renovation in the Bern parliament building.
Sleeping Beauty Dreams is a revolutionary fusion of contemporary dance, real-time digital avatar technology and hypnotic electronic music. Based on the Grimm Brothers fairy tale, the spectacular production explores The Princess’s – often haunting – dreams, passions and temptations during her hundred-year slumber.
Fresh from the stages of their world tour, including the preeminent Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Choir of Man is a feel-good Musical currently on extended tour around Australia.
The 40th edition of the BRIT Awards, held on 18 February at London’s O2 Arena, featured the event’s most challenging audio production to date; designed and executed by long-term audio partner, Britannia Row Productions.
Bristol punk band IDLES have enjoyed a heavy 2019 global touring schedule, and this continued into the UK right up to the end of the year.
The iconic and influential British pop rockers Suede felt right at home when they headlined the Soundrenalin. The upbeat spin on alt music that the band spearheaded in the 1990s was reflected in the sounds of some of their coheadliners at the two day festival, such as the popular Indonesian quintet Padi Reborn.
On 24th November 2019, the audience gathered at the Gliwice Arena in southern Poland witnessed a breathtaking event: the 17th Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which has proven to be one of the most innovative and technologically advanced events in the country.
Turnkey event specialist, The Music Box, has purchased six of Powersoft’s T604 amplifier platforms; the latest addition to its road-tested line of touring products.
Arguably one of the most anticipated festivals in Mexico, Fiestas de Octubre, is a cultural and recreational celebration held in October in the state of Jalisco with its headquarters in the capital, Guadalajara.
A pair of SD5 consoles handled front-of-house mixing for well-received performances by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, while two Quantum 7 desks in monitor world were plenty for the 150-plus outputs for the singers, musicians and dancers on stage.
Cirque du Soleil returned to London’s Royal Albert Hall (RAH) on 12 January for an eight-week run at the prestigious venue, bringing LUZIA to Europe for the first time. Britannia Row Productions once again supplied the sound, continuing a relationship that has spanned almost two decades.
So successful has been the debut of Martin Audio’s new WPS line array on the Eddie Izzard tour that Capital Sound has immediately taken the opportunity to extend its inventory, after winning the bid for the Tim Minchin tour—since the two UK itineraries overlapped.
Far from being an ‘uncool relic from the 1970s’, nowadays progressive rock has a sizeable following and is becoming more popular. There are a number of artists following the likes of Muse and Dream Theater into the mainstream, none more so than Haken.
Germany’s Rammstein, icons of Neue Deutsche Härte style rock, have recently launched their first-ever stadium tour, mounting 34 dates across 17 European countries, and announcing an additional round of 27 European stadium dates for 2020.
A split Kara system design by Showtime Sound LLC puts the sound where it needed to be in the hotel’s massive atrium for the Cirque Dreams Unwrapped stage and light show.
FOH engineer, Mike Platt, has worked with Tom Walker since 2017, when he was part of a three-piece support act for The Script. The Scottish artist's rise to fame has been quick: since then he has secured a 2019 BRIT Award, and his debut album, What A Time To Be Alive, peaked at the top spot in the UK Album Chart.
Brown Note Productions and Danny Wimmer Presents deploy K Series rig for three back-to-back weekend festivals: Hometown Rising, Bourbon & Beyond, and Louder Than Life.
In its last 19th year, the three-day Krone-Fest has been running in the Austrian city of Linz since 2001. This year, once again the free event saw more than 70 acts appearing on 13 stages in different squares spread throughout in the city centre.
