Monitor City Moves with Adamson
Australian live sound company rolls with new Adamson system.
Tour Sound
Steve ‘N’ Seagulls Fly with dLive
The Finnish bluegrass act have been touring the UK with a compact mix system.
Backing Up Frankie Valli with Sound
The Jersey Boy hits Chicago with the help of Gand Concert Sound.
Mexico City Gets its Metal On
Loto Audio provided sound for a double-headliner gig of Papa Roach and Good Charlotte.
Rat Sound, L-Acoustics Support Pearl Jam Stadium Shows
Summer saw the venerable rock band play a string of stadium shows across the country, including two home town gigs that aided Seattle's homeless population.
Mike Shinoda’s Monitors
Longtime monitor engineer Kevin McCarthy brings a passel of DAS on world tour.
An Effect-ive Live Mix for Hozier in Europe
Hozier recently rolled through Euope on his sold-out tour, and FOH engineer Steve Pattison was along every step of the way.
Live Sound Showcase: Rolling with Thomas Rhett's Road Show
By Clive Young. Talking with the audio team behind the scenes on this fall's Thomas Rhett arena tour.
Surviving Mixing My Bloody Valentine
FOH engineer Philip J. Harvey works around MBV’s demanding levels.
Simple Minds Didn’t Forget About You
By Clive Young. PSN speaks with the audio team behind Simple Minds' first full U.S. headline tour in more than 20 years.
Swept Up in The Feeling on Tour
UK act The Feeling closed out a 12-date run of its home country with audio provided by SSE Audio.
Childish Gambino Arena Tour Goes Immersive
Britannia Row rolls out L-Acoustics L-ISA rig for production
Dierks Bentley Closes Out Tour with New PA
2018’s Mountain High tour saw the country artist notch 60-plus shows with his longtime crew along for the ride once again.
Mohegan Sun Sets Upon Yamaha
The venerable casino complex’s arena opts for flagship console.
Adamson Hosts Global Network Conference
More than 120 members gathered at Adamson HQ to discover what’s next from the loudspeaker manufacturer.
Mixing Justin Timberlake On Tour
Justin Timberlake has been on the road with his sixth world tour, Man Of The Woods, and along for every step of the journey have been FOH engineer Andy Meyer and monitor engineer Paul Klimson, using pro-audio gear provided by Clair Global (Lititz, PA).
Live Sound Showcase: Going International with Phil Collins
By Clive Young. Phil Collins is 'Not Dead Yet'—and he and an audio team from 3G Productions are crossing the country on a sold-out arena tour to prove it.
Bon Iver Gets Immersive Live in Santa Barbara
Extensive planning, deployment went into immersive show.
Backing Lindsey Buckingham On The Road
Touring keyboardist Brett Tuggle talks touring and loudspeakers.
Sam Smith Tours with 'The Thrill of It All'
By Steve Harvey. British crooner Sam Smith is circling the globe behind his hit album "The Thrill of It All," with audio provided by UK-based Capital Sound. A massive d&b audiotechnik P.A., with multiple hands of 20 J8s each, helps cover sold-out arenas nightly.
All Hands on Desk for Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s On The Run II
Stadium tour carries more than half a dozen mixing consoles for the power couple's production.
The Evil That Men Mix: On The Road with Rob Zombie
By Billy Davis. Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson teamed up this summer for the Twins of Evil tour; now Zombie’s tight-knit crew share how they made bad sound so good.
Stone Temple Pilots Rock with DiGiCo
Grunge pioneers hit the road co-headlining with The Cult and Bush.
Monitor Engineer Michael Mule, Dead at 57
By Clive Young. Monitor engineer Michael Mule worked with everyone from Iron Maiden to Anita Baker across a nearly 40-year career that began at CBGB.
Remarking on the Miking of Paramore
Currently rolling through Asia, Paramore has a slew of Telefunken mics in tow.
Robert Plant Rolls with SSL on the Road
FOH engineer Mark Kennedy has been mixing the legendary rocker.
Live Sound Showcase: Mixing Jack White at Jazz Fest
By Jim Beaugez. On his first tour in four years, Jack White is playing arenas, clubs and festivals. In keeping with his championing of retro audio, which includes his Third Man Records label and vinyl pressing plant, the tour is carrying all-analog FOH and monitor rigs.
Tackling Björk’s Effects On The Road
Touring Europe this summer, Björk’s vocal were handled—and heavily effected—with care.
Miking the Bacon Brothers Live
One of the rare celebrity-fronted acts that garners musical respect, the Bacon Brothers are back on the road.
VER Tour Sound Rolls with Post Malone
Hip-hop hero Post Malone wraps up U.S. leg of his world tour, supported by VER Tour Sound.
Creating Lorde's Live Vocal Chain
Lorde's 70-concert world tour continues through the Southern Hemisphere this month, bringing a considerable amount of technology along for the ride.
How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm After They’ve Mixed PVRIS?
FOH engineer / production manager Connor Hawkins focuses in on a favorite console.
Entrepreneurial Audio with the Randy Rogers Band
Backstage Sound and Lighting sets up hard-touring act with new FOH desk.
Live Sound Showcase: U2—Speaking from Experience
By Clive Young. After a massive stadium tour last summer, U2 returns to the arenas to close out its Innocence + Experience concept tours. Sound director Joe O’Herlihy discusses the tour and looks back at mixing U2 for 40 years.
Nathaniel Rateliff Covers the Earth with A&H
70-plus shows into their 2018 tour schedule, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats have had a dLive desk at stageside each night.
QSC Hits the Road with McCartney MD Wix Wickens
QSC gear plays its part in the onstage rig of musical director Paul "Wix" Wickens.
Green Day Greets Buenos Aires with d&b
A brand-new d&b audiotechnik GSL System covered 37,000 screaming punk fans at Argentina's Estadio Velex Stadium.
Woodcock Packs Yamaha for Summer Tours
Yamaha's new Rivage PM7 will be used to mix Poison and Rob Zombie tours this summer.
Live Sound Showcase: The Tedeschi Trucks Band
By Clive Young. The Tedeschi Trucks Band typically plays 200 gigs a year, which keeps its audio team busy taming the stage volume of 12 people musically flooring it without an IEM in sight.
Cool Tools Track T-Mobile’s 600 MHz Coverage
By Steve Harvey. Crowdsourced data tools can help determine if you can still use that 600 MHz wireless mic system in a given area.
dLive Rolls with Million Dollar Quartet
Engineer Chris Wilson tackled FOH and monitors on the Allen & Heath desk.
Curbishley to Lead Solotech’s U.S. Rental Division
Curbishley's hire comes in advance of Solotech opening a new Los Angeles office.
‘La La Land’ Live Show Hits the Road
FOH engineer Troy Choi mixes live music to La La Land screenings around the world.
Live Sound Showcase: deadmau5
By Steve Harvey. Joel Zimmerman, known to EDM fans as deadmau5, presented his music orchestrated for strings, brass and woodwinds—but no percussion—at the Wiltern theater in Los Angeles in March.
First Public Yamaha Rivage PM7 Demos Announced
T.C. Furlong will host the Rivage PM7's public debut April 24-25 in Chicago.
Miking Guitars on Lana Del Rey’s LA to the Moon Tour
FOH engineer Kevin Madigan (David Gilmour, CSN&Y) talks capturing live guitars
RCF Hits the Road with Festival of Praise Tour
A slew of top Gospel stars are making the rounds with RCF in tow.
VER to Merge with Production Resource Group
VER enters Chapter 11 to facilitate merger with PRG