Regional and Local
Nexo Launches ID14 Point Source Loudspeaker, S108 Subwoofer
Nexo is launching its new ID14 point source speaker and companion S108 subwoofer as part of its ID Series of high-power compact cabinets.
Tour Sound
Business
Concert Livestreams Evolve Quickly During COVID-19
As the live music drought continues, artists like Trivium and Underoath, as well as sound companies, are turning to livestreaming to keep working and connect with fans, rapidly evolving the concert livestream in the process.
Tour Sound
Indie Band’s Tour Sound Ready to Wreck and Roll
L.A. pop-punk act The Wrecks rips it up live, but that's aided by an inspired high-tech, low-cost system the band carries on tour.
Tour Sound
Crew Sues Over Deadly Tour Bus Crash
Lawsuits fly over last fall's deadly tour bus crash that killed a monitor engineer and injured seven others.
Tour Sound
Inside Stereophonics’ In-The-Round Sound
Stereophonics filled arenas on its most recent UK tour—not only with audiences but with creative sound engineering, too, ensuring the audio held up when the band played a third of its show on a mid-floor B stage.
Tour Sound
The Vocal Chain that Brings Halsey’s Vocals to Life in Concert
Halsey is known for her genre-hopping, and FOH engineer Simon Thomas ensures her vocals play the part with an SSL Fusion.
Tour Sound
Roy Williams, FOH Engineer for Robert Plant/Led Zeppelin, Dead at 73
A veteran of the live concert business, Roy Williams helmed the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion and multiple Robert Plant tours.
Tour Sound
Danny Leake, Legendary Studio/Live Engineer, Dead at 69
In addition to working as Stevie Wonder’s FOH engineer for three decades, Danny Leake also recorded dozens of top artists in the studio, leading to six Grammy nominations for his efforts.
Tour Sound
Bon Iver Tour Rolled Out with Firehouse
Firehouse Productions deployed L-Acoustics’ L-ISA technology for the second leg of the ongoing 2020 Bon Iver tour.
Tour Sound
Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix on Mics, Quarantine
Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix muses about his favorite live mic and the unexpected benefits of quarantine times.
Tour Sound
On the Road with Jason Aldean
Until the coronavirus pandemic derailed the spring touring season, country star Jason Aldean was packing arenas nightly with help from Nashville’s Spectrum Sound.
Tour Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Guster
Alternative folk-pop mainstay Guster spent the start of the year on the road with a U.S. acoustic tour that not only showed off the band’s instrumental skills but also found it performing with an unlikely monitor setup.
Business
Clair Global Jumps into Community Disaster Relief
Live sound powerhouse Clair Global is helping create temporary disaster relief structures for use during the coronavirus outbreak.
Tour Sound
Tyler the Creator Tours with Waves eMotion LV1
Tyler The Creator's monitors are mixed nightly on a low-key, lightweight Waves eMotion LV1 Live Mixer
Live
Recording Academy Establishes COVID-19 Relief Fund
The Recording Academy/MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund will help musicians and touring pros whose livelihood has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Tour Sound
Industry Reacts as Coronavirus Shuts Down Tours
Live sound pros are grappling with a touring shut down across the U.S. that is intended to help curb the spread of coronavirus.
Tour Sound
Alison Krauss Hits the Road with ProductionOne
Memphis-based ProductionOne fielded its new Alcons Audio LR18 line array for shows with the bluegrass icon Alison Krauss.
Tour Sound
Hairball Turns It Up with EV
Arena-rock tribute act, Hairball, has been touring loud and proud with the help of Purple Hat Productions and a sizable EV/Dynacord system.
Tour Sound
Keeping the Mix Cool for Art on Ice
European ice skating show Art on Ice toured with an Allen & Heath dLive desk this year.
Tour Sound
DirectOut is In with Hans Zimmer Tour
A top touring draw in Europe since 2018, the symphonic The World of Hans Zimmer tour carries a variety of DirectOut gear.
Tour Sound
Wicked Takes Quantum Leap with New Console
The touring edition of the Broadway musical Wicked has taken a DiGiCo Quantum 7T console on the road.
Business
Solotech Acquires Miami’s Pro Sound Inc.
Canada-based Solotech makes further advances into U.S. live production and systems integration markets with new acquisition of Pro Sound Inc.
Tour Sound
Legendary Monitor Engineer Brian Hendry Passes at 67
Monitor engineer Brian Hendry spent 40 years mixing top acts, from Tom Petty to Jennifer Hudson.
Tour Sound
Live Sound Showcase: The Misfits Attack MSG
The Misfits, headed by singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig and bassist Jerry Only, brought their sinister sound to New York City’s Madison Square Garden this past fall with help from Lenexa, KS-based audio provider Digital Sound Systems, Inc.
Tour Sound
The Chainsmokers, Rat Sound Go to War
Dance act The Chainsmokers hit the road recently for their World War Joy tour with Rat Sound and a massive L-Acoustics rig in tow.
Tour Sound
Live Sound Showcase: The Who Brings Symphony Along on Moving On! Tour
The Who have 50 years of touring under their belts. For their current production, Moving On!, the band is playing with a symphony orchestra at each stop, bringing even more heft and might to their classic rock staples.
Live
Tool Tours with Intricate, Immersive Sound
Touring the world behind “Fear Inoculum,” Tool’s first album in 13 years, the prog-metal heroes are filling arenas with a massive audio system that takes a new approach to immersive live sound.
Tour Sound
Stick Figure Drawn to Bose ShowMatch
Reggae/dub band Stick Figure, on tour for its latest album, recently rolled up to a venue with a Bose ShowMatch loudspeaker system.
Tour Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Godsmack Tour Serves Up ‘Legends’ Live
The Boston rockers have been on the road for over a year in support of their latest, tearing up arenas and sheds along the way. We catch up with the crew and find out how they keep the tour...
Tour Sound
The Sound of ARIZONA
FOH engineer Abel Ocasio recently mixed pop act ARIZONA on a Bose ShowMatch Line Array.
Tour Sound
George Strait Rides Again with DiGiCo
Though he retired from touring in 2014, country superstar George Strait has been playing one-offs around the country with a DiGiCo SD12 in tow.
Tour Sound
Allen & Heath Helps Hawkwind Tour Take Flight
Hawkwind’s 50th Anniversary UK tour carried an Allen & Heath dLive to every stop.
Tour Sound
Lizzo Hits The Road with DiGiCo
“Truth Hurts” but touring didn’t this year for the chart-topping rapper as she played 90 shows in six months, supporting her massive hit.
Tour Sound
Jackman Rolls with Solotech, L-Acoustics
Solotech recently provided L-Acoustics, DiGiCo gear for multi-hyphenate Hugh Jackman’s 90-date global tour.
Tour Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Kacey Musgraves
Album of the Year Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves began her world tour in October, 2018 as an opening act, and wrapped it up 13 months later as an arena headliner. Engineers Travis Bing (FOH) and Dalton VanVolkenburgh (monitors) recount...
Tour Sound
Wrangling the RF of David Byrne’s American Utopia
David Byrne’s American Utopia tour is playing Broadway through February, featuring a massive band that is mobile throughout the performance, thanks to RF wizardry.
Tour Sound
Khalid Runs Free on the Road
The R&B singer-songwriter, currently on the road with the Free Spirit World Tour, is using a DPA wireless mic.
Live
Mixing Peter Frampton’s Final Tour
Jim Yakabuski held down the FOH mix position nightly on the tour.
Live
Capaldi Takes FE-Live Around the World
Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi hits the road with Glasgow-based SR company
Live
Live Sound Showcase: Weird Al Yankovic on Tour
By Clive Young. If Barbra Streisand and The Who could do it this summer, so could Weird Al—so he did. The prince of parodies played with 41-piece orchestras every night on his recent Strings Attached tour, carrying audio gear...
Live
Anderson .Paak Packs System for Tour
An audio system provided by Eighth Day Sound has been making the rounds with the Grammy-winning rapper this year.
