Tour Sound

Jim Yakabuski held down the FOH mix position nightly on the tour.

Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi hits the road with Glasgow-based SR company

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 from Sound Image for the journey.

An audio system provided by Eighth Day Sound has been making the rounds with the Grammy-winning rapper this year.

The “We Found Love” hitmaker has been on the road with SSL in tow.

By Larry Jaffee. The New York indie rockers are on the road this fall, and a stop at their hometown arena, Madison Square Garden, was made even more special when they performed in-the-round for the show, providing a set of unique challenges for the tour’s audio crew.

By Clive Young with Katie Makal. Riding on the success of the Bohemian Rhapsody biopic, Queen has returned to the road with Adam Lambert filling Freddie Mercury’s ample shoes. We talk with the tour's audio team about how they’re helping the classic rockers keep the flame alive.

By Clive Young. David Turner, monitor engineer for country artist Josh Turner, was killed Wednesday night when a crew tour bus left Highway 46 East 20 minutes outside of Paso Robles and drove off a 50-foot embankment into a creek bed.

The Swedish singer/songwriter’s FOH position is centered around a Waves eMotion LV1 Live Mixer.

By Steve Harvey. Shortly before a block of about two dozen U.S. shed dates in June and July, Shinedown called on Andy Meyer to take over the front-of-house spot.

By Linda Romanello. While never one to tour extensively, Barbra Streisand played a trio of dates this summer that included a stop in her old hometown of New York City to play Madison Square Garden. Along for the ride were a d&b audiotechnik GSL System, DiGiCo desks and customized Audio-Technica AE5400 handheld mics, not to mention a 15-piece orchestra.

Console chosen following a near five-hour show on New Year’s Eve.

The two-year Divide tour is now the highest-grossing and most-attended tour of all-time.

Hard-touring country show transitions to Allen & Heath desks.

FOH engineer Drew Thornton shares how he applies plug-ins to Eilish’s live sound.

Hawaiian reggae act The Green recently played Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, mixed on Allen & Heath dLive desks.

Las Vegas-based RRS Audio provided audio for the comedian’s spring tour.

The trio from Texas kicked things off with three shows in its home state, with audio support from Houston-based LD Systems.

On the road with a new album due in August, Tool continues to fine tune its sound.

EDM artist brings 225,000-watt rig on the road.

Wireless Sennheiser gear could be found all over the rapper’s recent 'Assassination Vacation' tour of Europe.

The Nashville-based audio provider fielded a d&b audiotechnik KSL system for the journey.

By Larry Jaffee. The classic Australian alternative act returns to mark the 30th anniversary of its Starfish album and signature hit, "Under The Milky Way."

After 40 years, the band still plays to more than 10,000 fans a night.

The pop songstress has been on the road throughout the world, carrying flyable consoles to each stop.

Engineers Kevin Brown and Marlon John have been overseeing gear from Eighth Day Sound on the international production, which hits North America this summer.

Solid State Logic’s new live-sound consoles have found a home in Lititz, PA.

Following successful U.S. leg, the tour resumes up north for summer Canadian run.

The FOH man for the likes of Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Janet Jackson, Prince and others discusses his rehearsal process.

Rising country artist Russell Dickerson recently updated his tour’s live console.

By Paroo Streich. Kicking off this Friday, the world tour brings the late Frank Zappa's bandmates together to play live with their leader once again.

Country act highlights new song on arena tour with Ear Trumpet Labs microphone.

Folk legend currently completing her last extended tour.

The country legend recently broke the Houston stadium’s attendance record with the help of GP Productions and LD Systems.

UFC goes AVB to link FOH to PA

Engineer Jordan Bledsoe takes on a DiGiCo console for the first time.

Grammy-winning Christian artist’s tour uses 16 systems nightly.

Touring once again with gear from Adlib, the team moved to new consoles.

Touring once again with gear from Adlib, the audio team moved to new consoles.

By Clive Young. Fueled by a hit album and the omnipresent single “High Hopes,” Panic! At the Disco takes a victory lap around North America’s arenas with an Eighth Day Sound-supplied system combining the best of digital and analog worlds, not to mention a brand-new d&b audiotechnik PA.

Longtime FOH engineer opts for Yamaha PM10.

By Strother Bullins. The controversial Grammy-winning rock band from Sweden, Ghost, just wrapped up the U.S. leg of its A Pale Tour Named Death; PSN caught up with the band’s FOH engineer, Dave Nutbrown, to find out how he provided a clean mix for the ghoulish group.

Eighth Day Sound fielded 250+ Adamson loudspeakers for the 360º hip-hop tour.

The “Cars” hitmaker played the Royal Albert Hall as part of a six-show orchestral run.

The French act’s current world tour continues this spring with FOH engineer Matt West in tow.

A live engineer for acts like Camila Cabello, Brandon Blackwell has been integrating analog gear into his live sound setup.

Sound Image tackled audio for the Stone Temple Pilots, Bush and The Cult summertime bill.

Australian live sound company rolls with new Adamson system.

The Finnish bluegrass act have been touring the UK with a compact mix system.

The Jersey Boy hits Chicago with the help of Gand Concert Sound.