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Clair Global Co-Develops Virtual Crowd for Events
The new interactive streaming technology Virtual Crowd is a collaboration between Fireplay, PRG, and Clair Global.
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Live Sound Turns to Livestreaming
When the pandemic scuttled touring, artists quickly moved to livestreaming—and then, seeing the results, production professionals moved into the field as well to give it a much-needed boost in quality.
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Live Events Pros Set for #RedAlertRESTART Tonight
On September 1, more than 1,500 venues, famous buildings and homes across the U.S. will be lit up in red from 9PM to midnight in a national effort to raise awareness of the current plight of the live events...
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Clair Global Acquires Eighth Day Sound
Clair Global has acquired Eighth Day Sound, bringing two of the largest tour sound companies in the U.S. under one roof.
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Inside the Live Sound of Live Aid, Part 2: Philadelphia
U.S. audio pros took the torch passed by London's Live Aid and ran with it, overcoming show-stopping obstacles to bring an unforgettable concert to the world.
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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.
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Roadie Rescue Aims to Aid Pros Who’ve Lost Gigs
Clair Global, Event Safety Alliance, Take1 and others team for GoFundMe campaign to benefit freelance production professionals.
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‘Britannia Row was always the standard-setter’: Inside the global audio rental service Britannia Row
Phil Ward meets the team now driving Britannia Row for an exclusive look at its next phase of global operation
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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.
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On tour with Lizzo: The artist’s audio engineers take us through their set up
FOH engineer Brandon Blackwell and monitor engineer Loreen Bohannon made up the engineer team
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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...
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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.
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Live Sound Showcase: Rhapsodizing On The Road with Queen + Adam Lambert
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...
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Shinedown Steps Up on Tour
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.
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Live Sound Showcase: Barbra Streisand Returns to Her NYC Roots
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...
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Live Sound Showcase: Jazz Fest Marks 50 Years
By Jim Beaugez. A musical institution for 50 years, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival takes over the city’s fairgrounds for two consecutive four-day weekends every spring to present dozens of acts on 17 stages and tents simultaneously,...
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Clair Global Nets First SSL L550 Live Desks in US
Solid State Logic’s new live-sound consoles have found a home in Lititz, PA.
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Clair Global invests in SSL Live consoles
The SSL Live L550s are already out with two major international acts: Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' tour; and Nick Mason of Pink Floyd's North American 'Saucerful of Secrets' leg
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Live Sound Pro Andy Sottile, Dead at 67
Systems engineer worked at Clair Global for more than three decades.
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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...
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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.
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FOH Engineer Embraces Yamaha on Paul Simon Tour
Supporting Paul Simon on Homeward Bound—The Farewell Tour, Clair Global is providing production that includes a Yamaha RIVAGE PM10 for front of house.
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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...
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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...
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Live Sound Showcase: Gimmie A Beat—Inside Janet Jackson’s Tour Sound
By Clive Young. Janet Jackson is still selling out arenas and making them dance, three decades into her career. Helping make that happen every night is FOH engineer Kyle Hamilton and his razor-sharp attention to detail.
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Winter Quiet No More for SR Providers
This time of year used to mean that things slowed down in the live sound sector—but the operative words there are “used to.”
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Mixing the Holiday A Cappella Sounds of Pentatonix
Mark Woodcock uses a Yamaha RIVAGE PM10 console to handle the house mix for a acappella act Pentatonix.
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Digico SD7 mixers create ‘epic’ sound on Bruno Mars’ high-production world tour
Global superstar Bruno Mars’ world tour is being mixed on two Digico SD7 consoles, for a show with ‘epic’ production standards. The Grammy-winning artist has just completed the three-month European leg of the 24K Magic World Tour, with his...
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Audio suppliers react to Manchester tragedy
Production names associated with the Ariana Grande tour express their sympathies for the killed and injured
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Brit Row “finds its partner” with Clair Global
Clair Global has a long-established history and is one of the most respected entertainment industry suppliers with several international operations
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Rush Gets Timeless on Time Machine Tour
For more than a year now, Canadian power-trio Rush has been traveling around the world on its current Time Machine tour.
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