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2019 Independent Festival Awards winners revealed
Standon Calling, KOKOKO! and Deer Shed Festival among this year’s winners
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Martin Audio MLA completes seven year contract with BST Hyde Park
The contract for the Hyde Park site is now up for renewal
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‘Every year the sound gets better’: Helen Meyer talks this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival
This year marked the US company’s 33rd consecutive year as the event’s Official Sound Provider
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Historic Stormzy Glastonbury set mixed by Raphael Williams with Soundcraft Vi2000s
FOH package also included Harman’s Soundcraft Ui24R and JBL 708P nearfield monitors
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Martin Audio PA deployed for Pyramid Stage and six other stages at Glastonbury 2019
RG Jones deployed Martin Audio systems across four major stages, while SWG equipped an additional three stages with the company’s products
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First speakers revealed for AIF Festival Congress 2019
The Association of Independent Festivals' flagship conference returns to Sheffield on November 6–7
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All Points East issues statement following sound complaints during The Strokes headline set
The Strokes’ set on Saturday, May 25 was reportedly blighted by sound problems, leaving several fans requesting refunds
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Roskilde Festival provides rare ‘laboratory’ for Meyer Sound weather research
A technical team installed multiple weather sensors and measurement microphones during last summer’s event to measure the effects of atmospheric conditions on audio system response at varying distances above ground level.
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L-Acoustics L-ISA sound system deployed for new Tomorrowland stage
The Tomorrowland festival in Belgium features new stage Atmosphere equipped with immersive sound system.
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The Warehouse and Adamson provide audio solutions for Edinburgh international festival
The audio brand concluded a successful international festival in the heart of Scotland
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Next generation of live sound: Anne-Lise Coulet, monitors engineer
PSNEurope casts a spotlight on those breaking into the live sound sector, kicking off with monitors engineer Anne-Lise Coulet.
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Live Nation takeover of Isle of Wight festival approved by CMA
The Isle of Wight Festival will be taken over by Live Nation, as approved by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). As part of a new investment agreement via LN-Gaiety, Live Nation will have a major stake in the...
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Funktion-One Vero brings ‘new audio dimension’ to Welcome To The Future festival
Funktion-One’s Vero loudspeaker system provided “a new dimension of frequencies and depth” to the main stage at the Welcome To The Future festival, according to event director Carina Kornfeind. Returning to Wet Twiske, just north of Amsterdam on July...
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Tony Andrews: ‘Glade Stage at Glasto the most audio fun I’ve had in ages’
Sound production company Sound-Services delivered Funktion-One loudspeakers and a Cadac desk for the Glade Stage at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, with Funktion-One founder Tony Andrews telling PSNEurope that project was “the most audio fun I’ve had in ages”. Sound-Services...
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Martin Audio’s MLA system ‘vastly improves’ sound at Henley Festival
Martin Audio’s MLA floating design speaker system proved a big hit with crowds at Henley Festival this month. AV solutions provider RG Jones Sound Engineering delivered the PA system for headline acts such as Pet Shop Boys, All Saints...
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Tascam captures audio for legendary Monterey Pop Festival’s 50th anniversary
A Tascam recorder captured the sound for the 50th anniversary film of the iconic 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. This year’s festival, which took place from June 16-18 in California, featured original line-up acts Eric Burdon and The Animals and...
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‘Clear and present danger’: UK Music boss says live biz ‘cannot be complacent’ despite buoyant market figures
In a Pro Sound News Europe exclusive, UK Music chief executive and former Labour MP Michael Dugher has warned that the live music sector “cannot be complacent”, after the trade body yesterday issued a new report claiming that audiences...
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UK live biz booming: audiences surge 12% to 30.9 million in 2016 and 76% since 2011
The number of people attending live music events in the UK last year soared by a whopping 12% on 2015 to 30.9 million, up from 27.7m, according to a new report by British music industry trade body UK Music....
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Funktion-One Vero delivers ‘huge sound’ for Mexico’s Corona Sunsets
Funktion-One’s Vero loudspeaker system made its Mexico debut last month, delivering “huge sound” for the Corona Sunsets EDM festival. The daylong event, which took place in Tulum on June 17, Funktion-One’s Mexican distributor Loto Audio deploy the Vero vertically...
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Audio at Glastonbury: The PSNE review
As the sun beamed down on Glastonbury’s Other Stage on Saturday afternoon, the unmistakable figure of former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher arrived on stage every inch the resurgent rock’n’roll star. Kitted out in black from head to toe, the...
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