Sweeney is currently entertaining the troops in Kabul, Oman and Dubai. She has taken with her a Shure PSM 700 in-ear system for which she has a set of custom acrylic ear monitors supplied by HHA. For back-up purposes, she has also taken with her one set of each type of generic in-ear monitor that Hand Held Audio keeps in stock. As HHA's Mick Shepherd put it: "Given the cast-iron guarantee that things will always go wrong in the most inaccessible areas of the world where even carrier pigeons are hard to get hold of, never mind FedEx, we though it prudent to supply as many spares as possible before she left! We've had no panic calls yet, so we assume that's good news."
(Ruth Rossington)