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06 August 2025

UK - WaveCo Productions once again relied on Dynacord TGX series amplifiers to drive the TW AUDiO sound system for Glastonbury’s Avalon Stage. This was backed up by Sonicue Sound System Software which provided a flexible and user-friendly solution to design, monitor and control the sound system as required.

WaveCo has been supplying the sound and lighting systems to the Avalon Stage for the last four years, using the combination of Dynacord amplifiers and TW AUDiO loudspeakers for the last two editions. For the 2025 setup, WaveCo selected VERA36 vertical array speakers for the main hangs and delays with low-frequency support from VERA S33 subwoofers. The production company relied on T24N cabinets with BSX subs to serve as fills. Power for the system saw around 20 Dynacord amplifiers called into action with TGX20 amplifiers used to cover the bass, with TGX1

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06 August 2025

UK - The East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre is one of the most active Islamic institutions in Britain, offering a wide range of services including daily prayers and pastoral care, as well as working in partnership with local agencies to contribute towards improvements in education, health provision, environment and community cohesion.

As well as its main prayer halls, the complex includes halls and rooms used for conferences, seminars, weddings, and banquets. During busy times such as Ramadan, the Mosque’s congregation can rise above 5,000 on any given day, prompting its authorities to introduce technological support to ensure maximum participation.

The Centre wished to be able to broadcast content from the main prayer hall to screens placed throughout the centre, as well as live-streaming to those unable to attend in person. Head of tech

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06 August 2025

UK - The Mountbatten Festival of Music utilised two DiGiCo Quantum 7 consoles, supplied by Terry Tew Sound & Light. Over two days, Zen Broadcast not only captured the event for live streaming, a DVD and album release mixed in their Outside Broadcast (OB) truck by sound supervisor Andy Deacon, they also delivered immaculate sound in the hall, mixed by Ben Milton, with precision monitor mixes handled by Bill Birks. The engineers used two DiGiCo Quantum 7s in the house and a DiGiCo SD7B in the truck to deliver crystal-clear sound to audiences, across a variety of platforms.

A military gala event held in London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Mountbatten Festival of Music raises funds for Royal Navy and Royal Marines charities. The first Mountbatten Festival of Music was held in 1973, as part of the Royal Academy of Music’s 150th anniversary appeal and has been

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06 August 2025

UK - As UK City of Culture 2025, Bradford is playing host to an extensive programme of events in the arts and entertainment field. With a rich and diverse cultural heritage as the backdrop to a year of celebration, Bradford 2025 has invested in a number of innovative creative spaces to provide opportunities for people to engage with cultural events.

One of the most exciting and versatile of these is The Beacon, a custom-made mobile venue, which is being constructed, dismantled and moved between four different city locations - Wibsey Park, Bowling Park, Cliffe Castle Park, and Lister Park. A packed programme of events at each site includes weekday shows and weekend festivals, featuring music, comedy, clubs, classes, family activities and more.

Following a tendering process, Bradford 2025 engaged locally based Pro Audio Systems (PAS) to supply and inst

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05 August 2025

UK - As the curtain rises on another vibrant season at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, White Light, a d&b solutions company (WL) continues its long-standing partnership, supporting the venue’s evolving creative and technical ambitions with a lighting rig that is as versatile as it is visionary.

Joe Kirk, head of lighting at Regent’s Park, has led the charge in designing a season rig that balances creative flexibility with environmental responsibility. “Every show; whether a musical, a play, or a concert, relies on the same core rig,” says Kirk. “It’s designed to be modern, adaptable, and budget-conscious, while still delivering the high-impact visuals our audiences expect.”

This year’s rig, fully IP-rated and 100% LED, includes standout fixtures such as the Martin ELP PAR IP and Viper XIP, chosen for their brightness, colour mix

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05 August 2025

South Korea - In the heart of Ulsan, a city long known as a pillar of South Korea’s industrial might, a powerful new cultural landmark has emerged. Lightroom Ulsan Baekyangsa, an immersive multimedia exhibition hall, opened in April 2025 to reshape how visitors experience art, sound, and space.

Driven by the vision of Baekyangsa Temple, an institution with more than a thousand years of history in the Jogye Order, Lightroom Ulsan was established to bridge heritage and innovation. The venue offers state-of-the-art exhibitions where digital artistry comes alive across towering screens, amplified by multidimensional audio that draws guests into each scene.

To meet the venue’s ambitious demands for clarity, uniformity, and immersive audio coverage, Kinoton Korea, Inc. partnered with the integration team at Lightroom Ulsan to deploy a comprehensive Har

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05 August 2025

UK - Over a decade after installing a Martin Audio public address system at Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium, Alan Inkster, and his company Imperium Integration, have returned to totally renew the PA/VA set-up with the British manufacturer’s latest tech, headed by the Torus constant curvature arrays.

As part of a general stadium upgrade, and as a precursor to increasing the ground’s capacity as Leeds United return to the Premier League, more than 100 Martin Audio speakers have been carefully detailed to provide seamless coverage across all four stands - including the corners - as well as the TV production studios, hospitality and general ancillary areas. This reflects the growing influence and ambition of the club’s owners, 49ers Enterprises, and their desire to create a more engaging match day experience while meeting all life safety standard comp

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05 August 2025

UK - Video director James Kerr has been charged with evoking a specific aesthetic for Pulp’s current tour, embedded as it is within show designer Douglas Green’s tasteful presentation.

“I had been working for the Arctic Monkeys,” Kerr states. “A show that derived its style from ‘70s TV music shows like The Old Grey Whistle Test. Jarvis attended a show in Paris and obviously liked what he saw.” Kerr became available in the summer of 2024, just in time to cut his teeth on a handful of outdoor shows with Pulp. “I jumped at the chance, who wouldn’t?”

A year later the band have presented a refreshed production for UK arena audiences in support of the new album, More, and now go on to play festivals around Europe before heading to the US.

“This time around we are really taking advantage of the full production

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04 August 2025

France - Formed in Paris in 1981, Indochine have combined single and album sales of 10m. Their latest tour sold out in hours, with 105 dates across France, Belgium and Switzerland. Over one million people will experience these shows and, in a first for France, powering every performance will be a pair of DiGiCo Quantum 852s, supplied by MPM Audiolight.

Axel Albert is the band’s front-of-house engineer and Lionel Pelatan is on monitors; the pair are long-term users of DiGiCo consoles, with Pelatan starting with the DiGiCo D5. Albert upgraded from the Quantum 7 he used on their last tour to take advantage of the extra channel count. He explains why DiGiCo is at the heart of his set-up:

“There is a huge fan-base for Indochine, so the pressure is high, there is no space for technical problems,” he says. “The show is two and a half hours long and

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04 August 2025

USA - At first glance, it seems like 12 automated pods are hovering overhead in Trevor Drawdy’s design for Hardy’s blockbuster Jim Bob World Tour. In reality, there are only seven physical pods, the five other apparent lighting grids in the captivating circle of pods are virtual replications floating over the stage in a massive video space.

For Drawdy, this visual sleight of hand was part of a grand vision to create an immersive blend of the real and virtual for Hardy’s tour, which began 12 April at Country Thunder in Arizona, and concludes 24 September at Madison Square Garden. Balancing the “two realities” is, he says, an ideal way to reflect the genre bending, story-telling nature of his client’s music.

Drawdy recalled how this evocative design evolved: “The original spark came from Hardy’s team. They wanted to bring ‘Ji

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04 August 2025

South Africa - Clay Café Illovo has just opened its doors at 204 Oxford Road, bringing the popular paint-your-own pottery experience to the heart of Johannesburg. Known for combining creativity, food, and a welcoming atmosphere, Clay Café Illovo is part of a brand that encourages people of all ages to relax, connect, and explore their artistic side.

At the centre of the Clay Café experience is a sense of calm and inspiration, something that’s as much about the space and ambiance as it is about the pottery. With guests spending hours painting, chatting, and enjoying the café’s menu, creating the right background mood is key. That’s why Chad Regenbaum of Regenretail chose Spottune’s wireless audio system for their new venue.

Spottune is distributed in South Africa by StageOne and is known for its OmniExperience technology, which delivers 36

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01 August 2025

Greece - Lighting designer Christina Thanasoula of Athens-based creative design studio, Creative Lighting, has a penchant for invention and thinking out-of-the-box while crafting her art, and was recently a keynote speaker at the 2025 Showlight symposium in Dijon, France.

The 2025 Athens Epidaurus Festival provided an opportunity for Christina to demonstrate her imaginative approach and utilise Astera’s popular Titan Tube fixtures in fresh and invigorating ways for two intense and very different dramas, the world premiere of Blindness directed by Emily Louizou; and Phenomenon directed by Katerina Giannopoulou.

Phenomenon was viewed by curators from international theatre festivals, invited by the Epidaurus Festival, as part of the Greek Agora of Performance programme (grape), which aims

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01 August 2025

UK - For a popular visitor attraction devoted to celebrating the UK’s automotive land speed records since the post-World War One era, the importance of dynamic audio support for arresting visual story telling is crucial to delivering a memorable experience.

The Pendine Museum of Land Speed on the South Wales coast, which offers a series of classic AV presentations based on historical themes in extreme motor sports, delivers the dramatic sights and sounds of powerful and highly tuned racing vehicles. Visitors can witness the sheer exhilaration of extraordinary high-speed record achievements set against a background of a completely natural and serene coastal environment: a seven-mile stretch of the Pendine Sands.

The emotive soundtracks that accompany these arresting wide-screen videos are confidently reproduced by K-array’s smallest line array spe

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01 August 2025

Spain - As part of his current Roll With The Punches tour, Bryan Adams made a stop in Málaga on 10 June 2025. In front of an audience of around 12,000 at the Auditorio Municipal Cortijo de Torres, the Canadian musician gave a rousing open-air concert that included both classics and songs from his latest album.

Andalusian event technology service provider Algo Suena was responsible for the lighting design, which included the Cameo Opus X4 Profile spot profile moving head. The aim was to create an understated yet expressive lighting concept that effectively supported the special atmosphere of the evening.

The Cortijo de Torres municipal auditorium is one of the largest open-air venues in the south of Spain, with a 50m wide stage, a stage roof spanning 55m and an event area of more than 35,000sq.m. A special feature of the location is that des

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31 July 2025

UK - Solotech returned to Brockwell Park in South London recently for three successive weekends of festival activity, fielding its flagship WPL on main stage for the first time.

After populating the event in previous years with MLA, it was time for an upgrade to its recently expanded WPL inventory. This provided site coverage for a variety of events that included Wide Awake, Field Day, Cross The Tracks, City Splash, Mighty Hoopla and Lambeth Country Show over the long duty cycle.

The festival site attracted an aggregate of more than 300,000 people in all, and Solotech - working alongside production manager Frankie Tee of EnTEEtainment and technical production manager Amy Harmsworth - fielded no fewer than 62 WPL elements on main stage, driven in the optimum one-box resolution from Martin Audio’s

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31 July 2025

UK - The National Bowl, Milton Keynes hosted a double festival weekender for BludFest 2025 on Saturday 20 June and the debut of Forever Now which ran on Sunday 21 June. 

Bigger and louder than ever, BludFest 2025 returned for its second year to The National Bowl. With a mission to elevate fresh boundary-crossing talent alongside established stars, all while fostering an inclusive, sustainable environment for music lovers, it didn’t fail to disappoint. Curated by Yungblud, the band headlined the main stage Saturday night, alongside a heavyweight lineup including Chase Atlantic, viral hitmaker Blackbear and US rapper Denzel Curry.

The Second Stage, located in the grounds of the Bowl, was managed by SEL Live who delivered full production support over the festival weekend. The Milos MR2K 12x10 roof structure was the perfect

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31 July 2025

Denmark - The recently constructed Fun Art Blokhus in North Jutland is an indoor and outdoor activity centre which brings together a wide variety of activities under one umbrella. This multifunctional site, with its emphasis on smart technology and sustainability, uses its numerous spaces to maximum effect, offering everything from trampolining, mini-golf, and art classes, to a busy programme of concerts and exhibitions.

Integrator Profox was engaged to supply and install all the venue’s technical requirements, including the audio system for its main auditorium. The company’s extensive national and international experience in both the live event and fixed installation sectors made them the ideal partner for this facility. For the concert hall, Profox supplied and installed a Coda Audio system based on the brand’s N-RAY loudspeakers.

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31 July 2025

Poland - Powersoft’s Mover haptic technology provided the foundation for a bold reimagining of Bania Music Club, a popular nightclub and entertainment venue at the four-star Hotel Bania Thermal & Ski resort in southern Poland.

Installed beneath the club’s dancefloor by Krakow-based integrator Grupa CLUE, the Mover system turns low-frequency audio into powerful tactile vibrations, allowing guests to physically feel the music as it pulses through the floor and into the body.

The integration of more than 30 Mover transducers at Bania Music Club – part of a wider update of the club’s AVL systems – has created an inclusive, accessible club experience that engages the senses in ways traditional sound systems alone cannot, explains Jarosław Repeć, Polish sales manager for Bose Professional, whose audio processors, controllers and loudspeaker

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31 July 2025

USA - For over 40 years, the DCU Centre in Worcester, MA has been a central hub for live entertainment in New England, drawing millions of fans for everything from hockey games to concert tours. But behind the scenes, one challenge was holding it back: the aging sound system couldn’t keep pace with the quality of events it hosted.

With up to 14,000 seats and a wide variety of events, the DCU Centre needed a system that was not only powerful, but efficient. “We needed a system that matched the energy and professionalism of our diverse event schedule,” said Sandy Dunn, general manager of the DCU Centre for Legends/ASM Global. Turning to Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW), the DCU Centre began a journey to transform the entire audio experience for everyone who walks through the doors.

EAW partnered with venue leadership and top-tier industry collaborato

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31 July 2025

Belgium - The historic Théâtre Royal du Parc in Brussels, one of the city’s oldest theatres, has ushered in a new era of lighting with the installation of a modern Elation lighting system. The new rig, supplied by Belgian AV specialists XLR, includes dynamic ellipsoidal, moving head, and cyc lights, bringing new possibilities and consistent colour performance to the venue’s stage.

Théâtre Royal du Parc had long been a satisfied customer of XLR in terms of a high-quality sound system. When the time came to modernise the theatre’s lighting, with XLR now serving as Elation’s exclusive distributor in Belgium, it was a natural next step to explore whether Elation’s solutions could meet the venue’s high technical and artistic standards.

An Italian-style theatre dating back to the late 1700s, the theatre works almost exclusively in-house, pr

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30 July 2025

Europe - For this summer’s Women’s Euros 2025, BBC Sport, in partnership with Vizrt and creative studio Lightwell, delivered a broadcast that reflected the momentum and maturity of women’s sport – raising the production standard to match its rising audience.

The BBC reported 12.2m peak audience for the Lionesses’ win over Spain, making it the most watched television moment of 2025 across all broadcasts. For the entire tournament, the BBC reported a total TV reach figure of 22.1m, with total viewing hours having increased from 173m in 2022 to 186m this year.

Now, one in four global sports fans regularly watch women’s sports, according to the Women’s Sport Trust. BBC Sport answered that rising demand by debuting a virtual studio environment for the Women’s Euros that combined editorial storytelling with a flexible, visually rich XR back

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30 July 2025

UK - The recently opened Just for One Day musical commemorates how music united the world 40 years ago in a unique event to raise awareness and funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. Behind every vocal and the electrifying music that brings the spirit of Live Aid back to life is Shure Axient Digital Wireless technology.

Now playing at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, the musical features hit songs by artists including Bob Dylan, David Bowie, the Who, U2, Elton John and more. Gareth Owen, sound designer for Just for One Day relied on 84 channels of Axient Digital Wireless System and PSM 1000 In Ear monitoring system, among other Shure equipment.

“The sheer volume of RF equipment on most musical theatre shows means we just need a system that works. We can’t deal with unreliable RF for a musical like this one, and Shure delivers ti

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30 July 2025

Denmark - Recognised by the Michelin Guide as one of Aarhus’s most elegant dining destinations, Gastromé has enchanted guests with its blend of modern Nordic cuisine and European flair.

In pursuit of more space to evolve their vision, co-owners William Jørgensen and Søren Jakobsen recently relocated north to a 1911 villa in the tranquil suburb of Risskov. As part of the villa’s extensive renovation, the team chose to install a Smart IP audio system from Genelec to help create the immersive, high-quality atmosphere they envisioned.

"After a long search, we have found the perfect place to spread our wings,” explains Jørgensen. “Our dream is to create a space where we take our current gastronomy as a starting point and refine the entire experience around the meal." The Gastromé team turned to specialist systems integrator Thomas Ve

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30 July 2025

Germany - Leyard Europe has successfully completed the installation of a cutting-edge LED video wall at Hochschule Ansbach (University of Applied Science). The installation, featuring the company’s Planar Venue Pro VX with ultra-fine 1.9mm pixel pitch, delivers ‘exceptional visual performance with high brightness, superior contrast ratios, and wide viewing angles ideal for virtual production environments’.

The massive 50-panel display (configured in a 10-wide by five-high array) provides the seamless, high-resolution backdrop required for professional-quality virtual production and will significantly enhance the university's multimedia production capabilities.

The project, completed in May 2024, equips the university's TV studio with professional-grade technology that mirrors industry standards. Hochschule Ansbach, a renowned institution offeri