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05 November 2025

Canada - Last week marked a major moment for Toronto’s live music scene as Vybz Kartel took the stage in the city for the first time. Presented by OVO Sound, the performance drew a full house of fans eager over three sold-out nights to see one of Jamaica’s most influential artists make his Canadian debut.

The high-energy show was supported by a full Adamson loudspeaker system, delivering clear, powerful coverage across the venue; Clair Global provided full audio support. The system was managed by systems engineering and crew chief Valdrian Sulejmani, with mixing duties handled by Demetrius Moore and Aaron Booth.

The system included 21 VGt per side for mains; 32 E119 (end-fire) per side; 15 VGt per side for outfill; eight CS10 for front-fill; and three S10n / four E119 per side for side-fill.

The Adamson setup supported Kartel’s dynamic

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05 November 2025

France - As the name suggests, the Changez d’Air Festival (Change of Air) is all about promoting the discovery of new talent. Now in its 25th year, the event takes place at the Espace Culturel l'Escale in St Genis les Ollières to the west of Lyon and is well established as a major part of the city’s vibrant music scene.

Taking place over five nights in May, Changez d’Air 2025 saw performances from Shawn Jobin, Moonfruits, Delgres, Barkanan, Nô Brigant, Ofé, Emma Peters, Sam Sauvage, Danilo and others, in a venue that called for a powerful PA system which wouldn’t take up a lot of space.

Local event technology company MKplus had recently taken delivery of some new Nexo P18s, taking their total inventory of Nexo speakers to more than 200. “The sound engineers and artists were very impressed with what this ‘smal

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05 November 2025

Portugal - EMAV, part of the Media Capital Group, has unveiled a virtual production (VP XR) studio featuring LED technology from Alfalite. Integrated by VANTeC Danmon Group Portugal, the project marks a major step forward for the country’s film, television, and advertising industries.

The new facility features a 25 x 5m Alfalite Modularpix Pro 1.9 ORIM VP XR LED wall and an 8 x 5m Modularpix Pro 3.9 HB VP XR LED ceiling, powered by Pixotope’s real-time graphics engine and TrackMen camera tracking systems. This advanced setup enables the creation of hyper-realistic virtual environments for film, TV series, commercials, music videos, and live events.

“The Alfalite panels met all our expectations. The colour reproduction is precise and uniform across the surface, and the flexibility in brightness and contrast lets us work with different lighting s

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05 November 2025

UK - A new studio facility, Winchester Audio Barn, has opened for business. Three years in the making, it represents ‘a blend of retro charm and cutting-edge technology’.

Located in the Hampshire countryside approximately 55 miles southwest of London, Winchester Audio Barn shares space within a purpose-built complex that includes an event venue and restaurant/bar facilities, and a kitchen capable of catering for over 200 guests. There is also a classic car showroom and workshop.

The studio itself features a Solid State Logic Duality Fuse 48-channel SuperAnalogue mixing console, racks of vintage outboard gear and microphones, classic instruments and amplification, within a flexible infrastructure designed to support any audio production scenario. The Audio Barn also offers a range of accommodation packages.

The facility is the brainchild o

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05 November 2025

Brazil - The 2024 political biographical drama I’m Still Here (Portuguese: Ainda Estou Aqui), directed by Walter Salles, quickly established itself as a landmark achievement for Brazilian cinema as the first-ever Brazilian-produced film to win an Academy Award, capturing the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.

The success of the film was underpinned by its dedication to period-authentic, cinematic sound led by production sound mixer Laura Zimmermann, who earned the 2025 Brazilian Film Academy’s Grande Otelo Award (Best Sound) for her work on the film. Zimmermann relied on an extensive kit of Lectrosonics Wireless products, including SMQV, SSM, LMB and HMa transmitters, and DSR4, SRc, DCR822 and DSQD receivers to capture the project's uncommon audio requirements.

Production sound for I’m Still Here, which tells

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05 November 2025

France - Marc Brissonnet, technical director of the L’Eden multi-performance venue, led the way in the initiative to convert it to an all-LED system, inaugurated in 2018 by the City of Saint-Jean-d’Angély. The actual process started in late 2024 when the theatre installed eight Ovation Rêve E-3 colour rendering ellipsoidal fixtures, and 10 Ovation Rêve F-3 colour rendering Fresnels from Chauvet Professional.

As a multi-disciplinary house, the performance venue hosts a wide variety of productions, and Marc acknowledges that initially some touring companies were hesitant to perform under LED lights.

“Some companies came in with preconceived notions - concerns about colour rendering, intensity, or beam quality,” said Marc. “But once they saw what the Rêve units could do, most of those doubts disappeared. LED technology has come a long way,

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04 November 2025

UK - The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh sits at the heart of the city, welcoming over 100,000 yearly visitors. Home to the Lyceum Theatre Company for over 60 years, it stages a variety of performances from classic drama and contemporary plays to comedy and musicals.

Along with the historic architecture went an ageing sound system and an upgrade was needed to ensure the iconic venue could continue to meet the demands of modern productions. EM Acoustics’ Reference Series was chosen to deliver ‘precise, high-quality audio, whatever the performance’.

Ian Gibson, head of sound & AV at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, spent several years planning the upgrade, and has led the eventual implementation of the new system.

“The theatre’s last major refurbishment was back in the mid-nineties, with no ongoing replacement or renewal of the

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04 November 2025

UK - For its 2025 season, English Touring Opera (ETO) is presenting The Elixir of Love and The Rape of Lucretia in repertory, touring a diverse range of venues across the UK. Supporting this ambitious tour is White Light (WL), providing technical expertise and equipment to realise the creative vision of lighting designer Jamie Platt and production electrician Joe Kirk.

Jamie’s approach to lighting opera is deeply rooted in musical storytelling. “In opera, the narrative unfolds as much through musical leitmotifs as through sung text,” he explains. “Lighting becomes a second layer of narrative. I can shift the look of the stage simply because of an oboe or a violin.” This sensitivity is vividly expressed in The Elixir of Love, where a pivotal aria sees the lighting transform to reflect Nemorino’s emotional world. “We le

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04 November 2025

Canada - Lighting designer Michael ‘Herk’ Herkimer of HLX experienced a slight career epiphany when lead singer Raine Maida, of popular Canadian alt-rockers Our Lady Peace (OLP), briefed him ahead of the band’s 2025 Canadian tour.

Raine asked if Herk could possibly look at a link to a 2013 Nine Inch Nails touring show video from the Staples Centre in LA – among his inspirational sources. Herk has admired NIN designs for many years. He took this and other elements as a starting point and produced a a look and original style for the OLP30 tour, which celebrated 30 years as a band.

Robe Forte and MegaPointe moving lights were prominent on the lighting rig, with six of the 50 x Fortes running on three RoboSpot Base Stations, all supplied by rental vendor Soundbox.

This was Herk’s first time working with OLP. He was offered the gig when

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04 November 2025

USA - Under his company ear Networks, NYC-based Kurt Schlossberg has been specifying exclusively Martin Audio sound systems in Time Out Markets around the world for a number of years.

Recently, he undertook his first project for Chilean-born restaurateur Juan Santa Cruz, as Obvio joined the operator’s other upmarket establishments, including two in Central London’s trendy Mayfair and Notting Hill areas.

His latest ‘modern supper club and cocktail bar’ named Obvio is right on his own Manhattan doorstep, and again is an exclusive Martin Audio house, taking advantage of the CDD series’ coaxial differential dispersion technology.

“Juan only does super exclusive places, and over Zoom he told me about this little jewel box that he was creating in New York,” said Schlossberg. “He wanted the most discreet high performing system that c

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04 November 2025

UK - The Belfry Golf Club, located in Royal Sutton Coldfield, has hosted the Ryder Cup four times as well as the British Masters, making it a significant venue on the international golf circuit. The resort features three championship golf courses and a range of luxury amenities, including a hotel, spa, dining options and extensive event facilities.

For the most recent expansion, which included a new hotel block and a wellness hub, known as The Club, London-based integrator Tateside led the design and installation of audio, video and lighting technology in various zones.

“We became involved in The Belfry project through hotel technology consultants Fluent2,” explains Jack Cornish, technical director at Tateside. “The scope encompassed a large ballroom event space in the main hotel, and various zones in The Club, including studios, a gym, a spin

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04 November 2025

Germany - The VILCO Convention Centre in Bad Vilbel, just north of Frankfurt, opened in 2023 adjacent to the historic Kurhaus - a renowned spa resort dating from 1927. The modern facility features a Great Hall with 10m ceilings and adaptable configurations that can transform from a single large event space to multiple smaller venues through movable walls and adjustable grandstands.

The venue's striking interior showcases over 15,000sq.m of eucalyptus veneer alongside acoustic-optimized panels, creating a warm yet sophisticated atmosphere that connects seamlessly with the adjacent spa gardens.

This architectural versatility demanded an equally adaptable sound system capable of delivering quality audio for everything from corporate events to concerts by touring artists like Manfred Mann, Alphaville and Sisters of Mercy.

When VILCO first opened,

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04 November 2025

USA - Officially, Hudson Westbrook’s 26-city Texas Forever Fall Tour, which began 4 September in Cleveland, is supposed to conclude 21 November in St. Petersburg. But Brock McNeely, the artist’s lighting designer, has a slightly different take on things.

“Really when you think about it, the touring never stops,” he said as he prepared for another fall show. Earlier this year, Westbrook added 29 dates to his already packed summer tour, which crisscrossed the USA - and there’s a promise of more to come.

This heavy touring schedule can present a challenge for a lighting and production crew. So too can the wide variety of venues that Westbrook performs in. “This tour has been a really unique experience, considering the speed at which Hudson has exploded in popularity over the past year,” said McNeely. “One day we could be playing

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04 November 2025

UK - New York design group Yellow Studio unveiled its newest large-scale installation Within Water, at the 2025 River of Light Festival in Liverpool. Taking place from 24 October to 2 November, the festival transformed the city’s waterfront into a walking trail of illuminated artworks and installations by national and international artists. Yellow Studio’s installation for this year’s edition is inspired by bioluminescence, exploring the relationship between water, light and human interaction.

Commissioned by Culture Liverpool, this year's installation was inspired by the festival's theme The Science of Light. Through a grid of programmable lights embedded beneath the water’s surface, the installation mimics the gentle glow and movement of bioluminescent algae, creating an illuminated current that shifts in colour and inten

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03 November 2025

India - Superstar Anirudh recently played an incendiary homecoming show as the grand finale to his Hukum world tour, staged at a special site in Kuvathur on the East Coast Road (ECR) in Chennai, complete with ‘a spectacular lighting design’ by Bala Subramanya (Vinod), Albin Biju and Guru Somayaji from Bangalore-based design studio 369 Design Lab.

It was the first time that Robe iForte LTX Follow Spots – running on RoboSpot remote following systems – were used for a live music show in India.

The RoboSpot system – six iForte LTXs and four BaseStations – was supplied to Anirudh’s production and the show’s main lighting contractor, Bangalore-based Reynolds, by SSL Media from Mumbai.

Guru and Vinod had pushed to get the iFortes and the RoboSpot system on to the show, as they needed a powerful follow spotting solution to co

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31 October 2025

France - Les Salles du Carrousel, housed beneath the glass pyramid of the Louvre in the heart of Paris, offers 6,635m² of modular interior space to cater for events of all types and sizes. As the site operator, Viparis has relied for many years on the expertise of Magnum – one of France’s leading audiovisual providers – to deliver high-end AV solutions. When the time came to renew the audio systems, Magnum selected the new CCL (Compact Cardioid Line Array) system from d&b audiotechnik to elevate the venue’s audio offering whilst respecting both Viparis’ and Magnum’s stringent sustainability criteria.

“The previous system, while functional, was over 10 years old, and starting to show signs of wear and tear,” explained Eduard Dubus, who heads up the technical team at Magnum. “We were looking to replace it with something more modern, and

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31 October 2025

USA - The Billboard Latin Music Awards, celebrated at the James L. Knight Centre in Miami on 23 October, was a showcase of talent, remarkable moments, and new technology. Broadcast live on Telemundo, the Latin Billboards highlighted the best in Latin music with performances from notable artists.

Broadcast mixer Anthony Portillo and music mixer Carlos Alvarez, alongside FOH engineer Raul Gonzalez, house production mixer Raphael Alkins, and monitors engineer Joe Lizano, ensured every note and beat was ‘captured with precision’.

For the first time, two of the new Shure DCA901 microphones were deployed. Positioned strategically in the venue, the DCA901’s eight lobes served as the centerpiece of the event’s audience sound design.

“For more than two decades, Shure has been an invaluable part of our broadcasts, consisten

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31 October 2025

UK - Cheltenham Racecourse has upgraded to a new L-Acoustics professional sound system designed and installed by Audiotek in conjunction with technical service provider Racetech.

The upgrade replaces parts of the existing PA system with a fully monitored system that delivers speech intelligibility for live commentary, background music, race-day announcements and emergency and evacuation messaging for up to 75,000 spectators across the grounds.

A project three years in the making, the Jockey Club, which owns and operates Cheltenham Racecourse along with 14 other racecourses across the UK, selected Audiotek following a competitive tender process managed by audio consultant Stuart Strachan of RaceTech, who specified strict performance criteria for the new system based on the British Standard BS 7827.

"Cheltenham is one of the jewels of the Jocke

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31 October 2025

USA - When a passenger vessel moored at 1800 N Harbor Dr in San Diego for a floating party named Noise Complaint, the sound was carefully engineered. With an audience capacity of 1,200 and a layout combining open-air energy up top with a more intimate environment below, the production team leaned on dBTechnologies to deliver sound reinforcement across both decks of the ship.

The event fully utilised the vessel’s two-deck configuration, with crowds moving between an exposed upper deck and an enclosed middle deck. The upper deck served as the primary performance space, deploying Opera Reevo 212 loudspeakers as mains, supported by Opera Reevo 210 out-fills and VIO S118R subwoofers, with additional Opera Reevo 210 cabinets on poles as DJ monitors. The middle deck featured DVX D12 loudspeakers paired with a single S618 subwoofer, maintaining clarity and balance

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31 October 2025

Germany - At this year’s IAA Mobility in Munich, Mercedes-Benz showcased its brand universe in the open space of the Apothekenhof (Apothecary Courtyard) of the Residenzhöfe, a museum complex. The team from TLD Planungsgruppe was responsible for the technical planning, implementation and lighting design. High-performance LED systems from GLP, including the KNV Cube and the new JDC Burst 1, were at the heart of the presentation.

In addition to the freely accessible open space in Munich’s city centre, Mercedes-Benz also had a presence at the IAA Summit on the exhibition grounds, where the brand’s technical expertise was the focus. The open space, on the other hand, emphasised emotion, design and staging – and thus light as a central design element.

Early in the design phase, it became clear that replicating the distinctive radiator grille of th

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31 October 2025

USA - From the Downtown Cary Park to the USA Baseball National Training Complex, the town of Cary, North Carolina cares about quality for its residents. In the past two years, the Downtown Cary Park has been awarded numerous awards including being named the No. 1 Best Public Playground in 2025 by USA Today’s 10Best along with awards in 2024 from the National Association of Landscape Professional, the Landscape Contractors Association, WRAL News, and the Triangle Business Journal.

“Cary citizens love coming to Cary facilities because they know they’re going to get a high-quality experience,” said Cailen Waddell, programme supervisor of technical operations for the Town of Cary, NC. “We make it our goal to help everyone provide the best performance possible by ensuring they have the right equipment and sound.”

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31 October 2025

Canada - Hundreds of ADJ luminaires were utilised by local production company Digital Media Integrations to transform the Heritage Park historical village in Calgary, for its annual Ghouls Night Out Halloween event. A combination of moving heads and static wash fixtures was used to create a spooky atmosphere throughout the park, with moody colours, crisp Gobo projections, striking silhouettes and theatrical strobe flashes all contributing to the immersive experience.

Established in 1964, Heritage Park has grown into one of Calgary’s premier tourist attractions. It brings to life the history of Western Canada, covering the 1860s to the 1950s, through period buildings, exhibits, and costumes that give visitors the opportunity to experience life in bygone times. The park’s historical collection comprises 50,000 artifacts and it features 180 exhibit

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30 October 2025

USA - Spanning over 40 stops in arenas, amphitheatres and outdoor festivals across the United States, Dierks Bentley’s 2025 Broken Branches Tour featured the musician’s full repertoire, including classics and tracks from his latest album, Broken Branches. ACT Entertainment provided the audio backbone necessary for the production.

The tour’s audio workflow was designed by front-of-house and systems engineer James ‘Pugsley’ McDermott, who worked with ACT Entertainment to leverage Avid Venue S6L-24C consoles and a PK Sound Trinity Black Line Source System for a flexible, fast-deploying setup. The Avid consoles played a central role in the workflow. The system’s tight integration with Pro Tools and networked audio allowed for seamless virtual soundchecks, real-time adjustments and precise control over dynamics and EQ.

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30 October 2025

France - When Collectif La Bringue and Minuits took over Nantes’ 9,000-capacity Zenith Arena for Calling For Rave, they made history. This was the first time the venue, a cornerstone of France’s touring circuit, had hosted an all-night techno event. For audio, the team turned to long-time collaborator Combeuil Audio and its Funktion-One sound systems.

“Zenith Nantes is a major institution for entertainment production,” said Esteban Haie of Collectif La Bringue and 99dB. “Our goal was to deconstruct the venue’s image and create a true rave experience in a concert hall environment. Funktion-One has been with us since the beginning, so it was the obvious choice.”

Working with La Bringue’s production team, Combeuil Audio designed a system to deliver powerful, coherent coverage across the vast arena. Suspended Evo 7T arrays with F