Talent contests - in a wide variety of different types - are currently one of the most globally successful television formats. And one of the highest profile - the X Factor - has just begun a UK tour with, for the first time, Yamaha digital consoles at both the front of house and monitor positions.
Taking in a wide variety of venues, including five consecutive nights at London’s Shaw Theatre, Boy George spent most of February wowing UK venues on his Songs That Make You Dance And Cry tour.
Accompanying front of house engineer Jimmy Sarikas throughout has been a Yamaha LS9 -32 console, which was not only mixing the auditorium sound, but also doing two completely separate sets of recordings of every show.
Clair/Showco Provides Production for Band's It Won't Be Soon Before Long Tour.
Even festivals equipped with the more conventional analogue mixing desks are gradually moving into the digital
age. This also applies to the W.O.A. Wacken Open Air, popularised by the movie “Full Metal Village” by
director Sung-Hyung Cho.
Fast-rising indie rockers The Pigeon Detectives spent much of 2007 tirelessly touring to promote their debut album Wait For Me. With slots at many of the UK’s major festivals followed by a headlining tour in the winter and another tour booked for May 2008, the band’s following is rapidly increasing, drawn by a unique sound which is mixed in the live environment on a Yamaha LS9 console.
"See What's Driving the Future" was the motto of the 62nd International Motor Show (IAA) at the Exhibition Centre in Frankfurt am Main. The show ran between 13 and 23 September 2007, with the largest automobile manufacturers in the world presenting their latest models and many technical innovations. Around one million visitors came to view the spectacle beneath the gigantic, 257-meter exhibition centre tower.
August 25th 2007 saw 1.2 million people turn the city centre of Essen, in Germany’s Ruhr region, into a giant party as the Love Parade filled the city’s streets with a procession of floats, all with loud PA systems playing the latest dance music.
In Paris, the Fête de la Musique has long been associated with a free Ricard SA Live Music concert. This evening entertainment featuring several groups takes place at Place Denfert-Rochereau in cooperation with Fonds d’Action and Initiative Rock. This year's event sees some major technical novelties - two PM5D, six AD8HR and an EtherSound system!
