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(8/19/2014)

-Frequency Coordination Group: The Show Must Go On

Frequency Coordination Group: The Show Must Go On

The world's appetite for wireless is insatiable. Between microphones, in-ear systems, and intercoms, channel counts in the dozens are commonplace, with that number routinely going into the hundreds for large productions and installations. ...More

(8/19/2014)

-RapcoHorizon Joins the Soundtrack of Summer Tour with Foreigner, Styx, and Don Felder

RapcoHorizon Joins the Soundtrack of Summer Tour with Foreigner, Styx, and Don Felder

RapcoHorizon, an RHC Holdings brand and manufacturer of audio/video interfacing and cable equipment, has once again hit the road for another legendary tour. Custom runs of the company's RoadHog and SilverHog touring cables ...More

(8/18/2014)

-Metropolitan Opera Strikes Deal with Two Unions: Lock Out Called Off

Metropolitan Opera Strikes Deal with Two Unions: Lock Out Called Off

The New York Times is reporting that the Metropolitan Opera has reached a tentative deal with both the American Federation of Musicians and AGMA, which represents singers and choristers. As a result, the lock ...More

(8/18/2014)

-Administration Fee Waived for Organizations Offering ETCP Electrical Paper and Pencil Exams

Administration Fee Waived for Organizations Offering ETCP Electrical Paper and Pencil Exams

In order to keep the ETCP (Entertainment Technician Certification Program) examinations fresh and current, the subject matter experts have written new questions for the Entertainment Electrician examination. ETCP is set to launch ...More

(8/18/2014)

-Auerbach Pollock Friedlander Wins TEA Award for Michael Jackson ONE

Auerbach Pollock Friedlander Wins TEA Award for Michael Jackson ONE

The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has awarded Auerbach Pollock Friedlander and the design team for the Michael Jackson ONE Cirque du Soleil Theatre, a 2014 TEA Award for Outstanding Achievement. The TEA Awards ...More

(8/18/2014)

-Everything for Everyman Theatre with GDS

Everything for Everyman Theatre with GDS

It would be practically impossible to overstate the importance of the Everyman Theatre to the city of Liverpool. To list the names of those whose careers are synonymous with it, would be to compile a who's who of artistic giants, their ...More

(8/18/2014)

-Robe for New Live Music Venue in Zwolle

Robe for New Live Music Venue in Zwolle

Hedon, a well-known live music venue in Zwolle, the Netherlands, has recently had a full Robe moving light rig installed into its brand new building which features an 850-capacity main hall plus an equality active small room that ...More

(8/18/2014)

-Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Wash FX Luminaires Are a Direct Hit for One Direction

Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Wash FX Luminaires Are a Direct Hit for One Direction

One Direction embarked on their worldwide Where We Are tour this spring, performing in some of the biggest stadiums around the globe to millions of screaming fans. For shows of this size and scope, go-to lighting designer for the ...More

(8/18/2014)

-Cardinal O'Hara Gets New Stadium Sound System from Community

Cardinal O'Hara Gets New Stadium Sound System from Community

Cardinal O'Hara, a Catholic High School in Springfield, Pennsylvania, is known for the excellence of its sports, music, and academic programs. As the only Philadelphia Catholic League school with a home football stadium on school premises, ...More

(8/18/2014)

-Historic Beacon Theatre Purchases Lighting Package from 4Wall New York

Historic Beacon Theatre Purchases Lighting Package from 4Wall New York

The historic Beacon Theatre recently upgraded its lighting with a package of brand new products from 4Wall New York. Long renowned for its audio experience, the theatre chose Martin MAC Auras, Philips Showline SL Bar ...More

(8/18/2014)

-Foreigner Uses Bose L1 Systems for Intimate Meet-and-Greet Performances

Foreigner Uses Bose L1 Systems for Intimate Meet-and-Greet Performances

Legendary rock band Foreigner has been thrilling audiences with its well-crafted songs and pitch-perfect live shows since the band's formation in 1976, and the group continues to roll from town to town with an impressive set of hits ...More

(8/18/2014)

-Theatre in Review: Poor Behavior (Primary Stages/The Duke on 42nd Street)

Theatre in Review: Poor Behavior (Primary Stages/The Duke on 42nd Street)

Poor Behavior begins with a furious argument in progress, the kind of full-throated, lung-bursting, take-no-prisoners battle that makes you wonder what playwright Theresa Rebeck can possibly do for an encore. Fasten ...More

(8/15/2014)

-Rock Lititz Studio, Coproduction Between Tait and Clair Global, to Open on September 20

Rock Lititz Studio, Coproduction Between Tait and Clair Global, to Open on September 20

Even as invitations to the opening were being sent to members of the industry, the website Pennlive.com has reported that Tait and Clair Global have collaborated on Rock Lititz Studio, billed as the largest concert ...More

(8/15/2014)

-PNTA Joins Yamaha Dealer Network

PNTA Joins Yamaha Dealer Network

PNTA opened its doors in 1975 as a local Seattle, Washington-area supplier of theatrical equipment and consumables. Since that time, PNTA has expanded staff and capabilities to provide a wealth of services for customers nationally. ...More

(8/15/2014)

-Barco to Participate in Almo Professional A/V's E4 Philadelphia Expo August 15

Barco to Participate in Almo Professional A/V's E4 Philadelphia Expo August 15

Barco, a provider of visualization and collaboration solutions, has teamed with Almo Professional A/V for the E4 Philadelphia Expo, which takes place on August 15 at the Valley Forge Casino & Resort at the Radisson in ...More

(8/15/2014)

-Lady Antebellum Goes to Town on K1

Lady Antebellum Goes to Town on K1

Take Me Downtown is Lady Antebellum's third headlining tour, taking the Grammy award-winning trio across North America and into a wide range of venues, including casinos, civic centers, and amphitheaters, both indoors and outside. ...More

(8/15/2014)

-Phonophobia Adds Harman's Soundcraft Vi3000 Digital Console to Expanding Hire Fleet

Phonophobia Adds Harman's Soundcraft Vi3000 Digital Console to Expanding Hire Fleet

After recently investing heavily in Harman's Soundcraft Vi platform, Mark Chant's Kent, UK-based Phonophobia has now added a next-generation Soundcraft Vi3000 digital console to its inventory. The console was sold ...More

(8/15/2014)

-Avolites and Avolites Media Out in Force at Glastonbury 2014

Avolites and Avolites Media Out in Force at Glastonbury 2014

Avolites and Avolites Media continued their strong association with Glastonbury Festival with equipment and team out in force to support friends and colleagues alike. This year's festival was an eclectic and awe-inspiring ...More

(8/15/2014)

-Bright Norway AS Deploys Largest Meyer Sound LYON System to Date

Bright Norway AS Deploys Largest Meyer Sound LYON System to Date

The largest Meyer Sound LYON linear sound reinforcement system ever assembled was heard this summer at Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway. Provided by Bright Norway AS, the 360-degree system entertained 8,500 employees of ...More

(8/15/2014)

-Showline SL NITRO 510 Strobes Frame Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage in Light

Showline SL NITRO 510 Strobes Frame Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage in Light

Production technician Andy "Fraggle" Porter ensured the famous Pyramid Stage at this year's Glastonbury was a dazzling display of bright and frenzied strobe effects by rigging 33 Showline SL NITRO 510 luminaires in an arch ...More

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