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Just Like Vacation
LAS VEGAS, NV—Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs “Holiday” with the help
of Shure’s new UHF-R Wireless at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards. The band received six
awards in total throughout the evening: Billboard 200 Album Group of the Year, Pop Group
of the Year, Hot 100 Group of the Year, Rock Artist of the Year, Rock Song of the Year (“Boulevard
of Broken Dreams”) and Modern Rock Artist of the Year.
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Everly Brothers Still Selling Out Tours
LONDON, ENGLAND—Fifty years after the
release of their first recording, Don and Phil
Everly are still packing in the crowds. On their
current UK tour, every show, from the National
Indoor Arena in Birmingham to London’s
Royal Albert Hall, is sold out. Front of House
engineer Dave Wooster is keenly aware that
when people are paying £80 a ticket, it’s very
important to make sure the sound is absolutely
right. “And the toys in my racks help me
do that,” he says.
Sound equipment for the tour, supplied
by Capital Sound, includes a substantial compliment
of XTA equipment, with the new
DP428 audio management system playing a
major role. “This is the first time I’ve used the
DP428 in front of everything as the system
driver,” says Wooster. “We’ve got eight DP226s
behind it, but the DP428 is driving the entire
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Miller Pro Audio Directs new GB4 Quintet
Oklahoma City-based Miller Pro Audio, a live sound reinforcement company primarily serving
the central southern U.S., has now purchased five Soundcraft GB4 consoles. According to
Matt Arnold, manager for Miller’s satellite Texas operations in Lubbock and Austin, the four 32channel
and single 24-channel desks are being deployed on the company’s smaller productions
and for rental use.
Long island Theatre Outfitted with Donated Equipment
The IMAC (Inter-Media Art Center) Theater on Long Island has just received a gift from JBL
Professional—a major improvement to the theatre’s sound system, consisting of JBL’s newest addition
to their professional speaker line, the VRX932LA constant curvature line array speaker system.
IMAC has acquired Crown Macro-Tech sound amplifiers to power the new speaker system.
Harman Consumer Group, a division of Harman International, is located in Woodbury on Long
Island. Over the years, many employees have become regulars at the IMAC Theater, and because
they are lovers of great sound, took the IMAC cause to the top company executives.
UB40 Goes High-Tech on European Tour
UB40 has been carrying a NEXO GEO T tangent-array system on its current European
tour. Provided by the SSE Audio Group, the compact array has proved equally versatile in
arenas and smaller venues, and the UB40 team of engineers, led by FOH Tom Wiggans, has
also been pioneering the use of an Ethersound network for time alignment of system components.
Britain’s best-selling homegrown reggae band, UB40 is running a high-technology
show for this tour. FOH engineer Tom Wiggans is mixing on a DiGiCo D5, and the stage is a
silent one, with all musicians using PMs. And the P.A. is a NEXO GEO T system, typically configured
in a L/C/Rdesign, with 20+3 box arrays left and right, and a five-cabinet center cluster.
Peavey raises Hurricane relief with Hank Jr., Jack Daniel’s
Peavey, Jack Daniel’s and Hank Williams, Jr. raised $2,550 for the American Red Cross’ Hurricane
Relief Fund in a special eBay auction on Dec. 10. Peavey auctioned a Peavey Jack Daniel’s
guitar that Hank Williams, Jr. autographed during his “Hank & Hannity” hurricane relief concert in
Choctaw, Miss. The concert, held Oct. 14, also featured Sean Hannity, co-host of Hannity & Colmes
on the Fox News Network as well as a talk show on the ABC Radio network. Longtime Peavey
endorser Williams donated $125,000 to the Red Cross relief effort that night, and then signed a
Peavey guitar to raise even more money for the rebuilding efforts along the Gulf Coast.
Peavey has also donated 10% of revenues from its PV® Series musical instrument and
microphone cable sales to the Red Cross for hurricane relief. This accessory line includes
more than 40 products. Peavey is based in Meridian, Miss., where Katrina wrought damage
as a Category 1 hurricane.
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