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A DiGiCo SD11 console was used on Danish singer-songwriter Mads Langer’s recent tour, writes Paul Watson.

Academy Music Group’s promoting division, Academy Events, has donated almost £8,000 to the Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal, writes Paul Watson

A number of Eclectic Clubs & Bars’ South Pacific-themed Lola Lo venues have been fitted out with Yamaha and Nexo audio systems, writes Paul Watson.

FOH engineer Chuck Knowledge toured with Nero in the US and UK running the whole show using nothing but a tablet. No console. At all.

A number of L-Acoustics loudspeaker systems have been installed and deployed in Istanbul by its Turkish distributor, writes Paul Watson.

A string of top UK artists descended on London’s O2 Arena last night with a number of international superstars in tow for the 2012 BRIT Awards, writes Paul Watson.

Live speaker range

Stage box system

Wireless mic system

8-channel power amp

Compact stage monitor

An array of DiGiCo SD Series digital consoles - supplied by Hi-Tech Audio and operated by PA contractor ATK AudioTek - handled sound duties at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards, writes Mel Lambert.

“The People’s Palace” has been awarded over £320,000 in funding by English Heritage to repair and restore the North London venue.

Fully syncronised foreign language live dubs of Batman Live World Tour created by out post sound, writes Erica Basnicki.

With the 6 Nations rugby union in full swing and the European football championships and London Olympics to come in the summer, sports broadcasting is to the fore again. Commentary is a major part of this and in some technological respects has changed very little but in others has changed a great deal. Kevin Hilton reports.