Firehouse Productions recently provided sound for some of the biggest names in music at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, sponsored by Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio social media networking outlet. With performances by Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj and many others, Firehouse deployed HARMAN’s JBL VERTEC® line arrays to match the dynamic range of performers in the MGM Grand Arena.

High End Systems, a Barco Company, products play a part in the entertainment spectacle, Ben Hur Live, which debuted Sept. 29 at Rome’s Nuova Fiera di Roma (Roman Fair) stadium.

More than 40,000 fans took their seats at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff this month to enjoy Michael Forever, a star-studded tribute to Michael Jackson.

Atomic Lighting of Lititz, Pennsylvania scored two high-profile TV gigs for grandMA2 lighting consoles when it supplied gear for season three of NBC’s a cappella singing competition, “The Sing Off” and FOX’s live telecast of the “63rd Primetime Emmy Awards” from LA’s Nokia Theatre.

When it was time for rock legend Paul McCartney to acquire a new rig for his recent tour of North America, lighting designer Roy Bennett selected over 80 Clay Paky Sharpy narrow-beam spotlights.

The charity concert “Elämä Lapselle” (Life of a Child) in the Hartwall-Areena, Helsinki, Finland raises funds to help Finnish children in need. It  has been staged annually since 1995 and has since been aired on MTV3. Initially, the concert was called "Pure Life in a Child", until it was changed to its current form. For this year's event, lighting and visual designer Mikko Linnavuori and lighting designer Eero Helle used two grandMA2 light, a grandMA full-size, a grandMA light and 3 x MA NSP (Network Signal Processor).

LD Lee Gipson shares his recipe for lighting designs: see what ingredients are in the warehouse, make sure it fits the budget, and then create with what you’ve got. “Face it, that’s the reality of design,” he said. He likens it to a buffet-table approach to lighting selection, he described: “I’ll take a few of those and some of these over here and do you have a few more of that. And there, it’s done.”

Martin Audio’s award-winning sound system at the Ministry of Sound London was put to the ultimate test by some of the world’s legendary house exponents last month, as the club celebrated its 20th anniversary over a memorable weekend.

As Glee and The Sing Off shine a new light on the vocal performance culture, Rockapella is celebrating 20 years of wowing audiences around the globe with a vast variety of musical selections spanning all genres, and utilizing only their voices for melodies, harmonies, and percussion.  Setting the stage for their annual Holiday Show Tour in 2012, the 5-man ‘band’ will travel the nation, backed up by HARMAN’s AKG DMS 700 digital and WMS 4500 wireless systems.

Maná is a pop rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, whose career has spanned more than three decades. They have earned - amongst others - three Grammy Awards, five Latin Grammy Awards and five MTV Video Music Awards Latin America. Accompanying their current “Drama e Luz” world tour that started this year is a grandMA2 system, comprising 1 x grandMA2 full-size console, 1 x grandMA2 light and 2 x MA NPU (Network Processing Unit).

Outside broadcast and satellite uplink specialist SIS LIVE are excited to be working with the Red Bull Music Academy on an ambitious and unique event which will see 30 music gigs simultaneously broadcast live on the internet, online radio and to a live audience from the EDF Energy London Eye.

Thursday 20th October 2011 sees the start of the two-day “Digitale Cinematographie” event, taking place at its new location in the Alten Kongresshalle (Old Congress Hall) on Theresienhöhe. Entry is free of charge and visitors will be able to attend workshops und screenings with various prestigious names present, as well as an exhibition featuring more than 45 renowned producers and service providers from the field of digital cinematography. Online registration is possible until 18/10/2011, while from 20/10/2011 you can register directly at the premises.

In order to generate high-octane promotion of their new album I’m With You, Red Hot Chili Peppers recently simulcast a live concert from Cologne to cinemas throughout the States.With their long-serving FOH engineer, Dave Rat, piloting the house mix, the band performed all songs off the album plus many other selected hits — largely through an EAW sound system.

Theatrical performer and musician Emilie Autumn, backed by her all-female band the Bloody Crumpets, doesn’t stinton the entertainment. Apart from singing, violin-playing and vaudevillianchit-chat between performers, Autumn’s act includes aerial flying, burlesque fan dancing, stilt-walking, fire eating and multiple costume changes. She finds the only headworn mic to keep pace with her flamboyant performances is the DPA4088 cardioid headset.

Clear-Com®, a global leader in critical voice communication systems, is pleased to announce that Broadcasting Televisão Ltda. a leading service provider specializing in capturing and transmitting multimedia content, utilized Clear-Com systems in its OB van to coordinate the broadcast of Miss Universe 2011, the most acclaimed international beauty competition for high-achieving women.