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Foo Fighters front man, Dave Grohl, has famously reclaimed the stage for the band’s Sonic Highways tour, mounted on his own ‘Iron Throne’ after breaking his leg in a fall from the stage in Gothenburg in June. The throne is adorned with a corona of 12 Ayrton MagicDot™-R LED moving lights which are used by lighting designer, Dan Hadley, both as feature lighting and for illumination of the charismatic singer.

8 years after the introduction of the original, Alcons launches the mkII version of its successful CRMS Cinema Reference Monitor System. The CRMS is a 3-way sound system design to offer the most natural 1:1 Digital Cinema and HD audio sound reproduction possible. Featuring the patented RBN401 pro-ribbon driver, the CRMS combines a remarkable clarity and intelligibility, with a unusually high headroom SPL.

The first MDIO-HDX expansion module for Prism Sound's Titan and Atlas professional multichannel USB audio interfaces will be demonstrated on the company's booth (543) at the 139th AES Convention in New York. The MDIO-HDX Pro Tools module allows multiple Titan or Atlas units to be connected directly to an AVID Pro Tools HDX or HD native system via AVID’s “Digilink” connection.

Fall Out Boy just wrapped “The Boys of Zummer Tour” (sic) co-headlining with Wiz Khalifa, and once again Clay Paky fixtures were along for the exciting cross-country ride. Robb Jibson of So Midwest, Inc. continued his relationship with the pop punk band, this time as production designer for the US amphitheater tour. He specified 68 Mythos sold by Upstaging.

UK battery powered LED lighting manufacturer CORE Lighting recently supplied fashion and art exhibition “Off The Wall” with a fully wireless LED lighting solution. Eleven of CORE’s tiny PinPoints were used to spotlight the individual artefacts including paintings, sculptures, head pieces and gowns.

Affectionately dubbed “the yoghurt pot”, Le Volcan (The Volcano) in Le Havre is one of France’s most important theatres and since its opening in 1982 has consistently been in the top five in terms of ticket sales. A major refurbishment has seen its original audio installation replaced with a state-of-the-art L-Acoustics Kara(i) sound system, chosen for its even coverage, stereo sound quality and ability to cleanly reproduce diverse types of music and performance.

Clay Paky Mythos fixtures have illuminated the Costanera Tower, the highest skyscraper in Latin America, with a fantastic light show to celebrate each match in the Copa América 2015 football tournament. Mythos were part of a lighting design by Toni Amoros, who also lit the tournament’s opening ceremony.

Leading lighting designer Björn Hermann has called on GLP impression X4 S and X4 L to help boost a giant matrix at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne for the second Video Days. This was another opportunity for 15,000 YouTube fans to see the stars of this genre not only on a canvas, but also live on stage at the massive Lanxess Arena.

When John Meyer, President and CEO of Meyer Sound, offers an in-depth view into technological ideas behind the development of LEOPARD, it’s the best solution to discover a new speaker and to learn a lot about sound. In " The LEOPARD Project, " Meyer details his lifelong quest for the perfect loudspeaker—addressing the science of sound measurement and the history of loudspeaker development.

Robert Juliat is delighted that its new LED cyclorama batten, DALIS, has been awarded the PLASA Award for Innovation at PLASA London 2015. DALIS is a unique, asymmetrical 300W LED cyclorama light, consisting of 48 LED sources arranged in a double row.

ETC is morning the loss of Pontus “Bullen” Lagerbielke, who passed away following a battle against cancer. A professional lighting designer, console programmer and media server wizard, he truly loved working in this industry.

More than 35,000 people descended upon the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto, Canada recently to experience the 2015 OVO (October’s Very Own) Fest., headquartered in Highland Heights, Ohio, was on hand to deploy an Adamson sound reinforcement system for the event.

Veteran front-of-house engineer Toby Francis, whose extensive résumé ranges from Aerosmith to ZZ Top, is currently out on an 88-date tour with pop princess Ariana Grande and a DiGiCo SD7 digital mixing console. “The Honeymoon Tour,” which takes in North America, Europe and Asia before wrapping up in South America at the end of October, also includes an SD7 at the monitor position, helmed by engineer Justin Hoffmann.

Since forming in 2007, British band Mumford & Sons has toured the world almost non-stop. Now setting out again to showcase their third album, the band’s Lighting and Production Designer, Ed Warren, selected Martin VDO Sceptron 10s and MAC Quantum Washes to make their live show even more immersive and experiential.

September 15 is one of the most important dates in the Mexican calendar; this year, it marked the 205th Independence Day for the country, with celebrations in the Zócalo public square in Mexico City. Multiple NEXO line array systems were deployed around a special 4-sided concert stage, with the full sound reinforcement specification running to 436 NEXO cabinets in total.