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By Cat Strom. Grammy-Award winning artist Drake toured his record breaking Boy Meets World tour around Australia and New Zealand. As a massive influence in the hip-hop and contemporary music space and the most streamed artist on Spotify and Apple Music, Drake has never not been in the Hot 100 charts since debuting in the…

The annual LDI Show promises much when the doors open at the Las Vegas Convention Centre on Friday. Inconveniently scheduled across the weekend (who does this?) the show has traditionally been strong on lighting and supported by some audio and screen firms. A strong contingent of Australians are there, and although this may be slightly…

The new top end, biggest member of d&b’s line array family is not a replacement for the iconic J Series. GSL is instead a system that delivers much more SPL and full broadband directivity control, for the largest events. GSL8 is loaded with two newly designed 14” woofers for low end, and a single 10”…

Happy hour at ENTECH ROADSHOW is always fun, and now this 90 minute hour (4.30pm until 6pm) is sponsored nationally by the happy guys at Chameleon Touring Systems. Chameleon Touring Systems rent lights and do productions across Australia and Asia. They are the largest lighting production firm in the region, occupying a large site in Sydney…

Lighting firms and workers are incensed that the forthcoming Gold Coast Commonwealth Games ceremonies lighting contract was awarded to an un-named UK firm. CX understands that a complying tender from both PRG and Chameleon Touring Systems did not succeed. Quoted in the Gold Coast Bulletin, lighting designer Jeff Pavey questioned the Queensland Government’s support for…

Gearhouse Broadcast has again expanded its Event Communications Division with the acquisition of leading industry RF, radio mic and IFB specialists Stranger Designs. This key acquisition now makes Gearhouse Broadcast the only company in Australia that can offer the entire end-to-end comms chain, in particular for live events, sports and reality television. Manager – Event Communications Jason…

In October CX attended exclusive demonstrations of new ‘3D’ immersive sound systems in France and Germany. These systems, from market leaders L-Acoustics and d&b audiotechnik promise a revolution in venue audio – rendering traditional stereo and L-C-R systems obsolete. This will be driven by demand from artists, designers and audience alike, because once you compare…

CX received this release over the weekend. Interestingly it draws together conclusions based on the CURRENT market and before the new revolution of immersive surround systems can be factored. CX think that uptake for the new format live sound ‘3D’ systems will be exponential. That means the following study underestimates the value in the market.…