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[ATTACH=CONFIG]200758.vB5-legacyid=12797[/ATTACH]WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 2015 — The crowd gasped when Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl toppled offstage during a show on June 12 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Grohl, however, quickly showed the single-minded perseverance that has led him to success in music and documentary filmmaking. Shortly after being helped off stage …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]200726.vB5-legacyid=12748[/ATTACH]LAS VEGAS, Nevada – July 2015 — It’s all about that bass at the multistory Omnia Nightclub at Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino where dozens of L-Acoustics loudspeakers drive the action on the sprawling Main Club dance floor and set the mood in the intimate Heart of Omnia …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]200710.vB5-legacyid=12724[/ATTACH]MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada – June 2015 — On her first tour since 1994, Bette Midler is still keeping it larger than life. The “Divine Intervention” tour, which began May 8 at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood and finishes up July 19 at the O2 Arena in London, UK, brings …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]200668.vB5-legacyid=12621[/ATTACH]ESCONDIDO, California – June 2015 — Critics have lavishly praised Lana Del Rey’s three-plus-octave vocal range and uniquely emotive delivery, but within the context of a band on a big stage, the task of ensuring that every sultry whisper is heard can present its share of challenges. Thankfully, Escondido, California-based …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]200645.vB5-legacyid=12575[/ATTACH]LOS ANGELES – June 2015 — “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.” That aphorism has been attributed to numerous comedic actors, but it also applies in spades to mixing front-of-house for stand-up comedy. “People think, ‘It’s one microphone—how hard can it be?’” says Geoff Hidden, FOH mixer for “Fluffy,” aka …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]200644.vB5-legacyid=12567[/ATTACH]ORLANDO, Florida – June 2015 — L-Acoustics announces that its new X Series, first unveiled in April at Prolight + Sound in Germany, will make its official North American debut at InfoComm 2015. A new line of coaxial speakers for the installation and rental markets, the three new enclosures in …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]200634.vB5-legacyid=12554[/ATTACH]WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina – June 2015 — Originally rising to fame as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for Hootie & the Blowfish, which he founded in 1986, Darius Rucker is better known these days for topping the country music charts, as he recently did again with his fourth studio …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]200624.vB5-legacyid=12537[/ATTACH]VANCOUVER, BC, Canada – May 2015 — At 372 seats, Capilano University’s BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts is intimate and cozy, well proportioned for this mid-sized liberal-arts university in North Vancouver. Now, thanks to its recent upgrade to a new L-Acoustics sound system installed by AV systems integrator …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]200611.vB5-legacyid=12521[/ATTACH]Since his breakthrough in 2012, the career of singer/songwriter Sam Smith has skyrocketed from relative unknown to household name. The four-time Grammy winner recently embarked on a world tour with an L-Acoustics K1 and K2 sound system that made a potentially difficult range of venues a straightforward proposition for the …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]200585.vB5-legacyid=12489[/ATTACH]ARLINGTON, Texas – May 2015 — Ever since the group’s 2011 victory on NBC’s The Sing-Off, Pentatonix has steadily been making a name for itself. Now, with a 2015 Grammy Award and nearly a billion cumulative YouTube channel video views, the five-piece a cappella troupe recently wrapped up a completely …

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