When IDLES embarked on their 2024 Love Is The Fing European tour, their production included a large complement of Martin Audio’s Wavefront Precision line array elements for the main PA.
FOH engineer Chris Fullard first requested the platform back in 2019, when Solotech provided the award-winning MLA, but when the band later played the West Stage at All Points East in 2022, it was through the newer tech of Wavefront Precision, in the shape of the largest format WPL, with its scalable resolution.
For the 2024 European campaign, Solotech Account Manager, David Preston, specified the WPL/WPC/WPS system after conversations with IDLES’ production. This fully-optimisable solution duly won the approval of production manager, Shaun Kendrick.
After a couple of warm-up nightclub gigs—at Pryzm in Kingston and Marble Factory in Bristol (where the band hails from)they were ready to take on Europe to promote their new album, Tangk, on what was the band’s biggest EU tour and first full...
