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[ATTACH=CONFIG]201148.vB5-legacyid=13555[/ATTACH]NEW YORK CITY – November 2015 — Steps away from the Hudson River on the western fringe of Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen, Terminal 5 is the largest venue of the concert and event properties that comprise the New York City portfolio of national concert promoter The Bowery Presents. Hosting the world’s hippest and edgiest artists on …

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Dr. Floyd Toole’s Article: The Measurement and Calibration of Sound Reproducing Systems The author raises a wide range of problems in the field of loudspeaker usage, but is quite skimpy in proposing any real solutions. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]He points to a [I]”widely accepted”[/I] steady-state amplitude response measurement that is being used just as a [I]”matter of faith”[/I], …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]201109.vB5-legacyid=13474[/ATTACH]CAMARILLO, California – October 2015 — UK band ∆, better known as alt-J, hit the ground running with its 2012 debut album, An Awesome Wave, winning the British Mercury Prize, an Ivor Novello Award and multiple Brit Award nominations. Barely three years later—in support of its second album, This Is All Yours—alt-J has just completed …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]201108.vB5-legacyid=13473[/ATTACH]10/27/2015 Los Angeles – Red Bull Studios LA, part of the worldwide Red Bull Studios Network, added a brand new Behringer PowerPlay P16 Personal Monitoring System and HPX6000 headphones. The highly versatile and easy-to-operate system allows Red Bull LA to hand off monitor mixing directly to the artists, ensuring all of the talent always get …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]201103.vB5-legacyid=13461[/ATTACH]OXNARD, California – October 2015 — L-Acoustics has strengthened support for its North American rental and installation sound markets with the appointment of Scott Pizzo as Regional Sales Manager, Northeast. Supporting and developing L-Acoustics’ network of Certified Providers from Virginia to Quebec, Pizzo joins recently-appointed Applications Engineer Chris Sullivan to bolster the loudspeaker manufacturer’s operations …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]201097.vB5-legacyid=13453[/ATTACH]WASHINGTON D.C. — McLean Bible Church, a non-denominational, evangelical Christian church with multiple locations in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, hosts an average of 13,000 worshippers each weekend at its campuses in Arlington, VA, Montgomery County, MD, Loudon, VA, Prince William, VA, and Tysons, its largest site, in Vienna, VA. In order to deliver maximum …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]201028.vB5-legacyid=13354[/ATTACH]MONTRÉAL, Quebec, Canada – October 2015 — Two of Canada’s biggest music festivals—the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival, hosting a wide variety of indie and alt-rock/pop bands, and Heavy Montréal, boasting a decidedly louder and more aggressive roster—perhaps surprisingly share numerous things in common, not the least of which is their location. Held on back-to-back …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]200997.vB5-legacyid=13310[/ATTACH]MONTRÉAL, Canada – September 2015 — UK four-piece Mumford & Sons brought their 2015 tour to North America this summer, playing a string of arena, amphitheater and outdoor shows in support of their third album, Wilder Mind, which was released earlier in the year. Canadian production provider Solotech, headquartered in Montréal, supported the tour with …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]200974.vB5-legacyid=13270[/ATTACH]FORT WORTH, Texas – September 2015 — On the heels of the US women’s soccer team winning their third FIFA World Cup championship this summer, Texas Christian University’s own team—the Horned Frogs, better known as the “Lady Frogs”—are benefitting this fall from crystal-clear play-by-play commentary thanks to a new L-Acoustics Kara(i) loudspeaker system installed at …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]200959.vB5-legacyid=13220[/ATTACH]CHICAGO / TORONTO – September 2015 — Although electronic dance music festivals were few and far between only a decade ago, their numbers today easily rival those of their more traditional guitar-based counterparts. To best accommodate the ultra-wide sonic range and high-energy reinforcement that DJs and fans of the genre demand, a significant number of …