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Australia - The Burwood Inn is situated in Newcastle's beach side suburb of Merewether. It was established in 1876 and is the oldest continually operating hotel in the region. Although it has been a popular destination for famous sports people, musicians and other celebrities to visit for "a quiet one while in town", locally the Burwood was known as a very 'blokey' pub.

When the current owner's purchased the Burwood approximately four years ago, it was intended from the start to gut the original hotel and refurbish to suit a business model based on hotels around the Balmain,

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UK - London based lighting rental and visuals company, Colour Sound Experiment (CSE), has invested in a batch of new Robe moving lights, JTE trussing and Chauvet LED battens to help service its busy summer schedule of festivals.

This kicked off by supplying lighting production and crew to all stages at the Field Day / Applecart event in east London and for the Main and Second stages at the 2012 Rockness Festival in Dores, near Inverness, Scotland.

The new purchases included 26 of Robe's new Robin 1200 LEDWash fixtures - the largest model in their current LED wash series - which are

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Croatia - One look at the photos, where you'll see the occasional flower pot hanging on the wall, and you know right away this is no ordinary club. "Never ordinary," said Toni Martinez, "Right from the start when Branko Perkovi? approached me I could see this would be a special venue." Mr Branko Perkovi? is a property developer, he owns the entire building where Green Gold resides in the centre of Zagreb; even he has been dazzled by Green Gold's success, "There is no popular band in Croatia who hasn't played here since we opened, and they all had positive commen

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UK - Capital Sound project manager Charlie Ellery has been awarded an Operational Service Medal in recognition of his astonishing 19 tours to Afghanistan and The Iraq Medal for his eight tours to Iraq, which amount to 176 days in total as a production and tour manager in operational areas.

For the past 10 years UK audio rental company Capital Sound has been working with CSE Forces Entertainment to support British troops in the Middle East, providing sound for the shows that are a vital part of keeping moral high.

More than 45 days must be served in operational areas for recipients t

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UK - After an intensive market evaluation stretching back well over a year, leading British rental company, Capital Sound, has made a significant investment in Martin Audio's award-winning Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA).

Confirming the purchase of a large arena system (and complementary MLX subs), Capital Sound general manager Paul Timmins states that the inventory upgrade is designed to future proof the company - who number Take That, The Killers and Stereophonics among their regular accounts - for the foreseeable future.

Speaking of the purchase, he explained, "In the

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UK - PLASA 2012 is now accepting entries from all exhibiting manufacturers and their representatives for the 2012 PLASA Awards for Innovation and the PLASA Sustainability Award. Do you have a new product that you think deserves special recognition?

With a total of eight Awards for Innovation to judge, and with the option of bestowing a 'Gold' Award on one or more really outstanding entries, PLASA's panel of experts from across the industry are looking for products which "advance the industry by demonstrating a new style of thinking, improving technical practice or taking a key st

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UK - PA company, Production Hire was contracted to provide sound reinforcement for the live band element of the Rock of Ages film premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square recently.

The movie stars Tom Cruise in the fictional group Arsenal, while to mimic this the stage outside was rigged with Martin Audio's new MLA Compact.

According to Martin Audio's touring application support manager, Andy Davies, it was essential that this multi-cellular loudspeaker array technology was deployed owing to its absolute controllability, which mitigated concerns over noise issues. The rig consi

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UK - Sandwell College's new £77m Central Campus building in West Bromwich, which took four years in the planning, will provide an exciting new-age space for its performing arts students across the West Midlands.

With a new theatre space, two dance and drama studios needing to be equipped with the latest technology, they turned to Stage Electrics to provide the technical solution and installation.

Having also installed Sandwell College's previous building, a short distance away, Peter Coleman and Karl Formstone, who oversaw the business and technical requirements respectively,

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UK - Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest television talent contest is a search for the lead role in a nationwide tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. The show is to be broadcast on ITV this summer and Sennheiser 8000 series wired microphones have been used exclusively throughout the recording of the auditions.

Entitled Superstar, responsibility for the audio recording lies with Meredith Broadcast Audio, a company well known for its work on some of UK televisions' highest profile programmes, including Top Gear, Masterchef and The Apprentice.

Company owner and <

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Olympic Countdown - Spectators who attended a preview of the Olympic Games opening ceremony have been urged to keep the details secret and not spoil the surprise for others. Thousands of people who attended a rehearsal on Monday were asked not to circulate images or videos. Danny Boyle, the ceremony's artistic director, reportedly addressed the audience to "save the surprise".

About 62,000 are set to attend the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London, on Friday. The event is expected to be watched by an audience of billions worldwide. Olympic organi

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UK - Audio, lighting and video specialist, Oxfordshire based RealSound and Vision, has completed the installation of a Community sound system for Cedar Sports Management Ltd. at Bar Sport in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

The new Bar Sport venue is located at Grenfell Island, a popular area in the town for cafés, bars, restaurants and the cinema. "Being a sports venue, Euro 2012 was the major event that dictated the timescale of opening for business", commented RealSound's managing director, David Nibbs. "This defined a tight schedule for the sound and dance floor lighti

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USA - Industry veteran Greg Oshiro has joined Community Professional Loudspeakers in the position of senior design engineer. Oshiro will play a key role in new product evaluation, design and development.

Oshiro comes to Community after several years as president and principal consultant at Arlington, TX-based Greppen Solutions. Previously, he served as technical director for L-Acoustics US, where he was responsible for a wide range of technical manufacturing processes. He has also held high-level engineering positions at Universal Studios Japan, Advanced Media Design, Maryland Sound,

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USA - College Park Center at University of Texas Arlington has installed a spectacular distributed audio system featuring more than 30 Meyer Sound loudspeakers. The 218,000sq.ft venue, which hosts university sports, concerts, speakers, commencement ceremonies, and more, anchors the emerging 20-acre College Park District and is stimulating a revitalization of downtown Arlington.

Austin-based acoustics and AV consultant BAi, LLC was hired by the University of Texas at Arlington and the architect, HKS, to design the sound reinforcement systems as well as distributed television and scoreb

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USA - Audio-Technica has announced that Wadsworth, Ohio-based Online Marketing has been presented with A-T's President's Award, for their work representing Audio-Technica in Indiana and Kentucky. Additionally, the firm sells Audio-Technica professional products to retailers and sound contractors in Ohio, Michigan, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Online Marketing sales associate Steve Grigdesby accepted the award, which recognizes a leading manufacturer's representative for outstanding commitment and dedication during the Audio-Technica 2011/2012 fiscal year. The award was pres

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Argentina - Roger Hodgson, one of the founding members and voice of Supertramp, recently completed the first leg of his Breakfast in America Tour 2012 in South America. A total of 16 concerts were offered across the continent, and in Rosario, Argentina, where Hodgson played to a full-house at the city's Salón Metropolitano, D.A.S. Aero Series 2 sound systems provided sound for the event.

Local company Marti Audio, with Ariel Marti at the helm, rolled out the big guns for the concert. A comprehensive D.A.S. sound system was set up, which included Aero Series 2 line arrays, spec

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UK - Some of live music's leading audio professionals have been inspiring the next generation of talent at Backstage Academy, the West Yorkshire based training centre for careers in the entertainment industry.

The Prodigy's drummer Leo Crabtree, P!nk and Sade FOH Engineer Chris Madden, and audio mixing author Dave Swallow delivered a variety of masterclasses for the students on the new Foundation Degree in Live Events Production, as part of their month-long Live Sound module.

Leo Crabtree talked to the students about the importance of protecting your hearing when working at live mus

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Israel - Spain-based live engineer Fabrizio Piazzini, a veteran of concert tours and venues throughout Europe, has recently been appointed as a live product specialist for Waves Audio, the industry-leading developer of professional audio digital signal processing technologies. Piazzini's credits include such acts as Patrick Wolf, Tindersticks, Delorentos, Kula Shaker, Amy MacDonald and many others.

In his new capacity, Piazzini will communicate with other live sound engineers across the continent, demonstrating Waves plugins and typical workflows. "They become engrossed. Once the

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UK - DPA Microphones played an important part in delivering an evening of classical music to over 10,000 people who attended a summer concert organised by Heritage Events at Leeds Castle in Kent.

This beautiful Castle provided a dramatic backdrop to a spectacular concert that featured the Royal Philharmonic orchestra conducted by John Rigby, the Central Band of the Royal Air Force and the Military Wives Choir. There were also solo performances from tenor James Edwards and soprano Claire Rutter.

Sound, lighting and PA specialists SRD Group provided all of the equipment for the concer

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Azerbaijan - German L-Acoustics certified provider and rental network agent Toneheads, Cologne provided the entire PA system for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest produced by Brainpool TV GmbH. This year's contest took place in the newly-built Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Florian Kessler, head of audio at Toneheads, Cologne, relied entirely on L-Acoustics systems, deploying a grand total of 180 Kara WST compact line source loudspeakers, 96 SB18 subs and 80 Kiva ultra-compact line source speakers with 30 Kilo low frequency extensions, powered by 30 LA RAKs and flown from the ceilin

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USA - Featuring a full electric praise band regularly augmented by strings and other acoustic instruments, services at the Living Hope Church's new permanent facility in Piperton, Tennessee are extremely contemporary. When Memphis-based designer/integrator, Elite Multimedia Inc. set out to provide a highly flexible system to meet the needs of Living Hope's growing congregation, they chose Lake's LM 26 signal processor.

"There's a substantial difference in the quality of this system compared to the one they used when they operated as a portable church," explains Wade Russell,

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Singapore - Production company Showtec Communications has added three units ofARX MSX 48 16 channel mic / line splitter to their existing ARX inventory, bringing their total MSX 48 channel count up to 112.

Showtec's audio production manager Chandra Mohan confirmed that the first outing for Showtec's expanded MSX 48 Splitter Racks will be the feature celebrations for Singapore's 47th National Day to be held at The Float @Marina Bay, Singapore.

This year Showtec's audio system will feature 32 replay tracks from a ProTools HD system and 36 channels of Shure UHF-R radio mics mixed for F

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Belgium - Crestron International has continued to grow its global presence with the expansion of its Belgium office. The new building next to the Crestron offices in Rijmenam, will allow Crestron to provide a better service for customers, including extra space for training and technical support. The expansion comes as a result of Crestron's considerable success in growing business with key integrators in the region.

"Our customers in Belgium are recognising the great value that working with Crestron can bring to their businesses", says Frank van Meeuwen, CEO Crestron Interna

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Lebanon - Lebanon has a growing economy and the pro audio industry is benefitting from this trend. FBT has been present in this market in the past, and the Italian manufacturer has now secured a fresh distribution partnership.

Following a meeting at NAMM and another at the Frankfurt Prolight & Sound 2012, FBT and Boujikian Bros. Co. Ltd. have recently agreed a new distribution agreement for Lebanon. Boujikian Bros. Will handle the professional audio and installed sound lines of the Italian company.

"We were very pleased to meet with Mr. Gary Boujikian during his recent visit to

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UAE - The demand for professional audio training in the Middle East is constantly on the rise. The most recent event, a three-day training on the theory and use of EASE acoustic simulation and measurement software took place from 15-17 July in Dubai.

It was organized by the regional office of Bosch Communications Systems in conjunction with Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG).

Attended by 13 participants ranging from Egypt over Lebanon to Oman, the training was the first of its kind in the region for Electro-Voice and Dynacord partners. The three-day courses, hosted by AFMG's trainer

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