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Sennheiser makes progress with Take That

The Take That crew: Gary Bradshaw, Steve Lutley, Simon Hodge, Pete McGlynn, Mark Saunders

Details: 14 March 2016

Europe - Take That's record breaking Progress Live stadium tour is being witnessed by over two million fervent fans across Europe, who are enjoying music from right across the band's career, as well as some of Robbie Williams solo hits. Sennheiser microphones, in-ears and radio systems are a key part of the production, ensuring that the boys hit the right note.

All five members of Take That are using Sennheiser SKM5200 handheld wireless microphones with dynamic MD5235 heads and EM3732 MkII dual receivers, as well as 2000 series in-ear monitors (IEMs). Further sets of the IEMs are used by the backing band, dancers and technical crew, while wired backing vocal mics are e 935s.

One of the biggest challenges of the show is its sheer size, with a B stage projecting well into e

Greg Price will be called upon to share his vast knowledge with the Waves customer base

Greg Price joins Waves Live Division

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Waves Audio has announced that noted Front-of-House (FOH) engineer Greg Price has joined the Waves Live Division as a product specialist. Since getting his start at California's The Record Plant almost four decades ago, Price has forged a career as a first-call live sound engineer. His live resume includes such acts as Weezer, Foo Fighters, Van Halen, the Cheetah Girls/Hannah Montana, Audioslave, Black Sabbath and ZZ Top.

As part of his role as a Waves product specialist, Price will be called upon to share his vast knowledge with the Waves customer base, as well as shed light up

Open'er 2011 played host to some of the biggest acts on the planet (photo: Tomek Kaminski)

Heineken Open'er powered by Lab.gruppen

Details: 14 March 2016

Poland - Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2011, the Heineken Open'er Festival in Poland played host to some of the biggest acts on the planet recently, with the likes of Prince, Coldplay, Pulp and The Strokes gracing the stage over the course of the four day event.

With crowds of between 60,000 and 86,000 every day, the demands on a sound system for an event of this size are high. GMB Pro Sound, the company behind the sound system for the main stages, decided to power everything with Lab.gruppen's flagship PLM 20000Q.

Remigiusz Kasztelnik, director at GMB Pro Sound, said, "M

Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin was the first production to use the grandMA2 (photo: Diana Sansano)

Teatro Argentino de La Plata installs grandMA2

Details: 14 March 2016

Argentina The Teatro Argentino de La Plata was recently furnished with a grandMA2. Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin was the first production to use the grandMA2 ultra-light and premiered perfectly in front of an enthusiastic audience.

Prof. Juan Carlos Greco, technical director comments, "As we needed a very flexible and powerful control, it was logical to go with the grandMA2 as the console offers control for moving lights, conventionals as well as video. Furthermore it features a great back-up solution and fast programming tools."

Besides the main hall with 2,000

PLASA 2011 seminar programme unveiled

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - PLASA Events has announced the first details of the PLASA 2011 Education and Learning Programme, which runs on all four days of PLASA 2011, at Earls Court in London from 11-14 September 2011.

Headlining the programme is the 2011 Gottelier Masterclass presented by last year's winner of the Gottelier Award and one of the best known designers in the industry, Fred Foster. The theme of his talk will be a huge draw since his title is A Call To Arms - We Must Protect the Quality of Light.

Says Foster, "Faced with the headlong rush towards 'energy efficient' lighting, we a

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