News Briefs Middle East 2000

Cairo, Egypt: Modern Touch of Cairo, Egypt, announced that the nightclub, Coco Jungle, located aboard the Le Pacha cruise ship has received rave reviews from passengers and pro-audio specialists since its opening in late '99. Read More »

Mexico's Pepsi Tour: "Instant Concerts"

The Pepsi Live Tour 2000 aimed at making the music events accessible to the largest audiences possible while still keeping production costs under control. Read More »

Meyer Delivers Carman's Message to a Sight and Sound Generation

As his hundreds of thousands of fans well know, an evening with Carman delivers a fun-filled event that is part pop concert, dance show and revival meeting all rolled into one. Read More »

Intiman Theater

Founded in 1972 in suburban Seattle, the Intiman Theater (the name means "intimate" in Swedish) resided in four different venues before coming to its current Seattle Center Playhouse location in 1987. The Playhouse was originally built as a roadshow venue for touring performances coming to the Seattle World Fair in 1962. Read More »

Seattle Repertory Theater

Founded in 1963, Seattle Repertory Theater has achieved international renown for its consistently high production and artistic standards, and the company was awarded the 1990 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater. Seattle Rep produces a season of nine plays on its two main stages, and also sponsors educational plays and a new plays workshop series. Built in the early 1980's for around $12 million, the Seattle Rep building houses the Bagley Wright (800 seats) and Leo K. (300 seats) stages as well as a smaller workshop stage, offices, rehearsal spaces and complete technical facilities. Read More »

Paramount Theater

Originally constructed in 1928, the Paramount served for more than a half century first as a vaudeville and silent movie house, and then as Seattle's premier motion picture theater. Designed by renowned theater architect Marcus B. Priteca, the Paramount interior was a resplendent showcase for huge crystal chandeliers, elaborate gold-leafed scrollwork and bedazzling mirrored lobbies. Read More »

ACT (A Contemporary Theater)

A Contemporary Theater (ACT) is a professional, non-profit theater company that produces an annual subscription season of six plays on its two main stages, plus an annual presentation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol and a number of special events in secondary performance spaces. Read More »

Meyer System Meets The Junction

Built in 1990 in Cambridge, UK the Junction was designed as a 400-capacity venue for live-music and performance art–staging contemporary dance, live comedy, as well as modern theatrical and 'new media' events. Read More »

k.d. lang's "Summer" Rolls Under Meyer Power

A London reviewer called k.d. lang's recent show "one of the best live gigs I've been to in ages." He was not alone. Lang fans all over rejoiced as her "Invincible Summer" tour, with beach ball bounce and shine, hopscotched across the continent this summer, soared over the Atlantic for a two week European leg in October, then rebounded back to North America this month. Read More »

ProMix

ProMix was founded in 1984 to support the growing Broadway touring market. Today, the company is one of the premier providers of sound systems and services for television and radio shows, tours, industrial applications, resident companies, special events, and permanent installations, as well as Broadway shows. Read More »

SB-1 Key to Superior Dome Sound

Thousands of delegates from Assembly of God (AOG) churches gathered at the 60,000-capacity RCA Dome for the denomination's World Triennial Congress. Read More »

Seattle Theaters Move Up to Meyer

Seattle is widely regarded as an adventurous and cosmopolitan city, a reputation that has become increasingly evident in the city's exuberant and expanding theater scene. While smaller experimental theater troupes come and go in rented spaces (as in any theater center), a growing number of Seattle companies have put down roots and established notable national reputations. Though the city has no real equivalent to New York's fabled Theater District, Seattle does host a growing concentration of professional theater companies with permanent homes both in the central downtown area and at nearby Seattle Center–the still-vibrant site of the 1962 World's Fair. Notable for its diversity, the Seattle scene serves up a theatrical potpourri covering all dramatic and musical styles, with productions staged in venues ranging from 50 seats up to 2800. However, on the technical side, one unifying trend has emerged in recent years: a steady shift toward use of Self-Powered loudspeaker systems from Meyer Sound. Read More »

Meyer Licenses Breakthrough Technology

Meyer Sound has signed a licensing agreement which authorizes the company to use advanced feedback circuit technology developed by the University of California at Berkeley. The technology under license, initially developed for aerospace applications, has been adapted by Meyer engineers for use in a new generation of compact, powerful and exceptionally linear loudspeaker systems. Read More »

Tampa Bay Stadium Scores With New Meyer Sound System

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will soon sail into an all-new home port, reaping the benefits of a $168 million, 65,000-seat facility designed by seasoned stadium consultant HOK Sport of Kansas City. This month an innovative Meyer Sound Self-Powered sound system will be installed in the new stadium, which is scheduled to open this fall for the 1998 NFL season. Read More »

Sound for Historic Churches - Beauty and Versatility Combined

Sometimes the needs of past, present and future collide when it comes to sound system design - as they did last year at the First United Methodist Church of Paris, Texas. Built in the early 1920s, this three-story, steel frame structure comprising both Mediterranean and Classic Revival architectural styles has a sanctuary housed under a 40-ft. high octagonal, rotunda dome and is noted for some unique period features, including intricate decorative paintings and stencil work . It was placed on the National Historic Register in 1983. Read More »

Meyer Provides Sound for First Roman Coliseum Concert for 1500 Years!

The first concert held in the Roman Coliseum in at least 1500 years, and Meyer Sound systems were chosen to provide perfect reproduction of the complex program thoughout the arena. Read More »

Antwerp Sports Palace, "Sportpaleis" - Difficult Arena Acoustics

On Sunday, September 24, a major Belgian healthcare organization, "Ziekenzorg" threw a 50th anniversary party for its members and staff at the Antwerp Sports Palace or "Sportpaleis" - the city's veteran, 15,000-seat arena. Stage Unit Belgium was awarded the formidable task of providing the Meyer Sound loudspeaker system together with a full lighting rig for this prestigious event. Read More »

"That Sounds Gut!" "Kulturescheune" gives Meyer raves

Mario Klein, Event Manager from Technician, discusses the unique nature of the venue and why he chose Meyer... The front portion of the establishment is a microbrewerey and restaurant, and in the rear is the performance room - dubbed a "Kulturscheune" (literally "culture barn") by its owner and braumeister, Manuel Tarrago, because it is indeed a totally renovated barn structure. Read More »

Famous Rhineland Civic Theater Installs Meyer

In addition to thriving industries (including some world-renowned wineries) and a rich historical legacy, the Rhineland city of Worms also boasts an exuberant cultural arts scene. One focal point for regional arts activity is the Civic Theater of Worms, a modern multi-use performing arts facility which, among many other things, serves as a principal venue for the annual Worms Jazz Festival. The 800-seat auditorium also hosts a full schedule of classical concerts, plays, vocal music recitals, lectures and other arts events throughout the year. Read More »

Barenaked Ladies Tour - Meyer Reliability for Jason Sound

We caught up with the Barenaked Ladies' "Maroon" Fall 2000 Tour at the Shoreline Amphitheater (Mountain View, CA), on Wednesday afternoon, October 11. That evening would see the 12th show in a 33-date tour begun in Barenaked Ladies Belt territory of Michigan last month, spinning throughout the U.S., and finishing in Boston at year's end with a short run in Canada and Europe, mid-tour. This is the band's 5th time at the Shoreline. Read More »

The Pat Metheny Trio, CQ-2 at Medford's Crateria Ginger Rogers Theater

Sitting astride Interstate 5 midway between Sacramento and Portland, the modest city of Medford, Oregon is ideally situated for attracting touring artists looking for a fill-in date between bookings in the big cities of Northern California and the Northwest. Medford's ability to pull in name artists was enhanced considerably in 1997 with the opening of the 775-seat Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater. A 1920's movie palace reincarnated (after a $5 million renovation) as a performing arts center, the "Crate" now hosts a full schedule of pop and classical concerts, Broadway-style musicals, operas and lectures. Read More »

Ohio Stadium Kicks Off New Season with Meyer Sound

As part of a three-year renovation which will ultimately add a number of innovative new technologies and some 9,000 seats to Ohio State University's Ohio Stadium, an audio system comprised of 23 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers promises to rock every seat in the house with a level of intelligibility and sonic accuracy never before heard in the 78 year-old venue. Read More »

Miguel Bose and Ana Torroja on their "Girados Mexican Tour"

Miguel Bose and Ana Torroja, two of the most important pop stars of Spain and widely popular in Latinamerica, toured Mexico from May 2nd to May 28th, 2000, for their "Girados Mexican Tour". Bose and Torroja performed at five of the largest venues in the most important Mexican cities for audiences ranging from 10,000 to 30,000. These were the Bombonera Soccer Stadium in Toluca, the Fundidora/Coca Cola Auditorium in Monterrey, the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, the Corregidora Soccer Stadium in Queretaro and the Bullfighting Plaza in Guadalajara. Read More »

Audio Upgrade Brings Meyer Sound to St. Louis' Savvis Center

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI - The Savvis Center, home of the St. Louis Blues hockey team, has installed a new audio system comprised of self-powered loudspeakers and subwoofers from Meyer Sound. Featuring over 30 of the manufacturer's long-throw MSL-4 and MSL-6 devices, the arena also showcases Meyer's DS-4P mid-bass loudspeaker and the TEC Award-winning PSW-6 cardioid subwoofer. Read More »

Leipzig, Germany Stages Bach's 250th Anniversary

On July 28 of this year, following more than two years of preparation, the German city of Leipzig (Bach's home town) hosted an unprecedented musical marathon. For an unbroken period of 24 hours, the immortal works of Johann Sebastian Bach inspired a continuous media celebration that included live music, music recordings, documentaries and "news clips" concerning the life and work of this illustrious composer. The entire event was produced for television and up-linked to satellite for broadcast in 30 countries. The complete production of "24 Hours of Bach" involved over 400 musicians, in six orchestras, seven ensembles, three choirs, plus forty soloists and conductors. Read More »

Williamstown Theatre Festival Blossoms with Meyer Sound

From its humble beginnings on the Williams College campus in 1956, the Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) has gradually blossomed into the Northeast's premier summer theater event. For the 2000 season, extending from mid-June through late August, thousands of theatergoers descended on this picturesque town in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts to enjoy a repertory season featuring stellar names from Broadway and Hollywood. (Past Williamstown playbills have listed Richard Dreyfuss, Joel Grey, Marsha Mason, Elaine May, Mary Tyler Moore and Christopher Reeve, among other luminaries.) To complement the impressive quality of on-stage talent, the festival endeavors to continually upgrade its technical facilities for each successive season. This year, WTF productions benefited from an extensive upgrade of the sound facilities, with state-of-the-art self-powered loudspeaker systems used exclusively for the first time in all five festival venues. Read More »

Meyer Sound Wins Fourth TEC Award

Meyer Sound's UPM-1P was announced the winner of the 2000 TEC Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Sound Reinforcement Loudspeaker Technology. The prestigious award was presented during ceremonies held on Saturday, September 23, at the Regal Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Lloyd Kinkade, Western Regional Sales Manager, Meyer Sound, accepted the award on behalf of the company. Read More »

Sang Nam Hall, LG Arts Center - Seoul, Korea

The LG Kangnam building (Seoul, Korea) is a 40-story, 140,000 square meter (1.5 million square feet) multi-use corporate headquarters facility for the LG Group, Korean computer and electronics giant. This glass, green granite, and stainless steel tower dovetails at the base with a multi-use performing arts complex, housing an art gallery, a retail arcade, banquet facilities, restaurants, an exhibition hall, and its central component, the 1,040-seat Sang Nam Hall for the performing arts. This spectacular new hall incorporates more than 34 Meyer Sound loudspeaker systems. Read More »

Montreux Jazz On Tour

Every summer, thousands of American jazz buffs make the transatlantic flight to Switzerland for the Montreux Jazz Festival - for 34 years widely regarded as the world's most prestigious convocation of popular and avant garde musicians. Read More »

Rocky Grass Festival Feels the Blues with Meyer Sound

David Grisman, Jerry Douglas, Peter Rowan, Sam Bush, Doc Watson, John Hartford are just a few of the artists at "Rocky Grass," a three-day festival of Bluegrass music from Planet Bluegrass (www.bluegrass.com). Read More »

Portland Festival Features Hot Christian Music with Meyer Sound

Portland Festival 2000 was a success on all counts, drawing total attendance estimated at over 140,000 for two evenings of free concerts headlining some of contemporary Christian music's hottest acts - Steven Curtis Chapman, Kirk Franklin and Nu Nation, Sixpence None the Richer and Jaci Velasquez, among others. Each evening's festivities also featured an inspirational message from Luis Palau, founder of the sponsoring Luis Palau Evangelistic Association. Read More »

Meyer Sound's New X-10 System in Action at Tokyo's Sound Craft Studio

A pair of Meyer's new X-10, self-powered linear control room monitors now reside in the surround sound studio at Sound Craft, Tokyo. Read More »

Meyer's UPM-1P Nominated for 2000 Technical Excellence and Creativity (TEC) Award

Meyer Sound's UPM-1P self-powered loudspeaker system was recently nominated for a 2000 Technical Excellence and Creativity (TEC) Award in the category of outstanding technical achievement for sound reinforcement loudspeaker technology. Last year's winner was Meyer Sound's PSW-6 cardioid subwoofer. The award, which was established in 1985, is to honor outstanding achievement in the professional recording and sound production industry. A panel composed of 200 audio industry professionals makes the nominations. However, qualified "Mix" subscribers will make the final determination via a ballot in the August, 2000 issue of the magazine. Read More »

Meyer Sound and George Relles Make Annual Britt Festival Sing

Forty years ago, conductor John Trudeau and some friends were sitting among the tall pines on a grassy hillside in southern Oregon, gazing out across the orchards and vineyards of the Rogue Valley, with snow-capped Mt. McLoughlin on the horizon catching the orange glow of fading summer sunset. "What a great place to play music!" they thought. And so the Britt Festivals came to be. Read More »

SWR-3 and Meyer Sound Rock Stuttgart

For one sunny midsummer day in Stuttgart, Fahrvergnügen (driving pleasure) took the back seat as an energized crowd of more than 20,000 fans packed the Schlossplatz (Palace Square) to enjoy non-stop music at the Arena of Sound festival. This free open-air event was sponsored by the popular radio station SWR-3 and broadcast live throughout the southwest German state of Baden-Württemburg. Read More »

Meyer Sound Stars in "Films al Fresco" at Wine Country Festival

It would be hard to imagine a more congenial evening than watching an inspiring motion picture outdoors while sipping fine wines and relishing the cool evening breezes that blow softly over the vineyard-covered hills surrounding Northern California's fabled Napa and Sonoma valleys. Read More »

The Sounds of Superheroes Brings Meyer Sound to Six Flags Mexico

In recent weeks Reino Aventura, one of the largest and renowned theme parks in Mexico City, was acquired by Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc. Bringing a new face to the park, Six Flags Mexico integrated a new Batman Show to its list of attractions. For this show Audio Acústica y Electrónica of Mexico City was elected to provide the PA sound system. Read More »

Meyer Sound Makes A Jazzy Debut At The Villa Celimontana

Rome - Summer pilgrims to the heart of the Roman historical district have myriad choices for paying homage. There are the wonders of 5th century churches, the grandeur of the Colosseum, and the Villa Celimontana on Colle del Celio. One of the most well-maintained villas in Rome, the grounds of the Villa Celimontana are adorned with ancient marble, bas-reliefs, and an obelisk dating back to Ramses II. And then there's all that jazz. Read More »

The Show Factory Inc.

For the past eight years, Show Factory Inc. has worked to become one of southern California's leading specialists in audio, lighting, and video production\rental services for corporate presentations and events. Read More »

Meyer SB-1 Sound Beams At Party In The Park 2000

Neither rain nor wind nor waterlogged consoles could dampen the party spirit as 100,000 of the faithful, including Prince Charles, communed in London's Hyde Park on July 9. The event was Party in the Park 2000, a benefit for the Prince's Trust, a charity for young adults. Read More »

Paul Mitchell: Sound Engineer for David Sanborn, Montreux 2000

Meyer Sound: Tell us about the PA at Montreux?
Mitchell: These two halls (Stravinski Auditorium and Miles Davis Hall) are the only halls in the world that you walk in as a house engineer. I mean, I did not put in my tuning music. I put in Macy Gray, because I wanted to hear the PA rock. Read More »

Bill Fertig: Sound Engineer for Lou Reed, Montreux 2000

"Playing festivals in the summertime, if you have the opportunity to do that and play with different PAs every day and get to measure EQ and mix with the same band, it's obvious that some PAs are good and some PAs are not so good. It's a pleasure to use a Meyer system. It's a very loud and dynamic show." Read More »

Michael Briggs: FOH Mixer for Al Jarreau, Montreux 2000

" I had no problems whatsoever. We came in with two hours to be prepared for sound check and I didn't have to tweak anything. If you look at the graphic, very little was done. No problems whatsoever." Read More »

Rock & and Roll professor Jim "Bugsy" Moran: Sound Engineer For Huey Lewis & The News, Montreux 2000

The system was tuned really nice. It was a pleasure to mix. Read More »

Rockin' the Rouvenaz, Montreux 2000

The Kiosk a Musique de la Rouvenaz may be a half mile down the street from the main site at the Centre de Congres, but it's fully plugged into the spirit of the Montreux Jazz Festival. Read More »

Festival OFF Moves On, Montreux 2000

The largest of the three Festival OFF sites has "moved on" for the 2000 season, migrating around the corner from Terrasse Stravinski to a more commodious location at the adjoining Parc Vernex. Read More »

Miles Davis Hall Vibrates with VIM and Vigor, Montreux 2000

In a sense, Miles Davis Hall is a proving ground for the music of tomorrow. Here, SRO crowds of more than 3000 enjoy an eclectic mix of avant-garde, just-beyond-the-mainstream musical performances. In the spirit of its namesake, Miles Davis Hall is a magnet for musicians who break down boundaries and redefine the essence of musical expression. Read More »

Stravinski Soars with QuickFly, Delay Subwoofers, Montreux 2000

Over the past few years, the Meyer Sound self-powered systems in the festival's premier venue, Stravinski Auditorium, have drawn rave reviews from crowds and critics alike. Read More »

QuickFly Rigging System On Tour With The German Comic Sensation, Wochenshow

Recently on tour with the four-person German comedy sensation, Wochenshow, was Meyer Sound's innovative QuickFly Rigging System which offers an exclusive range of accessories that allow Meyer Sound loudspeaker systems to be easily flown in pairs or as part of complex arrays. Read More »

Meyer Sound Continues Successful Partnership With Montreux Jazz Festival

To say that the successful installation of more than 300 self-powered loudspeaker systems in a series of more than 20 venues over the course of a week is a small task is quite the understatement. Read More »

News Briefs Western Europe 2000

On Saturday, July 1st the Royal Concertgebouworchestra performed at the Museumplein in Amsterdam, captivating the audience with pieces from Verdi, Sibelius, Grieg and Bizet. Read More »

Meyer Sound and the Montreux Jazz Festival Pioneer Pro-Audio Excellence Into The Year 2000

Year 2000 marks a moment in festival history as the 34-year-old Montreux Jazz Festival continues to set the standard as one of Europe's leading jazz festivals. With an awe-inspiring lineup of more than 50 artists and musicians performing live at one of 10 venues, the festival is expected to attract in excess of a quarter-of-a-million visitors from around the globe over the duration of the 16-day event, held from July 7-22. Read More »

Montreux Jazz Festival

Year 2000 marks a moment in festival history as the 34th Montreux Jazz Festival continues to set the standard as one of Europe's leading music festivals. With an awe-inspiring lineup of more than 50 artists and musicians performing live at one of 10 venues, the festival is expected to attract in excess of a quarter-of-a-million visitors from around the globe over the duration of the 16-day event, held from July 7-22. Read More »

Africa News Briefs 2000

On Wednesday, June 28th, the final of the "Siemens Be Inspired Design Competition" was held at the Sandton Square in Johannesburg. The competition aims to celebrate young South African designers creative excellence while specifically focussing on men's fashion. Read More »

News Briefs North America 2000

For the coming 2000 Summer season (June 14 - August 27), the prestigious Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) will employ Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeaker systems at all four festival venues. The systems were specified by noted New York sound designer Kurt Kellenberger and supplied by One Dream Sound of New York. Meyer Sound loudspeakers destined for festival, 41 in all, include the CQ-1 and UPA-1P, USW-P and UPM-1P systems. Read More »

South Africa's Randburg Congregation Utilizes Meyer Sound

Early last year, the Randburg Congregation in suburban Johannesburg, South Africa faced a vexing problem. The church had decided to augment worship services with video/multimedia projection, but quickly realized that there was no appropriate place to hang the screen in the 1200-seat auditorium. Mounted up high, it would be shadowed by a speaker cluster that bulged down nearly 1.5 meters below the ceiling. Down low, the screen would be partly obscured from some seats hang and annoyingly close to the heads of praise band members. Read More »

Van Morrison and Tony Bennett at Leeds Castle

Kent, UK - A late spring rain, and plenty of it, did little to dampen the enthusiasm of fans or the "Perfect Day" spirit at a pair of spectacular outdoor shows held at Leeds Castle in Kent, about 60 miles east of London. Read More »

News Briefs Latin America 2000

Meyer Sound Mexico recently offered a SIM School in Mexico City that attracted 17 students from throughout the region. The course, offered June 12-16, was taught by Bob McCarthy, SIM School Instructor, in conjunction with Mauricio Ramirez and took place at the Meyer Sound Mexico facilities at Melchor Ocampo 340, Colonia Romero de Terreros, Coyoacan. For the duration of the course, students were trained, hands-on, for eight hours a day. Read More »

Carnegie Hall: Fine-tuning the finest

Standing at the corner of 57th Street and Broadway, Carnegie Hall's striking Italian Renaissance-style facade of terracotta and iron-spotted brick is familiar to New Yorkers and music-lovers worldwide. Built in 1891, Carnegie Hall has long been considered a litmus test of musical greatness, and the list of famous musicians who have graced the stage makes up a Who's Who of the past century. Read More »

Exhibition Sound a Pleasant Surprise at Beauty Africa

You would naturally expect a pleasing experience for your eyes at a continent-wide trade event for beauty-related industries. And certainly visual delights were the primary focus at Beauty Africa, a three-day event in late May that was held inside the sprawling MTN Sundome near Johannesburg, South Africa. But considering the acoustics of a cavernous venue, you might not expect first-class sound for this event. Nevertheless, crisp vocal intelligibility and smooth, full-sounding music helped pull continuous crowds to the Lever Ponds Stage, where a Meyer Sound system proved that exhibition sound does not have to be loud and blaring in order to be highly successful. Read More »

Joni Mitchell Orchestrates Stunning "Both Sides Now" Tour

Between May 12 and June 2, legendary songwriter and chanteuse Joni Mitchell wooed a fortunate few thousands among her legion of fans during a "limited engagement" eleven-city tour in support of her "Both Sides Now" album. Backed by a band of jazz/pop luminaries and a 72-piece symphony orchestra, Mitchell's performances showcased her latest artistic incarnation as an interpreter of romantic pop standards. Though fans and critics debated the relative merits of the "old Joni" versus the "new(est) Joni" after each concert, all were suitably impressed by the tour's dazzling musical virtuosity and sumptuous sound quality. Read More »

Wochenshow Tour in Germany

Uwe Seemann (CEO of Munic Sound) and Lisa Züllich (Meyer Sound Germany Junior (10 yrs old) Engineer) backstage during the Setup of the Wochenshow Tour in Oberhausen Germany's Acclaimed Wochenshow Comedians Set Out On Tour With Meyer Sound System Read More »

Meyer Sound at the Rose Center for Earth and Space

With its shimmering, glass-encased and transparent structure, the $200 million Rose Center for Earth and Space at New York City's American Museum of Natural History has created a Big Bang, garnering praise both as an architectural masterwork and a triumph of planetarium technology. Read More »

Danville Community Presbyterian Church

Completed in 1979, the sanctuary of the Danville Community Presbyterian Church epitomizes worship center design trends of the era. The structure is an irregular eight-sided polygon, slightly elongated, with seating provided for just under 800 when configured for Sunday worship. Intersecting wooden roof beams separate the vaulted ceiling from the broad seating area, lending a sense of intimacy to the space, while natural light floods in from a clear window that frames a wooded section mountainside-part of a mountain ridge separating the San Ramon Valley from the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay. Read More »

International Stop Racism Concert and Awards Show

Held at Ottawa's Corel Centre in Canada, the International Stop Racism Concert and Awards Show attracted more than 6,000 supporters who showed up to hear performances from artists ranging from Susan Aglu, to Deborah Cox and Dubmatique. Read More »

Marriott's Lincolnshire Theatre

Located within a sprawling 168-acre resort complex, Marriott's Lincolnshire Theatre brings well over 400,000 people to the Chicago suburb of Lincolnshire each year. Once known as Drury Lane Theatre North, the facility plays host to a seemingly endless string of world-class musicals staged within the framework of a nonstop production schedule featuring back-to-back matinees and evening shows. Read More »

X-10: the European Debut

The second week of February saw a stellar cast of some of the best-known recording and broadcast engineers and record producers from the past 40 years gathered at three of the capital city's most legendary recording studios to hear something quite unique. Read More »

Canada's Juno Awards

On Sunday, March 12, Toronto's Sky Dome Stadium was host to more than 22,000 attendees for the 2000 Juno Awards, which are held to honor the musical and technical accomplishments of Canadian artists. Providing the pro-audio system for the evening's program of events was Solotech of Montreal, which supplied a Meyer Sound system of 85 self-powered loudspeakers. Read More »

A Lesson in Reliability: Hiroshima's Hachobori Intersection

Secured more than 50 meters above the hustle and bustle of the city traffic at Hiroshima's Hachobori intersection, stand two Meyer Sound MSL-4 weather protected self-powered loudspeaker systems. The two loudspeakers, which are used in combination with a 300 inch C-Vision display, attract a host of glances on any given day, as people traveling through the busy intersection look up to see and hear the latest in news, weather and advertisements. Read More »

Japan's Kyoto Station Building Theater

Over the past two years the Kyoto Station Building Theater has hosted more than 1,600 performances, attracting roughly 600,000 attendees since its opening. The venue, located in the ancient capital city of Japan, attracts a wide variety of artists, performances and events, including classical music concerts, Imperial Court music, jazz, rock, pop, fashion shows, seminars and most recently, motion pictures premiers. Read More »

News Briefs Pacific Rim 2000

ATL, Inc. of Japan recently announced the completion of the pro-audio installation at the Hiroshima Koryo High School. Included in the system configuration were two Meyer Sound MSL-4s, two UPA-1Ps, 2 UPM-1Ps and an LD-1A line driver. Read More »

Jürgen von der Lippe Tours Germany

Out on tour to bring smiles to the masses, comedy sensation, Jürgen von der Lippe, will sell-out stadiums and arenas throughout Germany with his unique comedy stylings, attracting audiences ranging up to 6,000. Regarded as one of the most recognized German TV and theatre personalities, the comedian has entertained hundreds of thousands for more than 25 years. Read More »

The A Tour

If you're setting out on a trip, better be sure you bring enough provisions. And if you are setting out on an 11-week tour of nearly 50 cities and 50 different venues, ranging from large house-of-worship auditoriums to civic center arenas, you had better be packing enough sound gear, and especially loudspeakers, to cover every situation. Read More »

Budapest's Madách Theater

Located in the heart of Hungary's capital city of Budapest resides the renowned Madách Theater, which recently upgraded its pro-audio system with a host of Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers, designed and installed by sound designer, István Kishonti. Read More »

Australia Day 2000

On January 26th Sydney Harbour was filled with hundreds of boats and floats which showed up to attend the Australia Day festivities, coordinated by the Australia Day Council. The celebration, which commemorates the arrival of Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1778, attracted a host of harbor activities this year. Read More »

Musical "Dracula" in Czech Republic

The musical "Dracula" in Presov has received wide acclaim after captivating audiences throughout the Czech Republic in such cities as Prague and Bratislava. The musical, which features an eclectic variety of music from light strings to rock'n'roll, integrates a Meyer Sound loudspeaker system provided by Pragosound. Read More »

Miami's Goddess Nightclub

After installing three cargo containers worth of worldly art and artifacts from such locations as Cairo and Bangladesh, Miami Beach's premiere nightclub, Goddess, opened its doors in late December to crowds of anticipating club-goers. Combined, the five-room, 6,000 square-foot facility comprises a Meyer Sound system of 28 self-powered loudspeaker systems, provided and installed by Hi-Tech Sound of Marlboro, Massachusetts (www.mixhits.com). Read More »

"a ragamufin band" on Tour in Europe with Meyer Sound

LYON, FRANCE (February 19, 2000) - The acclaimed, a ragamuffin band, will soon be on tour in Europe to perform for thousands of high-school and college-aged fans who will gather to see one of the numerous World Youth Day Festival concerts held throughout France and Italy. With tour dates scheduled for such renowned venues as the Notre Dame Cathedral and the European Council building, the group is expected to attract 10,000 to 15,000 attendees per event. Providing the Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeaker system for the length of the band's tour will be Blackhawk Audio, Inc., of Tennessee, which will provide a host of MSL-4s, DS-4Ps and 650-Ps for the performances. Read More »

Pop Sensation, Fey in Mexico City

The Pop sensation, Fey, recently performed a series of evening concerts at Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, attracting sold-out crowds of 10,000 concert-goers. With hits like "Media Naranja," "Azucar Amarago," and "La Noche se Mueve," the performer will continue her tour of Mexico in the months to come. Read More »

World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Purchases Self-Powered System

World Championship Wrestling, the premiere provider of sports entertainment, recently introduced their new self-powered Meyer Sound loudspeaker system on December 2nd for the TV broadcast of "WCW Thunder" in Topeka, Kansas, which is broadcasted once a week on TBS Superstation. Other WCW events that will utilize the new system include the weekly broadcast of "WCW Monday Nitro Live on TNT," as well as a dozen pay-per-view programs and numerous wrestling events scheduled for the year 2000. Read More »

Reynold Sound & Lighting Services Takes India by Storm

Reynold Sound & Lighting Services in Bangalore, India, announced that its new Meyer Sound PA system has taken India by storm, entertaining tens-of-thousands of listeners throughout the nation in recent weeks. The new system, comprised of MSL-4s and a host of self-powered subwoofers, arrived in early December and was soon out the door for a 1,500 person INFOSYS (India's leading infotech company) corporate event in the city of Bangalore. Read More »

El Reencuentro Sells Out Clemente Coliseum

On Friday, December 3rd, The group El Reencuentro, formerly known as Menudo (of Ricky Martin fame), performed at the widely acclaimed Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The sold-out event attracted thousands of fans from throughout the region who came to see the band perform at the one-night event. Read More »

Maná and Santana Power Concerts in Mexico

For the first time in Mexico's history, more than 200 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeaker systems were utilized for Maná's and Santana's joint December 10th concert at Foro Sol in Mexico City. Read More »

News Briefs Eastern Europe 2000

Pragosound of the Czech Republic recently supplied a PA system for the December 25th concert featuring music by Peter Dvorsky and Mishiko Keiko. The concert, which was held in the renowned arts center, Istropolis, in Bratislava, the capitol of the Slovak Republic, attracted a host of attendees, including Slovakian President, Rudolf Schuster. Read More »