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Vince Power buys back Benicassim from Music Festivals

Vince Power buys back Benicassim from Music Festivals

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Vince Power has bought back Spanish festival Benicassim from his former company Music Festivals, CMU has reported.

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Oct 30th 2012 at 4:45PM
Learning from the highs and lows of the 2012 live events season

Learning from the highs and lows of the 2012 live events season

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With the UK’s summer festival season now but a fading memory, industry expert and sales director of Azule Finance Gavin Scott offers us a unique insight into just how the ...

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Oct 25th 2012 at 10:41AM
Association of Independent Festivals publishes anti-touting charter

Association of Independent Festivals publishes anti-touting charter

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A host of festival promoters, booking agents, artist management agencies and other music companies have pledged their support to a declaration by the Association of Independent Festivals against the secondary ...

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Oct 11th 2012 at 1:08PM
Music Festivals calls upon administrators

Music Festivals calls upon administrators

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Music Festivals, the company behind the Hop Farm and Benicassim festivals, has called in administrators after suspending shares from trading, Music Week has reported.

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Sep 25th 2012 at 5:51PM

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Lake LM 26 arrives at Tomorrowland Festival

Lake LM 26 arrives at Tomorrowland Festival

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As one of the world’s biggest dance music festivals, Belgium’s Tomorrowland recently turned to Lake’s LM 26 to help provide optimum sound quality across the event, which featured the likes ...

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Sep 11th 2012 at 2:36PM
Bloc Festival organisers issue statement over shutdown

Bloc Festival organisers issue statement over shutdown

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Organisers of the Bloc Festival have issued a statement shedding some light on what caused the overcrowding issues that led to the July event being shutdown during its first night, ...

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Sep 6th 2012 at 12:45PM
Creamfields offers refunds following cancellation

Creamfields offers refunds following cancellation

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Following its cancellation on Sunday, August 29th, as a result of torrential rain and onsite flooding, organisers of Cremafields have announced details offering refunds to those who had purchased tickets ...

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Sep 4th 2012 at 12:00PM
VIDEO: Bestival to be broadcast live on YouTube

VIDEO: Bestival to be broadcast live on YouTube

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This year’s Bestival, which begins this coming Friday (September 7th), is to become the first UK festival to broadcast live on YouTube, CMU has reported.

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Sep 4th 2012 at 10:46AM

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Spanish jazz festival powered by Lab.gruppen and Lake

Spanish jazz festival powered by Lab.gruppen and Lake

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Bringing together a number of the world’s finest jazz musicians, Spain’s San Sebastian International Jazz Festival recently saw Lab.gruppen and Lake provide power across the event’s various stages.

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Sep 3rd 2012 at 1:05PM
Meyer Sound LEO headlines Outside Lands Festival

Meyer Sound LEO headlines Outside Lands Festival

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Meyer Sound’s LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system was recently deployed at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, which saw such artists as Foo Fighters, Metallica, Neil Young and ...

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Aug 28th 2012 at 2:34PM
Estonian festival powered by Lab.gruppen

Estonian festival powered by Lab.gruppen

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Viljandimaa laulu- ja tantsupidu, a ‘song and dance festival’ in Estonia has seen native rental company Heliart supply the event with an array of audio and lighting equipment, including amplifiers ...

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Aug 28th 2012 at 9:18AM
Creamfields closes early due to onsite floods

Creamfields closes early due to onsite floods

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Creamfields, one of the UK’s most popular dance music festivals, has been forced to close its doors early following onsite flooding and torrential rain, Music Week has reported.

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Aug 27th 2012 at 8:41PM

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VIDEO: Reading and Leeds festival dominated by Audio-Technica

VIDEO: Reading and Leeds festival dominated by Audio-Technica

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With doors now open and tents firmly pitched, this weekend’s Reading and Leeds festivals will see a raft of Audio-Technica equipment in use across the three-day event.

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Aug 27th 2012 at 2:03PM
Are Hyde Park’s days as a concert venue over?

Are Hyde Park’s days as a concert venue over?

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With Blur’s recent - and most probably final - performance at London’s Hyde Park blighted by the ever persistent sound issues that have plagued so many artists at the venue ...

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Aug 27th 2012 at 12:47PM
Thy Rock festival in Denmark incorporates Coda and Digico

Thy Rock festival in Denmark incorporates Coda and Digico

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This year’s Thy Rock festival, which takes place annually in Thisted, northwest Denmark, saw DPA SoundCo deploy a sound system comprised of a Coda Audio PA system, along with a ...

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Aug 21st 2012 at 1:00PM
The Stone Roses, Noel Gallagher and more play T in the Park with Midas

The Stone Roses, Noel Gallagher and more play T in the Park with Midas

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With a line-up featuring the likes of The Stone Roses, Noel Gallagher, Kasabian and Florence and the Machine, this year’s T in the Park saw a raft of Midas digital ...

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Aug 21st 2012 at 12:15PM

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Noel Gallagher and Snow Patrol boosted by Adamson E15s in Switzerland

Noel Gallagher and Snow Patrol boosted by Adamson E15s in Switzerland

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Taking place on a clearing atop the Gurten foothills on the Swiss Alps, the annual Gurten Festival once again saw a raft of equipment from Adamson in use across the ...

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Aug 20th 2012 at 4:53PM
Azule agrees major deals with UK hire companies for festival season

Azule agrees major deals with UK hire companies for festival season

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Audio and lighting finance company Azule Finance has announced a string of high-profile agreements with a number of hire companies in preparation for the UK festival season.

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Aug 17th 2012 at 2:02PM
Innovason aids Les Vieilles Charrues music festival

Innovason aids Les Vieilles Charrues music festival

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The 2011 edition of Les Vieilles Charrues saw 270,000 revellers during it’s four-day duration and 2012 was set to break records with headline acts including Bob Dylan, Sting, The Cure, ...

by Lauren Sexton
on Aug 15th 2012 at 12:45PM
Lollapalooza 2012 receives RF coverage from PWS

Lollapalooza 2012 receives RF coverage from PWS

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For the second consecutive year, Masque Sound company Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) was hired to handle frequency coordination for the wireless microphones, in-ear monitors and communications for all of the ...

Daniel Gumble
by Daniel Gumble
on Aug 15th 2012 at 11:08AM