The annual BRIT Awards is as well renown for its celebrity shenanigans – this year Liam Gallagher lobbed his microphone into the audience after accepting his award for BRITS Album of 30 Years for (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? - as it is for honouring of the very best in music. The high jinks do not, however, eclipse the performances and great audio is high on the list of production priorities. … [Read more...]
Rihanna returns to the spotlight with Sennheiser
In just four years since first bursting onto the music scene, 22-year-old Rihanna has racked up over twelve million record sales worldwide and has collected one honor after another, including a Grammy Award in 2008 for her global smash hit, “Umbrella”. Rihanna is currently promoting her fourth album, Rated R, with high-profile live and televised performances in the United States and Europe, … [Read more...]
Sennheiser UK joins the Circus with Take That
Take That’s Circus Live, one of the most successful British Tours of all time, has come to a close with a four-night residency at Wembley Stadium. The reformed boy band sold an incredible 1.2 million tickets and sold out the British Isles’ biggest venues, including Sunderland’s Stadium of Light, Dublin’s Croke Park, Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, Glasgow’s Hampden Park and Manchester’s Old Trafford … [Read more...]
Sennheiser gets Sticky and Sweet on Madonna’s world tour
As Madonna’s Sticky and Sweet World Tour returns to Europe this July the audio quality and RF stability of the many microphones involved show no signs of deteriorating. As the tour nears its one-year anniversary one constant has been the performance of the Sennheiser equipment at the heart of the production. The superstar and her backing vocalists are all using Sennheiser SKM 5200 wireless mics … [Read more...]
NET 1 helps make Sennheiser’s Summertime a Ball
Sennheiser microphones, in-ear monitoring, personnel and NET 1 frequency management system were all at the heart of Capital Radio’s Summertime Ball held recently at the Emirates Stadium in London. With Sennheiser’s support team of Mark Saunders, Dave Hawker and Phil Cummings on hand to support sound company, Wigwam, a total of seventy presenters and performers chose Sennheiser as they … [Read more...]
