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Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJd&b audiotechnik powers Shakira’s landmark Madrid residency [Spain] As part of her record-breaking Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour, Shakira returned to Spain for the first time in eight years with a residency at the purpose-built Shakira Stadium at…

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJVoid Acoustics delivers at the double on Hollywood’s Vine Street [USA] Void Acoustics has delivered two contrasting sound experiences on Hollywood’s Vine Street, with a bespoke permanent installation at Avalon Hollywood and an eight-point spatial audio system for…

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJLondon’s British Airways ARC opens with L-Acoustics [UK] London has a new mid-sized music venue. British Airways ARC, a purpose-built, 3,800-capacity live music and events space operated by AEG Presents

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJKlang and SSL Live on track for 6K United across Germany [Germany] 6K United! is a music programme for children from schools and choirs across Germany. It is one of the largest projects of its kind, and the reward for working hard on their material is…

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJPharos supports illumination of Philippines landmark destination [Philippines] Advanced lighting control technology from Pharos Architectural Controls has been used to deliver a flexible and visually striking lighting scheme at Bridgetowne Destination Estate in…

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJGLP fixtures debut in Folk culture show Aufsteirern [Germany] For the seventh edition of Aufsteirern, the folk culture show, production designer Manfred Nikitser staged the casemates, historic vaulted defence structures, on the Schlossberg in Graz.

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJChauvet Mavericks create good-time mood for Francis Degrandpre [Canada] Francis Degrandpre’s current tour features stage production created by Pierre E. Roy and Marc-Antoine Pelletier.

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJAudio-Technica microphones capture The Ehrlich Brothers magic [Germany] Magician duo The Ehrlich Brothers delivered one of the biggest shows of their career in the summer of 2026

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJEngineers choose DiGiCo Quantum for Raye’s summer of shows [World] Equally at ease in a vast stadium or intimate jazz club, Raye’s performances captivate, whatever the venue.

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJChauvet and ChamSys extend Production Futures support [UK] Sister brands Chauvet Professional and ChamSys have become Production Futures’ first Platinum Plus partner for 2026/27

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJThe Studio B&H and Riedel power SMPTE MTS Solutions Hub [USA] SMPTE has announced that The Studio B&H and Riedel Communications will provide the video infrastructure and communications technology powering the Solutions Hub at the SMPTE Media Technology…

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJFlorence + the Machine enchants global audiences with Cohesion [USA/Europe] Earlier this year, Florence + the Machine debuted the Everybody Scream tour in support of their titular 2025 album

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJWSDG transforms sound at Bar Harbor’s 1932 Criterion Theatre [USA] WSDG has completed the first phase of a major technical upgrade at The 1932 Criterion Theatre in Bar Harbor, Maine

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJdBS deploys Martin Audio systems for Iconic Concerts [UK] Iconic Concerts, a brand of New Vision Events, brings live music to different locations in the UK, pairing globally renowned artists with ‘awe-inspiring…

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJGetec Eventtechnik invests in GigaPointes & Arianne 6 [Austria] It’s been another busy summer for Getec Eventtechnik, a family-owned and run rental company based in Graz, which supplies technical production and crew for concerts, live events and tours…

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJAdlib upgrades Turf Moor stadium with Coda Audio [UK] One of the oldest football stadiums in England, Turf Moor, has been in continuous use as the home of Burnley Football Club since 1887

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJGrass Valley supports sports production at Northwestern [USA] Northwestern University has deployed Grass Valley production switching and camera technology at its new Ryan Field stadium in Evanston, Illinois

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJThe Mexican Miami installs 1 Sound Audio [USA] The Mexican Miami brings together an expansive dining room, multiple bars, private dining spaces, and waterfront outdoor seating

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJE-V and Dynacord provide clarity for Greater Bay Area stadium [China] The challenge facing the new stadium at the Greater Bay Area Sports and Cultural Centre was to create a sound system that was powerful enough to evenly cover every…

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJAlcons LR24 installation delivers for Trondheim’s Byscenen [Norway] The country's first permanent Alcons Audio LR24 installation continues to deliver consistent coverage, clarity and headroom at Byscenen

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Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

More than three hundred sources, in sixteen languages: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

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