Rise Against
U.S.rock band "Rise Against" played to a sell-out crowd at The Roundhouse in Sydney in late October.
We supplied full production for this gig including monitor operator (Gary
Maddox) and lighting operator (Bryce Mace).
Tours
Penny Wise
U.S. punk band Pennywise have been around for over 15 years and even after this much time on the road they still put on a killer live show.
We handled production for their only NSW show of their Australian Tour.
These pics are from The Roundhouse in Sydney
Motion City Soundtrack
Mid May saw U.S. band Motion City Soundtrack returning to Australia for some shows - they were last here in 2005 supporting MxPx.
We supplied production for the gig at The Roundhouse in Sydney.
The Veronicas
Entertainment Installations recently toured with The Veronicas in NSW.
We supplied lighting and a lighting guy (Neale).
The rig included :
12 x Martin MAC250 Entours
16 x Par64
8 x Kupo Multipar 575w NSP
6 x ETC Source 4 Junior Zoom profiles
1 x Martin Atomic Strobe
4 x Molefay Duet
JEM 24/7 Hazer
Jands HOG1000
Jands HP dimmers
Human Nature
In March, Human Nature started their national tour to promote their latest successful album "Mowtown", a collection of classic Mowtown songs.
We provided production for shows at Mingara and The Lyric Theatre at Star City.
PA included flown Martin Wavefront W8C, WSX subs, our Midas Heritage 1000, Lexicon, TC, Yamaha and Eventide FX, Dbx 162SL compressors and the new Klark Teknic Square One dynamics system (8 x gates,8 x comps).
Our Shure PSM700's and Shure U-Series wireless were also in use.
Coheed and Cambria
A recent short tour by U.S. band Coheed & Cambria had us doing 2 x shows
(Sydney at The Roundhouse, Brisbane at The Arena).
These pics are from The Arena in Brisbane.
Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer is doing a bunch of shows around Sydney this March and we are providing full production + crew.
This pic is from Revesby Workers Club.
Our monitor guy "Kez" is using our Midas Siena to control 11 x wedges on 11 x sends.
Neale Mace is doing lighting using one of our Jands HOG1000's.
Damien Young is FOH guy, using one of our Midas Verona.
This is a great show, full of hits and a great band.
Central Coast Country Music Festival
The Central Coast Country Music Festival was held over two days on the 11th and 12th of March at The Entrance.
There were 2 x stage running for both days.
Both featured many of Australias top country acts.
We supplied production + crew for both stages.
The main stage featured Martin Wavefront PA, Midas Verona and Siena desks and Klark helix digital EQ's on monitors.
The Sails stage used a Dynacord Madras system using Dynacord Madras M18 and M15 powered boxes and a Midas Venice at FOH.
The Bangles
For their first Australian tour, US band The Bangles chose Entertainment Installations to handle production for all the dates.
We supplied a crew of 5 (Neale - lighting operator, "Doc" - lighting rigger, "Davros" - monitor rigger, Scott Barry - FOH rigger, Clint - backline).
It was a theatre run with shows in Sydney, Canberra, South Australia, Newcastle, and Melbourne.
Our Martin Wavefront handled all the gigs and our custom flying system made getting it in the air a breeze.
FOH gear included our new Dbx 162SL compressors and Midas Heritgae 1000/48.
Ben Lee
We've been on the road with Ben Lee for several dates up and down the NSW coast and the ACT.
It was a great tour and made all the better for his 4 x ARIA wins during the run.
This is a great show with plenty of positive energy and crowd participation and mic stands covered in fresh flowers every night.
We used our Wavefront on a couple of shows and then switched to our new Dynacord Cobra4 rig.
Also on their first outing were some new Dbx 162SL comps.
Lighting was subtle and used some Martin MAC ENTOURS and MAC250 Wash as well as a bunch of Pars.