What you can expect from this year’s live business report
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RENTAL COMPANIES A seletion of hire outfits across Europe consider the touring landscape
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MANUFACTURERS What’s the feeling out there in the pro-audio marketplace? Anyone buying any stuff?
p17 VENUES
More concert halls and gigging spaces are diversifying when it comes to booking acts
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SOUND ENGINEERS The word from down in the stalls: where is the work to be found in 2012?
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FESTIVALS, PT1 Phil Ward talks to the PA companies behind the major calendar events...
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FESTIVALS, PT2 ...and David Davies looks at the rise (and slight fall) of the boutique happening
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BEST. THING. EVER. One question, one answer. That’s the deal. So, what’s your greatest pro-audio achievement?
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Jim Evans discovers the impact the imminent Live Music Act will have around the UK
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THE Q&A Phil Ward talks
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