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DiGiCo SD7 Gets The Green Light For Coldplay's Fifteen FestivalsDiGiCo consoles feature on a range of outdoor shows this summer, including Jessie J, the LED Festival, Judas Priest, the Killers and, of course, Take That. But with Coldplay headlining no less than 15 festivals around the world, Front of House engineer Daniel Green’s SD7 is probably the most travelled DiGiCo desk of all. Coldplay’s busy summer includes headline appearances at Rock am Ring / Rock im Park (Germany), Jammin’ (Italy), Pinkpop (Netherlands), Glastonbury and T In The Park (UK), Where The Action Is (Sweden), Open’er (Poland), Rock Werchter (Belgium), Main Square (France), Optimus Alive (Portugal), BBK Live (Spain), Oxegen (Ireland), Fuji Rock (Japan) and Rock In Rio (Brazil). 
Arpege's Investment In DiGiCo Pays Royal DividendWith bases in Paris, Nice and Marseille, French rental company Arpege Son Lumiere is continually busy with festivals, live tours, television shows and corporate events. The company has invested heavily in DiGiCo consoles, which are in constant use. With four SD7s, four SD8s, three SD9s and an SD Ten on its books, as well as several D1s and D5s, Arpege is committed to DiGiCo and 2011 is proving a particularly busy summer for the consoles. One of the highest profile events to use the company’s DiGiCo consoles was the wedding of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Charlene Wittstock. 
Judas Priest Storm The Globe On Final World Tour With DiGiCo SD7After storming the globe for nearly 40 years, JUDAS PRIEST, are going out strong as they rock the planet on the massive EPITAPH tour. Hitting all the major cities throughout the world on what will be their final world tour, the metal masterminds hit the pavement this past June throughout Europe, followed by U.S. dates from October through December of 2011. Tending to the live sound needs for iconic rockers from Slash to Whitesnake for many years, engineer Martin Walker returns to the Judas Priest fold, with whom he has toured with for over a decade. The self-confessed analog maven has seemingly crossed over to the digital domain for good, favoring DiGiCo consoles for the past several years, beginning back in 2008 with a D5 on Priest’s ‘Nostradamus’ tour - prompted by the difficulty in finding an analog solution that could accommodate the band’s needs. In subsequent years, he’s used an SD8 with Slash and very briefly with Taylor Swift, and traded up to an SD7 this spring, working with another longtime production provider, Major Tom, supplying monitors and control for the tour. 
DiGiCo SD7T Performs Multiple Functions On Ghost21 years after Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore had young couples surreptitiously wiping away tears in cinemas (and briefly made pottery fashionable), Ghost has returned from the entertainment afterlife in the form of a West End musical. Combining live acting and music with complex lighting, video and special effects, the show’s sound designer Bobby Aitken specified a DiGiCo SD7T for Front of House mix requirements, which has allowed the team to stretch its remit to handling more than the audio. Directed by Tony Award-winning Matthew Warchus, the show opened in July at the Piccadilly Theatre and is currently booking through until January next year. Working closely with associate Simon King and Ghost’s Head of Sound, Ben Evans, Bobby designed a system that had to work very closely with the other production disciplines. 
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Red Power's DiGiCo SD8 Performs in Machu PicchuThe famous Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru is considered one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. On 7th July this year, to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of its rediscovery by North American adventurer and archaeologist Hiram Bingham. Andrés Cuadros and Guillermo Riera, owners of rental company Red Power, provided a sound and light spectacular for the celebration, with a DiGiCo SD8 digital mixing console being pivotal to the audio design. With overall direction from acclaimed Peruvian movie director, Luis Llosa, 200 
DiGiCo SD7 At The Juanes P.A.C.E Tour's Audio HelmColombian artist and activist Juanes has been topping the Latin American charts since his debut in 2000. From his fifth studio album, "P.A.R.C.E.", sprung an eponymous worldwide tour, which kicked off in the spring of 2011 with legendary mixer, Robert “Cubby” Colby at the audio FOH helm. Colby, who met Juanes while mixing the Latin Grammy’s in 2002 and again in 2003, signed on with the artist 2004/05 and has toured with him over the past several years. Joining Colby on the P.A.R.C.E tour is Eighth Day Sound systems engineer/crew chief, Edgardo "Verta" Vertanessian, along with monitor tech Fabian Quiroga and PA techs Vince Buller and Clinton Reynolds. Verta has worked in sync with Cubby for over a decade on various tours, first with Shakira 
SD8 Is No Dummy With Brazilian BabyOriginally performed on Broadway in 1983, Baby - A Musical has recently opened for the first time in Brazil. Its run in Rio’s João Caetano Theatre also marks the first use of a DiGiCo console on a Brazilian musical, with an SD8 the choice of sound designer Fernando Fortes. The original production was nominated for seven Tony awards and has seen three subsequent productions, two in the US and one in the Philippines. Produced by Tadeu Aguiar and Eduardo Bakr, 
DiGiCo Speeds Ahead in MexicoAt the end of 2009 Mexican audio rental company, Speed Audio, invested in a DiGiCo SD8 digital mixing console. Since then it has been in almost constant use on a varied range of projects from high profile artists, including Spanish singer songwriter Shaila Dúrcal, Israel’s Shiri Maimon, Mexico’s Kalimba, composer Carlos Cuevas, Pepe Aguilar, Susana Zavaleta, Pablo Montero, Argentine Queen tribute band, for two consecutive years with Mexican Christian community Mega Frater, as well as on a host of corporate events. 
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