Gorbachev 80th birthday concert
Working on behalf of leading live audio supply company Britannia Row I recently looked after the audio production for the Gorbachev 80th birthday concert at the royal Albert hall.
This unique gala event featured performances by some of the biggest names in music backed by the mighty London symphony orchestra as well as presenting the Mikhail Gorbachev awards to people who have changed the world as we know it.
As you can imagine with such a high profile event nothing could be left to chance so as part of my brief I contacted all the guest artistes and put together the master input list and confirmed we would have everything to facilitate all the different performances.
With that information in hand it was decided that the full one hundred and eighty channel control and stage package would be taken to the music rehearsal at the Walthamstow town hall, where we were able to sound-check with the full orchestra and most of the guest artistes including mullet rock legends the Scorpions, Dame Shirley Bassey and Paul Anka.
Following a long day at the rehearsal venue we loaded the truck and handed the system over to the overnight set up crew whose task was to then install all the equipment into the Albert Hall prior to rehearsals re-commencing the following morning.
All of this pre-planning paid off; the day went very well and all the fast change overs and musical numbers happened without a hitch. The show received some very positive reviews and was another great example of how an amazing crew, cutting edge equipment and proper planning can make all the difference.
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