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04/05/01 - PALACE GROUNDS, BANGALORE
Summary by Steven
Stanleyi:
BA arrived at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore to perform to a sellout
crowd of more than 35,000 people. Heavy rains had lashed the grounds
on the day before, but only occasional drizzles fell during the
show - and these failed to dampen the wild enthusiasm of the crowd
as Adams reeled through his repertoire of hits.
The whole of Bangalore was after tickets for this show and BA's
tickets were even in greater demand than Michael Jackson's when
he came to India. In a place where you wouldn't expect BA to draw
such a big crowd like in other countries...this is just an unbelievable
response and it just goes to show that he has fans all over the
world...and how!
Setup of the sound equipment for this gig:
To cover the vast audience area - about 250 feet wide and almost
400 feet deep - Reynold configured a large Meyer Sound main system
supplemented by delay towers. The two main clusters comprised thirty-two
MSL-4s and sixteen DS-4Ps, with pairs of CQ-1 and CQ-2 provided
for side and center front fills respectively. For bottom end, the
system offered twenty 750-P powered subwoofers. (A variant of the
650-P originally developed for cinema applications, the 750-P offers
extended very low frequency response.) To supplement the band's
own in-ear monitors, Reynold provided a pair of UPA-1Ps and a 750-P
for each side of the stage. Four delay towers, placed two per side
about 120 feet back, each carried four MSL-4 cabinets.
Following the show, Adams' audio crew chief and FOH technician,
Tony Szabo, was effusive in his praise for the Reynold crew and
their Meyer system. "The show went very well," says Szabo,
"and the audio was on a par with some of the best shows we
have done around the world. I was particularly impressed with the
service-oriented attitude of the Reynold crew. When it came to aligning
all the zones, SIM® engineer Michael Furtado was a step ahead
of me in getting the system working cohesively. As a result, the
system sounded great and covered everyone in the venue."
Szabo left Bangalore with a new perspective on the capabilities
of Indian sound hire companies. "We have used Meyer in many
countries around the world," he sums up, "but I can say
this was one of the best-sounding Meyer rigs we have heard."
Above: setting up the show.
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