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  • AC/DC Black Ice World Tour

    AC/DC, Australia’s most successful rock and roll band, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide, returned home in February as part of their Black Ice World Tour. It was the band’s first Australian tour since 2001.

    The main loudspeaker arrays, for the tour, were Electro-Voice X-Array while Jands Production Services provided Clair Audio I5 cabinets for the side hands and delays. For the stadium shows JBL Vertec cabinets were used ito supplement the system.

    Dates February 11, 2010 – March 8, 2010
    Melbourne Etihad Stadium – February 11, 13, 15
    Sydney ANZ Stadium – February 18, 20, 22
    Brisbane QSAC Stadium – February 25, 27
    Adelaide Adelaide Oval – March 2
    Perth Subiaco Oval – March 6, 8
    JPS Crew  
      Nick Giameos
    Delay Crew – Sydney Karl Sullivan, Dave Richardson, Paul Schofield, Simon Farrell, John Kerns
    Speaker System Clair Bros Audio
      20 x Clair i5 10° Speaker Cabinet
      8 x Clair i5 5° Speaker Cabinet
      8 x Clair i5 2.5° Speaker Cabinet
      30 x JBL Vertec VT4889
      14 x Crest/QSC Amp Rack
      20 x Crown MA5002VZ
    FOH Drive System  
      10 x Clair iO Controller
      1 x Gateway Motion 1200 Tablet PC

  • Pink’s record breaking ‘Funhouse’ tour

    Pink - Funhouse Tour 2009
    Photo – Talitha Conway

    After more than three months criss-crossing Australia, American pop superstar Pink wrapped her record-breaking tour with a final sell out concert at Sydney’s Acer Arena. It was the 58th and final performance of her phenomenal Funhouse national tour. In total, Pink performed before more than 660,000 concert-goers — 150,000 of those in Sydney alone.

    JPS supplied equipment and additional crew for Pink’s Australian concerts — twelve in Sydney, seventeen in Melbourne, six in Adelaide, four in Newcastle, two in Wollongong and Canberra, eleven in Brisbane and four in Perth.

    Dates May 22, 2009 – August 29, 2009
    JPS Crew Nick Giameos Simon Farrell
    Speaker System Clair Bros Audio
      44 x Clair Bros i5 Cabinets
      28 x Clair Bros i5b Cabinets
      16 x JPS JBL 18″ Sub Bass
      8 x Clair Bros R4 MkIII Cabinets
      4 x P2 Cabinets
      8 x JBL Vertec 4888 Cabinets
    FOH Drive System  
      12 x Lake Clair iO’s
      1 x Motion 1200 Wireless Tablet
      1 x BSS 366 Omni Drive
    Control systems  
    F.O.H. 1 x Digi-design D-Show Venue
      2 x Digi-Design D-Show Venue side cars
      1 x Clair Lake iO controller
      2 x Tascam CD-RW901SL Cd Recorders
      1 x Sony CDP-11 CD Player
    Wireless Microphones  
      1 x Shure UR4D-Q5 Duel Receiver
      2 x UR2-Q5 Handheld Mics c/w KSM9 capsules
    Monitor Speaker System Clair Bros Audio
      4 x Clair Bros i5 Cabinets
      28 x Clair Bros 12AM wedges
      4 x Clair Bros ML18
      3 x 4 Mix Amp Racks
      12 x Crown MA3600VZ Amplifiers
    Wireless in ear monitors  
      3 x Shure P6HW In Ear Monitor Systems
      14 x Sennheiser EW-300 G2 In Ear Monitor Systems c/w 28 Receivers
    Monitor Control System  
      1 x Yamaha PM1D (Supplied by Audio Rent)
    Rigging Equipment  
      8 x Lodestar 2T Chain Hoists
      14 x Lodestar 1T Chain Hoists

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  • Black Eyed Peas 2009

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51GLnPgnzuk

    Tour Dates

    28th Sept-11th October

    Sound Crew

    Nick Giameos
    Duncan Kaye
    Paul Schofield

    FOH Speaker System

    44 x i5 Cabinets
    40 x i5b Cabinets
    32 x JBL 18″ Subs
    8 x P2 Infill Cabinets

    FOH Drive System

    12 x Lake Clair iO’s
    1 x motion 1200 Wireless Tablet
    1 x BSS 366 Omni Drive

    Monitor System

    30 x Clair Bros 12AM Wedges
    7 x 4 Mix Amp Racks
    7 x Dolby Lake DLP’s
    28 x Crown MA3600VZ Amplifiers

  • Rugby League Grand Final 2009

    Rugby League Grand Final 2009

    More than 2.5 million Australians tuned it to see Melbourne’s premiership triumph over Parramatta – making it the most watched NRL grand final in three years. Jands provided the audio system and staff for the day’s entertainment, including performances by Wolfmother, Wes Carr and Mark Vincent.

    Date Sunday October 4, 2009
    Audio Crew Michael Waters, Garry Hall, Tim Lonigan, Adam Williams
      Bob Daniels, James Kohler, Tony Love, Andrea Le Roy
      Shane Oldham, Adam Smith
    Speaker System JBL Vertec
      42 x JBL Vertec 4889
      16 x JBL Vertec 4880
    Amplifiers 36 x Crown MA5002vz Amplifiers
    Control systems  
    F.O.H. Digico D5 112EX Console
      Yamaha DM 1000
      Al Smart C2
      3 x Dennon CD Players
      1 x Tascam CD recorder
    FOH Drive System  
      10 x BSS 366 Omni Drives
    Monitor System  
      Yamaha PM-5D RH
      2 x Dolby DLP’s
      1 x BSS 366
      16 x Clair 12AM Wedges
      4 x L-Acoustics ARCS
      8 x Crown MA3600vz Amplifiers
      12 x Crown MA3600 Amplifiers
      3 x Lab Gruppen LA48 Amplifiers

  • Beyonce 2009

    Tour Dates

    14th-25th September

    Sound Crew

    Nick Giameos
    Duncan Kaye

    FOH Speaker System

    44 x i5 Cabinets
    40 x i5b Cabinets
    32 x JBL 18″ Subs
    8 x P2 Infill Cabinets

    FOH Drive System

    12 x Lake Clair iO’s
    1 x Motion 1200 Wireless Tablet
    1 x BSS 366 Omni Drive

    Monitor System

    22 x Clair Bros 12AM Wedges
    4 x Dolby Lake DLP’s
    16 x Crown MA3600vz

  • Greenday

    Greenday

    Tour dates 13th – 18th December 2005
    System Engineer Greg Rosman
    Audio Crew Andrew Mitchell, Nick Giameos, Cameron Elias, Richard Vass, Michael Burdett, Paul Schofield, Mark Wilson, Andy McKeown
    Speaker System Clair Bros i4 system
    44 x i4 Cabinets
    40 x i4B Low End Cabinets
    8 x Clair Bros P2 Cabinets
    48 x JBL 18″ subs
    16 x Clair Bros Crest Amp Racks
    12 x Crown MA-5002-VZ Amplifiers
    Speaker System JBL Vertec 4889 System
    42 x JBL Vertec 4889 Cabinets
    28 x Crown MA-5002 VZ Amplifiers
    Consoles
    F.O.H. Midas H-3000 Console
    Monitor Yamaha PM-1D Digital Console

  • Fleetwood Mac 1977

    Rumours was released on the 4th of February 1977 and on 28 February, after rehearsing at SIR Studios in Los Angeles, Fleetwood Mac started a seven month-long promotional tour of America. In late 1977 they arrived in Australia and headlined the massive outdoor “Rockarena” shows in Sydney and Melbourne. They also played smaller indoor shows in Brisbane and Perth.

    Jands supplied the lighting and audio to supplement the Clair Bros S4 system the band toured with.

    All (except main) photos © Jands Pty Limited. Click to enlarge

    Sound System – Clair Brothers

    32 x Clair S4 Speaker Cabinets, each containing:
    2 x JBL 18″
    4 x JBL 10″
    2 x JBL 2″ Compression Driver
    2 x JBL Slot Tweeter

    Clair Bros Crew

    James ‘Trip’ Khalaf
    Chuck Hull
    James Devenney
    Steve Paterno

    Additional System – Jands Concert Productions

    12 x Hurler (sub-Low) c/w 4 x JBL 2205
    4 x RCA W Bin c/w 2 x JBL K140
    16 x JBL 4560 c/w 1 x JBL 2220
    16 x JBL 4580 c/w 2 x JBL K120
    24 x JBL 2350 Horn + 2480 Driver
    16 x JBL 2355 Horn + 2440 Driver
    10 x JBL 2356 Horn + 2480 Driver
    48 x JBL 075 Tweeters

    Jands Crew

    Eric Robinson – Production Manager
    David Mulholland – Audio
    Vagn Stenvei – Audio
    Peter Rooney – Lighting

  • Elton John Tour 1971

    This was Elton John’s first tour of Australia and New Zealand. He played outdoors and Jands provided what was then the largest sound system every assembled in Australia. Elton’s personal monitoring system consisted of JBL studio monitors supplied by Clair Brothers.

    Sound System

    2 x RCA W Bin with 2 x 15″ JBL K140
    4 x Jands U Bin with 2 x 15″ JBL K130
    2 x RCA Multi-cell Horns with Altec drivers
    8 x JBL 075 high frequency drivers
    10 x Jands 150w Power Amplifiers
    1 x 16 Channel Jands Mixing Console

    Jands Crew

    Howard Page
    Phillip Storey
    Eric Robinson

    Promoters / Sponsors:

    I.B.C./Rock Concert Club of Australia/Go-Set/ 6KY, 5KA, 3AK, 4BC, 2SM

    1971 Tour Dates and Venues:

    17 October – Perth, Subiaco Stadium
    22 October – Adelaide, Memorial Drive Tennis Centre
    24 October – Melbourne, Kooyong Tennis Centre
    26. October – Brisbane, Festival Hall
    31 October – Sydney, Randwick Racecourse

    Support Groups:

    The Birds (Perth)
    Mark IV (Perth)
    Headband (Adelaide)
    Ilo (Adelaide)
    Chain (Melbourne)
    Aztecs (Melbourne)
    Pilgrimage (Melbourne)
    Gentle Art (Brisbane)
    Leroy (Brisbane)
    Country Radio (Sydney)
    Melissa (Sydney)
    Asleep At the Wheel (Sydney)

    Melbourne, Kooyong Tennis Centre

    All images © Jands Pty Limited – Click to enlarge

    Perth and Adelaide

    All images © Jands Pty Limited – Click to enlarge