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  • Neil Young

    Neil Young 1
    © Guto Monteiro / JPJ Audio. Click to enlarge.

    Doing their first headline tour since 2003 Neil Young with Crazy Horse returned to Australia for a series of arena and A Day On The Green winery shows in March 2013.

    JPJ Audio provided a d&b system for the tour with shows in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hunter Valley and Surf Coast Geelong.

    Tour Dates

    Mar 2 – 16, 2013

    Main Speaker System
    • 24 d&b J-8 Enclosures
    • 8 d&b J-12 Enclosures
    • 9 d&b B2 Sublow Enclosures
    • 8 d&b Q7 (infill) Enclosures
    • 60 d&b d&b D12 Amplifiers
    Side Hangs
    • 4 d&b J-12 Enclosure
    • 20 d&b J-8 Enclosure
    Flown Subs
    • 16 d&b J-SUB Sub-low Enclosures



  • Coldplay 2012

    Coldplay Australian tour 2012
    © Guto Monteiro / JPJ Audio. Click to enlarge.

    Promoting their fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto, this was Coldplay’s first Australian tour since 2009’s Viva La Vida tour, aside for their quick visit for the 2011 Splendour in the Grass (Qld) festival.

    JPJ Audio provided the d&b speaker system along with L-Acoustics V-Dosc and Kudo for delays.

    Dates

    November 13 – Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
    November 17, 18 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
    November 21 – Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

    Main Speaker System

    d&b Main system J-8 and J-Sub
    © Guto Monteiro / JPJ Audio. Click to enlarge.
    • 40 x d&b J-8 Enclosure
    • 20 d&b J-SUB Sub-low Enclosure – flown
    • 12 d&b J-SUB Sub-low Enclosure
    • 10 d&b J-INFRA Sub-low Enclosure
    • 72 x d&b D12 amplifier

    Front Fill Speaker System

    • 6 d&b Q7 Enclosure
    • 4 d&b Q1 Line Array Module
    • 6 x d&b D12 amplifier


    Side Speaker System

    d&b Side system J-8, J-12, V8, V12
    © Guto Monteiro / JPJ Audio. Click to enlarge.
    • 24 d&b J-8 Enclosure
    • 8 d&b J-12 Enclosure
    • 16 d&b V8 Enclosure
    • 8 d&b V12 Enclosure
    • 2 d&b V8/V12 amp rack
    • 18 x d&b D12 amplifier


    Delay System

    Delay system. L-Acoustics V-Dosc
    © Guto Monteiro / JPJ Audio. Click to enlarge.
    • 36 L-Acoustics V-Dosc elements (3 hangs of 12)
    • 54 L-Acoustics Kudo elements (4 hangs of 6) (Etihad Stadium)
    • 24 L-Acoustics Kudo elements (4 hangs of 6) (Allianz Stadium)


    JPJ Audio Crew

    Delay system. L-Acoustics Kudo
    © Guto Monteiro / JPJ Audio. Click to enlarge.
    • FOH System Engineer
      Josh de Jong
    • System Techs.
      Connor Dunne, Guto Monteiro, Craig Gordon, Dakota Crouch
    • Monitor System Engineer – Opening act.
      Shaun Ayles
    • Delay System Techs.
      Duncan Kaye, William Ramage


  • Gorillaz Tour 2010

    The world’s most famous virtual band, Gorillaz, made their live debut in Australia in December 2010.

    After headlining the UK’s Coachella and Glastonbury festivals earlier in the year, Gorillaz headed to the Southern Hemisphere to tour Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and then Auckland.

    The band – the brainchild of Blur singer Damon Albarn and Tank Girl cartoonist Jamie Hewlitt – consists of an eccentric animated quartet: singer and keyboardist 2-D, bassist Murdoc, guitarist Noodle and drummer Russel Hobbs.

    As part of their first world tour the band included over 20 musicians on stage at any one time. JAS provided a D&B J system – and lots of it.

    Date

    December 11, 16, 19, 21

    System

    60 x d&b J series
    16 x d&b J-sub
    18 x d&b B2
    Powered by d&b D12 amplifiers

    FOH

    DiGiCo SD7

    Monitors

    DiGiCo SD7
    24 x L-Acoustics 115xt HiQ wedges

    JAS audio crew

    Craig Gordon
    Conor Dunne
    Guto Magic – Otavio Santos
    Matthew ‘Boz’ Boaro

  • Russell Peters 2010

    Global comedy ‘rock-star’, Russell Peters, brought his hillarious Green Card Tour to Australia in May. As part of his “Green Card Tour,” the shows featured all new material since the release of his latest DVD, “Red, White and Brown”. He was recently ranked by Forbes — along with Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock — as one of the top ten highest grossing stand-up comics in the U.S.

    JAS supplied a D&B J series arena system for the shows at the Acer arena in Sydney and the Rod Laver arena in Melbourne.

    Date

    May 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20

    System

    56 x D&B J
    12 x D&B J-sub
    6 x D&B B2 sub
    Digidesign SC48 FOH console

    JAS crew

    Audio system tech: Doug Pringle
    Audio system tech: Otavio ‘Guto!!’ Santos

  • Lady Gaga Tour March 2010

    Lady Gaga hit Australia for the Monster Ball tour. It was the first Lady Gaga solo tour and a monster show that featured an elaborate stage set. The shows ran for over 2 hours with numerous costume changes and sets that morphed constantly between songs, moving from New York cityscapes to Tim Burton-esque dream worlds

    Eighth Day Sound Systems, Inc supplied the console and monitor package along with 6 crew. JAS supplied the stacks and racks along with an additional 2 audio crew.

    Dates

    March 17 – April 9

    System

    60 x D&B J8/12
    8 x D&B J-sub
    18 x D&B B2
    24 x L-Acoustics dV-Dosc
    64 x 1 ton motors.

    JAS Crew

    Audio system tech: Josh De Jong
    Audio system tech: Peter O’Leary

  • The Pixies Tour 2010

        Photos courtesy of Stephen Booth Photography

     

    The Pixies returned to Australia for a sell out national tour. JAS provided a D&B J series system along with a M4 monitor system.

    In a sign of things to come the shows were recorded live and CDs were available at the end of the show.

    DATES

    March 14 – 27

    SYSTEM

    32 x D&B J8/12 line array boxes
    12 x D&B J-sub
    6 x Q7
    2 x Yamaha PM5DRH
    3 x DV-Dosc sidefill systems
    12 x D&B M4 wedges

    JAS Crew

    FOH system tech: Craig Gordon
    Monitor system Tech: Mathew “Boz” Boaro
    Audio system tech: Nathan McGuinness

        Photos courtesy of Stephen Booth Photography Click to enlarge

  • Future Music Festival 2010

    2010’s Future Music Festival featured The Prodigy, Empire Of The Sun, Franz Ferdinand, David Guetta and co along with new musical acts including: Spank Rock, Way Out West, Operator Please, Bag Raiders, Space Invadas and Jump Jump Dance Dance!

    Dates

    Feb 27-28, March 6-8

    Melbourne Festival

    Main stage

    24 x L-Acoustics V-Dosc
    24 x L-Acoustics SB218

    Stage 2

    24 x D&B J
    18 x D&B B2 sub
    1 x Digidesign Profile FOH console
    1 x Yamaha PM5D
    12 x D&B M4 wedge
    2 x Nexo Alpha E side-fill systems

    Stage 3

    16 x D&B J
    12 x D&B J- sub
    1 x Digidesign Profile FOH console
    1 x Yamaha PM5D
    12 x Wayloud wedge
    2 x Nexo Alpha E side-fill systems

    Sydney festival

    Main stage

    24 x L-Acoustics V-Dosc
    24 x L-Acoustics SB218

    Adelaide festival

    Main stage

    24 x L-Acoustics V-Dosc
    24 x L-Acoustics SB218

    Prodigy package

    Consoles

    2 x Midas XL3
    3 x quad D&B C4 side-fill systems Loud!!!
    16 x D&B M2 wedges

    Franz Ferdinand package

    1 x Digidesign Profile FOH console
    1 x Yamaha PM5D monitor console
    2 x D&B M2 wedges

  • Whitney Houston 2010

    Whitney Houston hit Australia for her first tour here in over 20 years. JAS was asked to supply the D&B J system while the monitor and FOH package came from 8th Day sound.

    DATES

    Wednesday, 24 February – Sydney
    Saturday, 27 February – Hunter Valley
    Monday, 1 March – Melbourne
    Thursday, 4 March – Adelaide
    Saturday, 6-7 March – Perth

    SYSTEM

    60 x D&B J8/12 line array boxes.
    12 x D&B J-subs.
    6 x D&B B2
    8 x D&B Q7

    JAS Crew

    FOH system tech: Doug Pringle
    Audio system tech: Eric Sanderson-Evans

  • Rob Thomas 2010

    Rob Thomas hit Australia for the first time on a solo tour and a D&B system was requested. Jim Yakaistori contacted us and mentioned he was keen to us the J system and ran us through what he was looking for. It ended up being quite a substantial setup.

    JAS supplied 2 x 96ch Digidesign console systems with 2 x HD3 pro-tools recording/playback systems.

    A surprise at the Melbourne show was INXS who turned up and played the last 3 songs with Rob Thomas with a hint of what might be coming later in the year.

    The tour ran through a combination of arenas and wineries throughout Australia.

    DATES

    February 12-13

    SYSTEM

    48 x D&B J8 & J12 line array boxes.
    16 x D&B J-Subs. There was a combination of flown and ground sub J-subs.
    16 x D&B M2 wedges
    Digidesign 96ch FOH console
    Digidesign Pro-tools HD3 system FOH
    Digidesign 96ch FOH monitor console
    Digidesign Pro-tools HD3 system Monitors

    JAS crew

    FOH system tech: Doug Pringle
    Monitor system Tech: Conor Dunne
    Audio system tech: Nicholas Brunney

  • Manson, Minnelli and Gray 2009

    Marilyn Manson Tour Oct 2009

    Dates

    October 5, 7, 10, 14, 17 2009

    Marilyn Manson rocked through Australia for another full-on tour. The system was made up of a 32 box V-Dosc system along with 24 x SB218 subs and a Digidesign D-show out front.

    The monitor system included D&B M2 wedges, L-Acoustics ARC side-fills and a PM5DRH console.

    JAS crew

    FOH system tech: Craig Gordon
    Monitor system Tech: Mathew “Boz” Boaro
    Audio system tech: Shaun Ayles

    Liza Minnelli Tour Sept 2009

    Dates

    October 16-17, 21, 23, 25, 30 2009
    November 2 2009

    Liza Minnelli returned to Australia after a 20 year hiatuses. A nice quiet affair for all to be had! A pleasant change from Slayer and Manson that week!!
    The system supplied was a V-Dosc system with a Digidesign Profile out front.
    The monitor system comprised of a PM5D console and the Wayloud wedges for Liza.
    We supplied 16 x Nexo PS8 wedges for the orchestra as personnel monitors

    JAS Crew

    FOH system tech: Josh DeJong
    Monitor Operator: Alan Mourant

    David Gray Tour Sept 2009

    Dates

    13 & 15 Oct 2009

    David Gray flew through Australia for a quick promo tour.
    D&B J line was requested and supplied for the Hammer Hall show.
    We supplied a console and monitor package for the other shows.
    Analogue was recalled for FOH with a Midas H3000 and lots of that stuff we love. The monitors ran from the PM5D with the M2 wedges everywhere else.

    JAS Crew

    FOH system tech: Tristan Johnson
    Monitor system Tech: Conor Dunne