On November 5th, 2002, John Farnham embarked on a series of concerts that would see him perform in major Australian entertainment arenas and in his own 4,000-seater tent for the last time. imply titled ‘The Last Time’, the tour kicked off in Farnham’s hometown of Melbourne and toured capital cities and country towns across Australia, selling out 94 concerts to an audience totalling over 460,000 people. For eight months, ‘The Last Time’ tour packed 35 years of Farnham hits into a two and a half hour show.
The tent production received great reviews and the dV-DOSC System, supplied by Jands Production Services, provided excellent coverage. The system was configured ‘in the round’ using four arrays. Each array consisted of 9 dV-DOSC and 2 dV-SUBS powered by Crown MA5002 amplifiers. Four audio crew were supplied by JPS to do the entire eight month tour.
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College Hill Productions of Auckland New Zealand recently hosted a presentation of L-ACOUSTICS WaveFront Sculpture Technology (WST) products to invited guests including leading New Zealand promoters, venue managers and audio industry professionals.
Jands Production Services, the V-DOSC Network Rental Partner, has established a relationship with College Hill to supply L-ACOUSTICS systems in New Zealand. College Hill, who have a well earned reputation for providing quality service and equipment will now be able to meet the demands for V-DOSC rental from both local and overseas productions.
The launch was conducted outdoors at Auckland’s Western Springs Stadium and, undeterred by a flash thunderstorm, guests were able to witness firsthand, the remarkable power, pattern control and near field response of L-ACOUSTICS products including V-DOSC, dV-DOSC, ARCS, and SB218s.
Peter Ratcliffe and Wyn Milsom of Jands attended the launch and after the demonstration provided guests with an introduction to WaveFront Sculpture Technology (WST).
“As the Network Rental Partner for Australia and New Zealand we are very pleased to be working with College Hill,” says Peter Ratcliffe, of Jands. “They are a very professional company who have committed considerable resources to bring L-ACOUSTICS technology to New Zealand and to have their staff trained in it’s operation”.
“Every time I listen to the L-ACOUSTICS products I am reminded of how good they are,” says Chris Tate, General Manager of College Hill. “We wanted to be able to provide our customers with state-of-the-art technology. We wanted a product that would be suitable for Touring, Corporate, Theatre and Special events. L-ACOUSTICS offers a solution for all these applications.”
For V-DOSC rentals in New Zealand visit the College Hill Website.

With Roadshow Entertainment, in conjunction with Jacobsen Entertainment, recently releasing ‘The Man From Snowy River Arena Spectacular’ on DVD here are some images and brief info on the Jands Production Services sound system used for the event.
The Man From Snowy River Arena Spectacular was a musical, a rock concert, a rodeo and an arena spectacular like no other. Based on the legendary Banjo Patterson poem and inspired by the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Jands Production Services was hired to design and provide a sound system and operators/crew to meet the challenge of the this large scale technically sophisticated production.
The ‘Man From Snowy River’ Arena Spectacular showcased, for the first time in Australia, the L-ACOUSTICS dV-DOSC and dV-SUB System. The Production toured Australian arenas for a period of 8 weeks visting five major Cities.
The Production received great reviews and the dV-DOSC System provided excellent sound coverage. The system was configured ‘in the round’ using four arrays. Each array consisted of 9 dV-DOSC and 2 dV-SUBs. Flown behind each cluster were JPS flying amp racks containing Crown MA5002’s.
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