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

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.

International superstar Ronan Keating toured Australia in January 2010 for his first concert tour in six years. The Irish star performed indoor stadium concerts in Melbourne and Sydney, and seven ‘A Day On The Green’ winery events around the country.

JAS supplied a 48 cabinet L-Acoustics V-Dosc / dVDosc system for the arena shows and a smaller duplicate system for the wineries.

Dates

January 20 – February 2 2010

System

36 x V-Dosc
12 x dVDosc
24 x SB218 subs
8 x ARC
1 x Digidesign Profile monitor console
1 x Digidesign D-Show FOH console
12 x D&B M2 wedges

Duplicate speaker system

24 x V-Dosc
12 x dVdosc
24 x SB218 subs
8 x ARC

JAS crew

FOH system tech: Josh De Jong
Monitor system Tech: Dave Leggatt
Audio system tech: Otavio ‘Guto’ Santos