Shows
An overview of highlighted gigs and other work I have been a part of over the years
For the third year in a row I was asked back to come out on the EU/UK legs of the Lenny Kravitz tour. This time it was back to the formula of 2024, with the tour consisting festival shows in the first half and then our own arena shows on the end. The challenge with this run was getting the arena package prepped and ready before leaving for the festivals, while it also had to do perform other gigs until the arena run would start.
Festivals and venues played:
Firenze Rocks Festival
Arena Pula
USCE Park
Castle Clam
Feistival Pérouges
Festival de Nimes
Iberdrola Music Festival
Starlite Festival
Icónica Festival
La Nuit De L’Erdre
Luxexpo Open Air
Jazz Open Stuttgart
Bospop Festival
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Firenze, Italy
Pula, Croatia
Belgrade, Serbia
Klam, Austria
Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens, France
Nimes, France
Madrid, Spain
Marbella, Spain
Sevilla, Spain
Nort-Sur-Erdre, France
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Stuttgart, Germany
Weert, The Netherlands
Ergo Arena
Kauno Zalgirio Arena
Unibet Arena
Veikkaus Arena
Avicii Arena
Uber Arena
Lanxess Arena
Tipos Arena
Budapest Arena
Start in Town Festival
Lakelive Festival
Lokerse Feesten Festival
Arkea Arena
Crystal Palace
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Gdansk, Poland
Kaunas, Lithuania
Tallinn, Estonia
Helsinki, Finland
Stockholm, Sweden
Berlin, Germany
Cologne, Germany
Bratislave, Slovakia
Budapest, Hungary
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Biel, Switzerland
Lokeren, Belgium
Bordeaux, France
London, United Kingdome
Summer period means festivals. So besides being out as a visiting production, I also spent some time working some dutch festivals as a house production.
Some of these are: Appelpop, Paasdrift, Hard en Hollands, Brabantse Vrienden, Kingdance/Dance4Liberation Zwolle.
In my role as Lead PA tech my responsibilities where to be the main contact point for the SE (Frank Müller, from 8days a Week). Both in the pre production phase as on the tour. Pre production work included creating the tour package, building and configuring the amp racks. At the venues I would convene with the SE about the deployment and the venue logistics and then relay that information to the rest of the PA techs. The touring package consisted mainly of JBL VTX A12’s and S28’s driven by Crown I-Tech 4x3500HD and 12000HD’s
Venues played:
LDLC Arena
Zenith Nantes Metropole
OVO Arena Wembley
Galaxie
Hallenstadion Zürich
Olympiahalle
Wiener stadthalle
PreZero Arena Gliwice
02 Arena
Uber Arena
PSD Bank Dome
SAP Arena
ZAG Arena
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Lyon, France
Nantes, France
London, United Kingdom
Amnéville, France
Zürich, Switzerland
Munich, Germany
Vienna, Austria
Gliwice, Poland
Prague, Czech Republic
Berlin, Germany
Düsseldorf, Germany
Mannheim, Germany
Hannover, Germany
Royal Arena
Ziggo Dome
Sportpaleis
Paris, La Défense Arena
Unipol Arena
Unipol Forum
Le Dome de Marseille
Palais Nikaia
Movistar Arena
Meo Arena
O Gozo Festival
Navarra Arena
Arkea Arena
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Antwerp, Belgium
Paris, France
Bologna, Italy
Milan, Italy
Marseille, France
Nce, France
Madrid, Spain
Lisbon, Portugal
A Coruna, Spain
Pamplona, Spain
Bordeaux, France
For this show I was the all-round Audio Tech, as part of the tem from the rental company (story Event Engineering) that provided the audio package.
Besides the work that usually comes with working with an orchestra there where some unique aspects to this show:
– Managing ME-1 Personal Mixers for every musician in the orchestra, including making them comfortable using the system
– Running thoughtful cable runs for a large input count show, while being conscious of camera angles on a very open stage
On festivals, as part of the audio crew my primary role was to help tie in our own supplemental PA package when needed. As well as assisting in other duties during the show day when required by production, both within audio as outside.
Festivals and venues played:
Sporthalle Hamburg
By The Pond Fest
Vikingskipet Open Air
Tinderbox Festival
Ziggo Dome
Rock Werchter Festival
Les Eurockeennes Festival
Mains Square Festival
Musilac Festival
Piazza Napoleone
Umbria Jazz Fest
Moon & Stars Locarno
Montreux Jazz Festival
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Hamburg, Germany
Sanderfjord, Norway
Hamar, Norway
Odense, Denmark
Amsterdam The Netherlands
Werchter, Belgium
Sermamagny, France
Arras, France
Aix-Les-Bains, France
Lucca, Italy
Perugia, Italy
Locarno, Switzerland
Montreux, Switzerland
Colours of Ostrava
Tauron Arena Krakow
Atlas Arena Lódz
Jazzopen
Arena Pula
Papp Laszlo Sportarenfa
Athens Rocks
SRC Biljanini Izvori
Port of Burgas
Untold Festival
Castle Clam
Bussolladomanii
Monte Carlo Sporting Club
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Ostrava, Czech Republic
Kraków, Poland
Lodz, Poland
Stuttgart, Germany
Pula, Croatia
Budapest, Hungary
Athens, Greece
Ohrid, Macedonia
Burgas, Bulgaria
Cluj, Romania
Sperken, Austria
Lido Di Camaiore, Italy
Monte-Carlo, Monaco
As part of the Dutch Armed Forces, the “Johan Willem Friso” Royal Military Band is an orchestra consisting of 50 musicians divided over percussion, brass and woodwind sections. As part of the audio team I perform multiple roles on a show day. Starting the day with rigging and flying the PA and setting up the amp racks, afterwards going on to wire up the stage racks and other gear. To then laying down stage infra, setting up mics, placing them and patch them.
The orchestra plays a variety of different shows, from theaters and outdoor, to sporting halls and special events.
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