"It's a big challenge getting spoken word to 16,000 people in the MEN," suggests Rory Madden, owner of sound and light company Sonalyst and a veteran touring sound engineer in his own right. "If the audience miss one word in the punchline, they've lost the entire joke. You've got to have the right equipment.
"Al Ashford, our front of house guy, and myself went through all the mics together and we were very happy with the Sennheiser mic. The clarity of spoken words seemed to be a lot better than through the other mics, especially in these vast arenas."
Brand's Scandalous tour returns to the UK for its conclusion at the O2 Arena on Friday 7 April.
See Sennheiser UK at PLASA Focus, Leeds - 28-19 April 2009.
(Jim Evans)
