Some of the country's best-known stars were flown over from Pakistan, their performances broadcast live back to Asia via satellite link. Musical genres included pop, bhangra and folk music; top names included Abrar-ul-Haq, Hadiqa Kiyani, Ali Zafar and Jawad Ahmed.
For the 10,000-strong audience, London-based PA rental company Systems Etc provided an impressively small sound system, the new EV XLD compact line array, which delivered coverage throughout the huge square with just eight boxes per side (six XLD281 plus two XLC215 subs). Powered by EV's Precision Series amplifiers, the system delivered excellent coverage across the whole square, the company said.
The noise control enforcement team appreciated the ability of Electro-Voice's proprietary network management system IRIS-Net to trim the levels in each segment, in order to meet the requirements of the local authority, Westminster Council. Members of the audience and crew commented on the clarity and coverage of the XLD system, especially as no time was available to EQ the system, and Systems Etc technicians ran it flat using the factory presets.
(Jim Evans)
