Comprising twelve dates in Nottingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and London, SSE supplied the tour's audio requirements with Turbosound veterans Britannia Row supplying the monitor system, including Turbosound NuQ-15s, self-powered TA-500DP Aspect Wides and, in Glasgow and London, self-powered NuQ-12DPs.
The Fratellis like the sound levels on stage to be relatively high, so one three-way TA-500DP was used each side of the stage as a side-fill, along with nine 15" 2-way bi-amped NuQ-15s on the stage as wedge monitors - three pairs across the front, one each side of the drummer and one by bass guitarist Barry Fratelli's backline equipment.
"Turbosound's development director Dominic Harter suggested I try the NuQ-15s, partly because they have similar performance to the TFM-450s but are a little lighter," says the band's monitor engineer Antony King. "And the band really liked them. What I like is the fact that you can move away from them, but you can still hear that they're there - the sound doesn't just disappear as it does with many monitors. They're perfect for theatre-sized venues and I will certainly be specifying them for the next tour."
(Jim Evans)
