Britannia Row was the sound contractor for the Hyde Park concerts and Sennheiser's Phil Cummings and Tim Sherratt were in attendance on the first two days, to offer any assistance that Brit Row, the Kings of Leon or the support acts may have needed.
The array of Sennheiser equipment carried by KOL includes MD431 vocal mics, e 904s and e 614s on the drum kit and e 906s on the backline. Complementing these are 2000 series wireless guitar systems and 2000 in-ear monitors.
The band has been using Sennheiser equipment for five years, frontman Caleb Followill and his band mates switching to the MD431 for vocals last December.
"The MD431 fits Caleb's vocal well and it also helps with reducing the amount of wash from the cymbals," says the band's Front of House engineer Brent Rawlings. "No other company has offered to tailor a microphone to our singer's voice, the customer support is above and beyond what we would expect."
"We very much like the tone and the response of the 431s," adds monitor engineer Saul Skoutarides. "We even had a batch of them hand-delivered to Hyde Park, which was very much appreciated."
(Jim Evans)
