All three headline acts on The Other Stage, The Prodigy, Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party, used a range of Sennheiser equipment, while Lily Allen, N*E*R*D and the Black Eyed Peas all shone through a weekend of changeable weather with Sennheiser's help. In addition, Sennheiser's G3 products were given their UK festival debuts when Dizzee Rascal took to the Pyramid Stage with an SKM 935 G3 and Mike Skinner of The Streets used an SKM 945 G3.
The John Peel Stage is Glastonbury's major showcase stage for emerging musical talent. The production team there employed e 935 wired mics and SKM 935 mics and EM 550 receivers for lead vocals, with a backline of e 900 mics, while ew 300 G2 IEMs were available for any band that requested them.
Mike Taylor was production manager on the John Peel Stage. He comments: "The John Peel Stage has had a long relationship with Sennheiser. It was one of the first stages to use the e 935 vocal mics prior to their release. Since then the John Peel Stage has been happy to use a compliment of nothing but Sennheiser mics and we have never had a single complaint. We see the same faces coming back year after year, and the reaction is always positive. Every year we have zero problems with the microphones we use, even after the abuse they get at Glastonbury.
"Everyone who used our stage was happy with using the Sennheiser IEMs. The feedback from our stage is always positive, even when people are weary at first of trying new equipment, they always leave with a big smile."
Over on The Park Stage Sennheiser e 935 wired mics and wireless SKM 935 mics with EM 550 receivers were used for lead vocals, with a wide range of e 900 series backline mics and another batch of ew 300 G2 IEMs.
On the Radio One Introducing Stage an e 840 lead vocal mic was teamed with a range of e 600 backline mics with typically successful results.
(Jim Evans)
