Organised by 46664, Nelson Mandela's global HIV AIDS awareness campaign, the concert was a celebration of Mr Mandela's 90th year and marked the 20th anniversary of the Free Nelson Mandela concert staged at Wembley in 1988. The concert also raised funds for his 46664 campaign to fight HIV and AIDS worldwide. This was the fifth 46664 concert that Sennheiser has supported, continuing a long standing relationship with the charity.
Working in association with the event's audio production company, Britannia Row, Sennheiser not only supplied equipment but also a high-profile technical team to the event, including Mark Saunders (global relations), Dave Hawker (UK technical director) and Sam Davison (UK service manager).
Sennheiser equipment supplied throughout the event included ew 300 G2 wireless monitoring systems, SKM 5200/EM 3532 radio microphone and receiver systems, SKM 935/EM 550 radio mic and receiver systems, evolution series wired microphones and Neumann wired microphones.
(Jim Evans)
