A star-studded and eclectic line up took over the Royal Albert Hall for the duration of the 10-day event, including Suede, Noel Gallagher, JLS, The Specials, Arctic Monkeys, The Who and Them Crooked Vultures, to name but a few in an exceptional line up.
Throughout this anniversary series of gigs, Shure was to the fore with their newly launched PSM900 wireless Personal Monitoring System. London-based Entec Sound and Light provided the PA for the event, as they have done since the very first TCT event back in 2001.
"We'd already heard demonstrations of Shure's PSM900, and it was immediately obvious from the sound quality that we had to showcase them at the Teenage Cancer Trust shows," says Liam Halpin, Entec's Audio technical manager and crew chief for TCT. "TCT gives us an opportunity to put new products to the test in fairly intense situations. And everybody that used the units at the TCT gigs was blown away, many commenting that the new CueMode feature is something that they had been waiting for someone to implement."
"I had the pleasure of using Shure's new PSM900 at TCT this year and was amazed at just how good they sounded," said Magic, Entec's on-site monitor engineer for TCT 2010. "The setup of PSM900 was very easy using the scan function built-in to the packs. It immediately found clean spectrum and after I synced the info via infra-red back into the transmitters I was ready to go in no time."
The Who wrapped up the 10-day event with a spectacular performance of Quadrophenia. Roger Daltrey, The Who front man and TCT patron, said, "When The Who first got together in 2000 to raise money for this brilliant charity, I had no idea we'd achieve so much from these shows. In the last 10 years we've raised over £8.7m and counting. Teenage Cancer Trust has come such a long way since our first gig and I'm extremely proud of this event."
(Jim Evans)
