Thus, on 10 and 11 May this year, four separate stages and thousands of music fans descended on Mote Park, in the Kent county town of Maidstone, to enjoy a bill headlined by Madonna. But more true to the traditional Roadshow ethos was the Outdoor Stage, which featured a range of DJ performances and a large Turbosound Aspect PA system.
Headlined by Fatboy Slim and Zane Lowe respectively, the Saturday and Sunday bills on the Outdoor Stage featured a wide cross-section of DJ talent - of both the musical and radio presenter varieties.
The ground-stacked audio system was supplied by Britannia Row and comprised an FOH system of nine TA-890H and nine TA-890L per side, with eight TSW-218 subs. Onstage monitoring was by six TFM-450 wedges, two TQ-308DP and three TQ-425SP. Control was by a pair of XTA DP448s, with Powersoft amplifiers driving the system.
"It was a straightforward system," says Brit Row's Roly Oliver. "Set up time was limited, but the sound quality was great."
(Jim Evans)
