Putting theory into practice, the students Sennheiser employees from the US, the UK, Denmark, India, Russia, China, Singapore and Germany learnt the nuances of RF equipment and potential problems before spending a full day installing and troubleshooting RF mics and IEMs for a nine-piece band under the watchful and demanding eyes of two very experienced live sound engineers. Digico donated their new flagship SD7 console for front of house, and a D5 for monitors, and with George Michael's monitor engineer Andy 'Baggy' Robinson and The Prodigy's Joe Campbell manning the FOH and monitor desks respectively, the team put together an RF solution enabling the band to perform a top-sounding concert for a marquee packed with friends, families and the Sennheiser team.
Proms Latest - Thousands of Doctor Who fans saw a specially-filmed scene starring David Tennant at a BBC Proms concert dedicated to the sci-fi drama. The concert featured music from the series, as well as classical favourites from composers including Holst and Wagner on the theme of space and time. The panto-style scene, showing Tennant addressing the 6,000-strong audience, was also shown on the show's website. The special scene was written by Russell T Davies, who masterminded Doctor Who's return to TV screens in 2005, told BBC News: "If you were in the Royal Albert Hall, you would have had a unique Doctor Who experience. It's fantastic because people queued in the heat and came a long way - I met someone who came here from Belgium."
Rolling News - The Rolling Stones have signed an "exclusive, long-term, worldwide" record deal with music giant Universal, the record company has announced. Universal, whose artists include Sir Elton John and the Scissor Sisters, said the Rolling Stones were "seminal musicians who have set the bar for all rock bands in their paths". Chief executive Doug Morris said: "There is no question that the Rolling Stones are one of the most important bands in music history. Their musical style and off-stage swagger have been emulated by countless others." The Stones, renowned for their extensive tours, were the highest-earning musical act in the world between June 2006 and June 2007. They made $88m (£44m), according to US business publication Forbes.
Retirement News - Mick Jagger is an old age pensioner - official. The Rolling Stones frontman turned 65 last week. The Daily Mail's Ray Connolly commented: "He's a collision of contradictions. The most outrageous, sexually ambiguous, tantalising rock singer ever who has spent 45 years consorting with a gang of druggie musical outlaws and pursuing legions of beautiful, rich girls, is also a keen cricket fan who runs his business with a penetrating grip on finance and his band's tours with a rod of iron. And, though once considered an anti-Establishment rock 'n' roll pariah, he's now a knight of the realm, an occasional film producer, and a keep-fit fanatic. He is, of course, Mick Jagger, the leader and de facto manager of the most famous surviving rock group in the world, the Rolling Stones."
And Connolly continued: "Quite whether there will be any more tours, following Ronnie Wood's recent fall from grace back into the bottle and teenage Russian Lolitas, might now be uncertain. For sure, Jagger won't be happy. People with a lot of self-discipline - before every tour he runs miles each day in order to get fit - rarely look kindly on those with less. Indeed, the story goes, despite the Stones' reputation for illegal substances, any member of the road crew found taking drugs w
