Beginning in the middle of May with two nights at Glasgow Academy, the tour took in venues of varying sizes including Manchester Apollo, The Cambridge Corn Exchange, Portsmouth Guildhall, Carling Academy Birmingham, and Brighton Dome and carried 24 TA-890H three-way mid/high cabinets, 24 TA- 890L bass cabinets and eight TSW-218 subs, plus a substantial Turbosound stage monitoring system comprising TFM-450 wedges and TQ-445s for side fills. Control was via XTA DP448s and power from Turbosound-badged MC2 T-45 and T-25 amplifiers.
At Brixton Academy, the last and largest venue on the tour, the system comprised the entire compliment of TA-890H and TA-890L, along with the eight TSW-218s subs set up as a left and right flown four-way system with XTA DP448s as system control, plus a left and right ground stacked system running five-way, all powered by the T-45 and T-25 amplifiers. The monitoring system for the band was handled by 12 TFM-450 wedges - controlled via XTA DP226s and again driven by T-45 and T-25 amplifiers - on stage, with TQ-445s as side fills and TQ-425s on the drum fills.
"We had used Aspect on a couple of shows in the autumn," explains Hawkins. "I was impressed by the linearity of the system and the lack of need for any major work - I don't believe in EQing systems anyway, but with Aspect I immediately heard what I wanted to hear articulation-wise: where the crossover points are situated means that they aren't in any key information areas of the audio spectrum as far as vocal and guitars are concerned. This makes it great for a rock band."
(Claire Beeson)
