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25.07.2008 - Wedemark, Germany

Sennheiser Support South West Group At Glastonbury 2008

Sennheiser Global Relations and Sennheiser UK once again provided Tour Support at Glastonbury 2008, working with customer South West Group to provide a wide range of equipment and support for the John Peel, The Park and the BBC Introducing stages. This is the sixth year of this collaboration and it’s a combination that certainly works for South West Group MD Alister Pook who stated, “This partnership we’ve formed with Sennheiser is a win-win for both parties. I know the information they gain from being involved at this level is helping to make a great product even better, and it enables us to deliver the best possible solutions for the bands.”

After six years of working with South West Group it’s no surprise that those involved have seen some changes occurring. “This year we were running Sennheiser evolution 300 Series IEMs with 500 Series radio mics, all with 935 capsules,” commented monitor engineer Mike Taylor. “All wired mics were also e 935s, and instrument mics were from the Sennheiser evolution range. I’ve been doing this gig for many years now and it’s encouraging to see the increasing amount of Sennheiser mics being specified year on year. People are finally getting out of the dark ages and actually listening to how mics sound.”   Indeed it was noticeable just how many bands across all stages were using Sennheiser, including Seasick Steve, The Raconteurs, The Feeling, Editors, The Hoosiers, Mark Ronson, King Of Leon and many more. One up and coming band playing on the John Peel stage were “Psycho Baby” and lead guitarist Richard Weaver was very happy with his Sennheiser experience, “The sound on stage was amazing. I’ve never used the e 935 before but it sounded amazing.”   During the Glastonbury weekend the John Peel stage was again the one to play, with some of the hottest bands around packing them in,

Katie White of The Ting Tings playing the John Peel stage at Glastonbury 2008 Photo credit: Richard Minter

including Hadouken, The Kills, The Cribs, The including Hadouken, The Kills, The Cribs, The  Futureheads, Biffy Clyro and The Ting Tings, whose FOH engineer Johnny Dodkin said, “It was great seeing the Sennheiser guys on site. Knowing we have their support at these festivals means a lot to myself and the band."

Even although the John Peel tent had virtually doubled in size from last year, the level of talent on show regularly meant that the crowd was bursting at the seams. With so many people eager to see the bands, the pressure was on the crew to turnaround the artists as swiftly as possible. “The backbone of the stage running so smoothly from a tech point of view was the Sennheiser Shout System,” commented Mike Taylor. “This was made up of FOH, Mons and Head patch on mics. All patch were on IEMs; this system worked great. We could link everyone in including broadcast radio, broadcast TV, record, and AV. They were able to hear in real time if there were any changes in the patch or anything else unexpected, and with the absence of any shouting, we were one of the calmest and together stages of the festival, with some changeovers taking less than 10 minutes.”

“It was a great weekend,” said Sennheiser UK’s Artist Relations Manager Phil Cummings. “I’d like to thank everyone involved including Mark Saunders from Global Relations, our Sennheiser UK team, Andy Lillywhite, Alan March and Rob Sales, as well as the entire crew working on the three stages we were involved with, especially Alister Pook, Julian Spear, Mark Bott and Mike Taylor.”

The Sennheiser Group, with its headquarters in Wedemark near Hanover, Germany, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems. The family-owned company, which was established in 1945, recorded sales of over €395 million in 2007, 83% of which were generated abroad. Sennheiser employs almost 2,000 people worldwide, around 55% of whom are in Germany. Sennheiser has manufacturing plants in Germany, Ireland and the USA and is represented worldwide by subsidiaries in France, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark (Nordic), Russia, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico and the USA, as well as by long-term trading partners in many other countries. Also part of the Sennheiser Group are Georg Neumann GmbH, Berlin (studio microphones), K + H Vertriebs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Klein + Hummel studio monitors, installed sound) and the joint venture Senn-heiser Communications A/S (headsets for PCs, offices and call centres).

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