[New] NEW SIGHTS AND LONG-HAUL FLIGHTS

Just before we closed down for Christmas, I was looking through our joint team calendar and realised that for three consecutive weeks in November and December, at least one member of the Mondiale Media family would be in a different time zone. ‘What time is it over there?’ became my go-to opening WhatsApp message… Where have we been, I hear you ask? Well, while Pete was out in Saudi Arabia witnessing MDLBEAST Soundstorm [which you’ll be able to read all about in the February/March Edition of TPMEA], Jacob took two trips across the pond – first to LDI in Las Vegas, before representing TPi at THE Conference: Live at Lititz. Very much developing his patch as ‘Mr America’ in our office, Jacob reports back from his trip to Lititz on p16, and profiles Solotech’s Las Vegas base on p88.

Not wanting to miss out on Jacob’s American adventures, I also took the time to speak to the team behind Odesza following their North America tour. The EDM duo have been breaking the conventions of the genre by producing a truly ground-breaking live experience – and one that you should definitely check out [p52].

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, I took my first ever trip to Taiwan to meet our good friends at B’in Live and to witness the production splendour of JJ Lin’s Road to JJ20 [p28]. Celebrating 20 years of the Singaporean’s musical career, the production values, not to mention the crew’s dedication to the craft, was truly something to behold. I never thought when I started working for TPi that I’d find myself covering shows in Asia; it was a true ‘pinch myself’ moment, and I’m sure it won’t be the last… Watch this space.

A bit closer to home, Jacob pulled double duty, covering both the arena runs for Robbie Williams [p40] and Carl Cox [p58]. I also took some time to speak to the team behind 22live, a second-generation independent audio rental company providing something new to the pro audio landscape. With several familiar faces from the industry, it was great to hear their plans for the future as well as getting to see their gear in action on both The Australian Pink Floyd Show and Sigur Rós’ latest tours [p82].

Lastly, it’s with great pleasure that we can announce the shortlist for the TPi Awards 2023. Turn to p12 to see who the industry voted for, and don’t forget to book your tickets to avoid missing out on the industry’s favourite night of the year.

As amazing as it has been to collate all the votes every year and see which tours, companies and individuals have made the biggest impression on the industry, there’s still a slightly disheartening feeling that our shortlist doesn’t fully demonstrate the diversity that exists within the live events sphere. With this in mind, we are in the middle of creating a new framework for our voting system, which we hope to launch for the 2024 awards. We truly see the TPi Awards as the ‘industry’s awards’, so, if you have any suggestions as to how we might improve the voting process, we’d love to hear from you.

Until next time,

Stew Hume Editor

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