Hello; Look who is back on the cover.

This is not the first time that Adele has been featured on the cover of TPi – no surprise really if you look back at her history of truly outstanding live productions. However, with Adele in Munich [p28], the singer and her dedicated army of creatives and crew demonstrated the outer limits of what an outdoor performance can be. Jacob took a flight to Munich and spent two days with all the various departments to learn how this juggernaut of a show came together, breaking the Guinness World Record for the Largest Continuous Outdoor LED Screen not to mention the highest attendance of any concert residency outside Las Vegas with over 730,000 tickets sold.

Not content with just one Production Profile – and in what has become a very topical story due to recent events – Jacob also paid a visit to Co-Op Live to see Liam Gallagher and his loyal crew celebrate the 30th anniversary of Oasis’ defining debut album, Definitely Maybe [p70]. Surely the biggest thing to happen for Oasis fans in 2024…

Meanwhile, Alicia took her first ever trip to Glastonbury and has returned with an onsite report of this year’s production highlights from the Pyramid stage and the Arcadia Spectacular [p48]. She also got to check-in with Leeds upstarts Yard Act as they put on an incredible hometown show for Millennium Square. [p88]

Also making a welcome return to TPi’s pages, Ste Durham headed to Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl to interview the crew behind the phenomenal Jungle, midway through their summer of varied performances [p80].

Not wanting to miss out on the fun, I got to sit down with Andrea Bocelli’s FOH Engineer, Davide Lombardi, to hear how he tackled the audio challenge for the maestro’s stunning 30th anniversary show in the valleys of Tuscany [p14].?

As you can see, this is a bumper issue when it comes to on-site coverage, but it’s not all AAA passes and backstage interviews. We also check-in with the team at PRG UK to hear about the company’s take on the current global live events market and some of the personnel changes that have happened within their ranks [p112]; we hear from James Godbehear of Cadac Consoles who discusses the company’s massive rebrand and new product line [p96]; Allen & Heath’s Nic Beretta and Anthony Evans fill in TPi on the latest update for the dLive platform [p118]; and we have a follow-up on last edition’s counterfeit piece, with Christian Hertel of MADRIX weighing in on the issue [104].?

Until next time,

Stew Hume?

Editor