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Company applications close this Friday🏆

There’s only a few days left to get your company in the running for the TPi Awards 2027!

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🎟️ Tickets for the TPi Awards 2027 are also on sale. Join us on Monday 22 February at Evolution, London!

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Having cut his teeth preparing and maintaining technical equipment for some of the world’s biggest tours, Sam Pemberton, Director at Make Noise Pro Audio, has turned his proficiency in taking apart old or broken kit and giving it a new lease of life into a business.

In 2020, he formally established Make Noise Pro Audio, which he modestly referred to as a “selfish venture” to learn more about gear. Speaking exclusively to TPi, the service engineer turned entrepreneur shares the brand’s unique approach to reconditioning, and now, renting outboard equipment to the studio and live sector.

Read the full story in TPi #295 or here: https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpi_295_september_october_26/96

Company Applications close in one week!

There’s still time to get your company in the running for the TPi Awards 2027. Showcase the incredible work you’ve delivered over the past year and give your team the recognition they deserve.

🔗 Apply now via the link in bio

🎟️ Join us on Monday 22 February at Evolution, London!
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With 42 open-air shows programmed taking place between June to August, the stunning surroundings of The Piece Hall in Halifax have become a familiar backdrop for gig-goers over the summer period with the likes of CMAT, David Byrne and Turnstile’s respective touring production teams descending on the Grade One-listed site in recent weeks, firmly putting Yorkshire on the live music map.

Production Manager, Martin Hudson takes TPi behind the scenes of The Piece Hall’s new sound system...

🌱 The Green Award is now open for entries!

The Green Award recognises companies making sustainability a priority across the live events industry. From reducing environmental impact to finding more sustainable ways of working, it’s a chance to showcase the positive changes your company is making.

Have you been making strides towards a greener future? Get your entry in!🌍

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🎟️ Tickets for the TPi Awards 2027 are also on sale. Join us on Monday 22 February at Evolution, London!

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Company applications are now open! 🏆

It’s time to get your company in the running for the TPi Awards 2027.

Get your application in and give your team the recognition they deserve!

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Tickets for the TPi Awards 2027 are also on sale!

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📅 Monday 22 February 2027
📍 Evolution, London

We often write about people entering into the world live events. However, what happens when it’s time to get out?

Retirement, burnout, health, changing technology. . . or simply reaching the point where you’ve had enough. Whatever the reason, leaving live events can mean walking away from far more than a job. It can mean leaving a community, a lifestyle and an identity built over decades. So, where’s the exit strategy?

In The BACK LOUNGE’s latest TPi Magazine feature Suzi Green explores a conversation that’s rarely had in the open: how does the sector better support the people who have spent years making our industry happen when they’re ready to step away?

“If people are our greatest asset”, Suzi Green writes ✍️ “. . .that responsibility shouldn’t end when the final show does.”

🔗: https://www.tpimagazine.com/the-back-lounge-stepping-away-from-touring

Over a decade since their debut, TWICE’s THIS IS FOR WORLD TOUR saw the nine-member powerhouse K-pop group tour a 360° stage show for the first time. With the stage setup featuring extended runways, B-stages, and multiple performer lifts, the rigging department was put through its paces.

Head Rigger and Owner of Ronin Rigging, Clay Hutson, was onboard to take the show worldwide with over 200 rigging points, a mother grid of over 98,000lbs, and an overall show weight of 205,000lbs. “I have done a few K-pop tours and shows now and the standard is always very high, so I am grateful to be involved in these innovative shows – TWICE being no exception to that,” Hutson began. “Even though we were travelling through different-sized venues, which required different rigging configurations, we made sure the look and feel of the show didn’t suffer for it.”

Leading a team of five touring riggers, Hutson also had the help of 36 local crew members on a day-to-day basis to assist with the rig, supplied by Five Points Rigging, which featured 570ft of Tyler Truss Systems GT truss, 233ft of Fuse Square PreRig, 360ft of TAIT Mother Grid, 160 LIFTKET Direct Drive 1T, 44 Direct Drive 2T, 16 Direct Drive 1.2T, 56 TAIT Nav Hoists and 60 Broadweigh load cells.

https://www.tpimagazine.com/twice-this-is-for-rigging/