"We have partnered with Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Special Event Services (SES) for the K1 enclosures," says president Jason Alt, noting that Delicate has taken the same approach for tours in the past based on the broad acceptance of L-Acoustics' K1 system. In fact, Alt's success with K1 prompted him to order a K2 system for his own company.
Now, as Foo Fighters head out to play the remainder of their tour, the system's main hangs used for stadium dates consist of 16 K1 enclosures atop four K2 down enclosures per side, buttressed by either three delay towers using 16 K2s or two towers using 20 K2s, depending on the layout of the venue. In arenas, the system is slightly scaled back, with 14 K1 enclosures atop four K2 down boxes, 12 more K2 for out-fill arrays, five Kara enclosures for front-fill across the stage lip, and Kara and ARCS boxes for side-fills.
A total of 42 SB28 subs are deployed for the stadium shows and 14 for the arena system configuration. These are stacked, as per Foo Fighters' longtime FOH mixer Bryan Worthen's preference. LA8 amplified controllers housed in 12 LA-RAKs power and process all systems.
As for Foo Fighters' opening show in D.C., which celebrated the 20th anniversary of the band's debut album and followed sets from Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr., Heart, Joan Jett, LL Cool J, Trombone Shorty and RDGLDGRN, Alt adds, "The show went great. Bryan had a good show and was very happy at the end of the night. I got to mix the opening act, so it gave me chance to evaluate the system as well. I couldn't be happier with the K2 investment that Delicate has made and was blown away by the performance."
(Jim Evans)
