Commencing on 3 May at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the tour reunited one of the most successful rock groups from the 1990s, whose 1995 release Tragic Kingdom has sold more than 16m copies to date. In recent years, Stefani has enjoyed tremendous success as a solo artist. Sound Image supported Stefani's previous tours with a Vertec system, and once again specified Vertec for this summer's No Doubt tour.
The Sound Image audio crew reconfigured the large PA system for different environments, based upon architectural considerations in each building. For typical outdoor 'shed' venue situations, the main PA system contained up to 15 VT4889 full-size line array elements in each main L/R cluster, with an array of eight flown VT4880 full-size arrayable subwoofers and nine to 12 VT4889 elements per side in an auxiliary cluster. Four VT4880 subs were located in the centre barricade.
In arena scenarios, the system featured 15 VT4889 elements for each main cluster, along with eight flown VT4880 subwoofers, nine VT4889 elements in each auxiliary cluster and six VT4889 elements in the side-facing out-fill arrays, with an additional four VT4880 ground-stacked subs per side.
(Jim Evans)
