Israel - Tomorrow, 25 September, Paul McCartney will deliver a historic performance in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, nearly 43 years after the Israeli government banned The Beatles' show in 1965 for being too subversive. The highly anticipated occasion will be held at the city's Hayarkon Park, the site of concerts by Michael Jackson, U2, and Elton John. Slovenia-based Festival Novo Mesto and Israel's Kilim Electronics will provide a Meyer Sound system for the event.

The main system comprises two hangs of 14 Milo line array loudspeakers each, augmented by two side-fill arrays of 10 more Milo boxes each and several UPA-1P loudspeakers for front-fill. Forty-eight 700-HP subwoofers cover the low frequency and two towers of ten Mica line array loudspeakers each serve as delays.

"Paul's very much a live rock and roll player, and he approaches the songs from a very straightforward, old-school perspective," says McCartney's long-time FOH engineer Pab Boothroyd. "People have an attachment to these songs, and it's my job to reproduce it faithfully, with the vocals and the hooks as they expect to hear them.

"The Milo array does a great job of delivering that degree of accuracy, with a focus that will cover every seat in the house. And the Milo handles the full dynamic range, from the intimacy of Paul playing solo with an acoustic guitar, to the whole band rocking full on."

(Jim Evans)


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