Well.....
I have recently been involved with the renovation of one of Manchesters "legendary" music venue's - the Band on The Wall.
Having spent many a happy evening there before it closed, when the chance came a while ago to have some input into its relaunch, I jumped in. As a result, an adjacent building, renamed The PictureHouse, is now the proud user of two pairs of BeoLab 4000's and three BeoVision 7's.
This building has multiple uses - part box office, part arts centre and educational resource, and part pre/post-gig bar. The BeoVisions are being used to show archived footage from gigs held in the adjacent venue - as well as listing information etc. The relaunch gig was last Friday - Mica Paris was the main act, and she was excellent (she also owns a set of Pentalabs, apparently!)
Anyway...the reason I mention this is that as part of our "arrangement", King Street has the opportunity to use this space for events - so perhaps a speaker comparison event would be suitable. Its a big enough room to seat well over 100 people, with room to spare, and it already has a headstart - with a Bsnd 4 driving 2 pairs of Beolab 4000's.
However, event no 1 will (probably) be a BeoVision 10 Launch - but I'll have a think - it might be a plan for spring 2010.
The Band on the Wall really is a splendid venue - now fully restored and with an excellent line up over the coming few months.
Its run by a charity called Inner City Music - and the building has been remodelled to accomodate Education Rooms for community use, as well as having links to 15 local schools - if your able to visit, its worthwhile both for the music and the fact it is run for the right reasons - highly recomended
If fact, in about a month the first of an ongoing series of "Bang & Olufsen of King Street presents..." gigs is on Nov 27th...details here
http://bandonthewall.org/events/50/
Any suggestion, feel free to reply here, or via PM.
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