Vans Warped Tour 

Sep 1, 2003, by Sarah Benzuly and Breean Lingle

The Vans Warped Tour is reportedly the largest festival tour currently running in North America, bringing the top names in modern punk — Rancid, Andrew W.K., Sum 41, Dropkick Murphys, The Used, Pennywise, Less Than Jake and so many others — together on four stages....

Charlie Hunter 

Aug 1, 2003

FOH engineer/tour manager Steve Lary has worked on several of Charlie Hunter's tours. Over time, Hunter has morphed his ensemble from a simple duo to a trio and back to the original quintet....

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Aug 1, 2003

Sheryl Crow

FOH Engineer/Console: Bruce Knight/Midas XL4

Monitor Engineer/Console: Geno Salerno/Yamaha PM-1D

P.A./Amps: Clair Bros....

On the Road 

Aug 1, 2003

Founder of Rat Sound, Dave Rat mixes FOH and supplies systems for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose By the Way tour began in April of last year....

Lou Reed 

Aug 1, 2003, by Robert Hanson

Touring in support of his latest releases, The Raven and NYC Man: The Collection, Lou Reed pulled into San Francisco's Warfield theater in June....

The Foo Fighters 

Aug 1, 2003, By Candace Horgan

Not many performers have won a Grammy Award^™ while playing for different bands, let alone playing different instruments in those bands, but Dave Grohl accomplished that feat when the Foo Fighters won the Best Rock Album Grammy in 2001 for There is Nothing Left to Lose....

AFI 

Jul 1, 2003, Steve Jennings

On the first leg of what promises to be a long tour, Bay Area rockers AFI made a splash with two sold-out nights at San Francisco's re-opened Avalon Ballroom....

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Jul 1, 2003

“Aida” on Broadway
Sound company: Masque Sound
Sound designer: Steve Canyon Kennedy
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