The recent Meatloaf European tour saw Sirius Showequipment AG field their Martin Line Array system. For the majority of venues the system was rigged with a main hang of 12 x W8L’s complemented by a side hang of between six and eight enclosures.

The largest set-up was in the Manchester Evening News Arena in the UK, with a combination of 14 main hangs and eight side hangs, confirms Sirius’s Holger Schader. At each venue they fielded 24 Sirius double 15in S1’s subs, set up in four positions along the downstage edge of the stage.

The W8L’s were driven by Martin MA 4.2 amplifiers, with a further column of four speakers powered by a set of three Martin MA 4.2 (plus an XTA DP 226).
Meatloaf´s FOH engineer, George Wherlin, sent one stereo mix for the main hang, the sub bins and the pitfills, and a seperate mono feed for the side hang.

System technicians for the tour were Klaus ‘Bob’ Bolender and Sven ‘Samson’ Geiger and Dirk Pinger. Production manager was Joe Lennane, stage manager Donny Gordon and head rigger, Patrick Ryan.