The most anticipated weekend of the year, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, took place at the beginning of June in London with a roster of remarkable events, the centrepiece of which was the star-studded Jubilee Concert featuring performances from Queen and Adam Lambert, Ed Sheeran, George Ezra, Duran Duran, Craig David, Andrea Bocelli and many more.
Staged by BBC Studios for a live audience of 22,000, and broadcast to over 13 million viewers, DiGiCo consoles played a central role in an intricate audio design by Ben Milton Associates, that managed three discrete stages and complex time alignment.
Audio rental company, Britannia Row Productions, was appointed to realise the huge logistical challenge, which took place in the environs of Buckingham Palace, with the audio system for the landmark show spread across three independent stages in front of the Palace. The first stage, designed as a catwalk in the round, was constructed around the Queen Victoria Monument (QVM), with two further stages erected in front of the palace railings and linked to the circular stage by a walkway, one hosting orchestral-based content and the other rock and pop acts.