Rebecca St James is a hugely popular international artist. This was her only Scottish date of 2004. The concert took place in Destiny Church, Glasgow, where we have covered many different events over the years.

Rebecca travels with her own sound and lighting engineers, but we were responsible for supplying all the sound and lighting equipment to the tour specifications. This included a full FOH speaker system, FOH and monitor mixing boards, and intelligent moving lights. Destiny have a reasonable amount of technical equipment installed, so we used some of the church’s own lighting dimmers, and control lines. All video content was also handled by an in-house team.

Rebecca and her band were travelling from the previous night’s concert in Belfast, so arrived quite late in the afternoon. Time was at a premium, but we were prepared, so everything was ready, although people were working right up until the last minute.

Superhero provided support, a band which we have worked with many times in the past. They were setup and sound checked earlier in the day, and we mixed them using a separate desk from Rebecca’s band, so that all settings were the same between sound checks and the actual performance.

Superhero were the only band using standard wedge monitor speakers, as Rebecca and all of her band use in-ear monitoring. This meant that a total of sixteen monitor sends had to be provided (eight artists, each with a stereo mix). In addition to the wireless monitor system, there were a total of eight other radio systems in use, meaning that there were a lot of radio frequencies to manage.

The gig was a sell-out, and the church was packed full right from the moment doors opened. The concert was very successful, with a great response from the crowd.