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volume 6 issue 7 2013 MUSEThe Unsustainable Tour Brilliant Stages Truly Living Up To Their Name Stageco Built On A Solid Foundation Plus Inside: XL Video Prevost Getting the Vision Right DPA Microphones Bandit Lites Quantum SFX Mojo Barriers Quantum Leap Into the Future CONTENTS vol.6 issue 7 2013 In The News 33 Years of Safety and Quality Prevost Updates Mobile Apps, Brilliant Stages: 4 Volvo Group Introduces Apps 12 Truly Living Up To Their Name DPA Microphones Rock With Stageco: 6 Metallica’s Big Mick 16 Built On A Solid Foundation Bandit Helps Light the ‘Fuse’ XL Video: 8 For Keith Urban and Yahoo 18 Getting the Vision Right Mojo Barriers- Quantum SFX: Chaos 10VisualTomorrowWorld Productions 20 Quantum Leap Into the Future Feature Story Lights, Camera, Action 22 MUSE The UnsustainableBeyoncé Tour 28 MUSE CREW FROM THE Publisher This issue is a source of personal pride for me. 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The Prevost Locator App, which provides an easy way to locate a Prevost ser- The Volvo Group has introduced a new online game called Trans- vice provider anywhere in North America, has added some new porters. In Transporters you get behind the wheel of one of the functionality. Volvo Group’s wide range of vehicles and carry out a number of assignments. By picking up objects and avoiding obstacles in a va- The ‘service level’ for each of the 160+ providers is now dis- riety of environments, you take part in a virtual journey through played, letting users know what coach services are offered by each the everyday operating world of the Volvo Group. service provider. Additionally, each service provider pin on the map is color-coordinated and icon-coordinated by category, so users can easily identify providers on the map by type. You can play Transporters on www.volvogroup.com/transporters or download the Prevost and Volvo Group Apps from Apple Apps Store or Google Play. The Prevost Tools App has been updated with some new resources. The Prevost Tools App puts access to many Prevost The Volvo Sustainability App describes Volvo Group’s ap- Service tools all in one handy application. These new buttons proach to Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability and have been added to the app: gives an overview of different projects and initiatives. • ‘My Bulletins’ gives users About Volvo Group access to a list of service bul- The Volvo Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of letins according to their specific trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial vehicles. engines. The Group, which employs about 115,000 people, has • ‘Contacts’ gives users a list production facilities in 18 countries and sells products in more of service team contacts and than 190 markets. Its core values are quality, safety and environ- an auto dial function for those mental care. reading the document on a phone. 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