The summer of 2010 has seen the reopening of Europe's largest open air theatre in Scarborough, North Yorkshire...

The infamous Mission from Gadd Tour opens its doors to audiences throughout the UK and Ireland in September.

"So ... its been a funny couple of weeks, it started with a fairly open looking diary and a gentle pace (my preferred pace) and was interrupted with a very late night call from M...

Glastonbury must be the Holy Grail of festivals, especially for a new band. Patch William got the chance this year and on the events 40th birthday no less!

The festival season is now well under way!  The 40th Glastonbury festival happened at the end of June where many big names performed to the huge crowds.  A plethora of Yamaha gear was used throughout the weekend from the main stag...

The new Yamaha DSR series, including the compact and lightweight full-range DSR112, DSR115 and DSR215, along with the DSR118W subwoofer, deliver class-leading power, digital sound processing, plus the all-new D-CONTOUR multi-band dynamic processi...

As part of our monthly podcast we have featured many bands for our 'Band for a Grand'.  Each month we invited an unsigned band into Yamaha HQ to record one of their original tracks on a selection of Yamaha gear, which when all added together wa...

You're obviously already using the best Yamaha PA speakers for your gig... but what about your speaker stands?

Earlier this year we saw the flagship Yamaha CP1 Stage Piano with its ground breaking 'SCM' technology arrive at stores across the UK. Well now its the versatile CP5 and compact CP50 that have landed and complete the '5 strong' line-up of CP's.

Wednesday 26^th May sees the world famous British Science Museum open its doors for the next offering in their 'Lates' series of adults-only events. The 'Science of Genius' is a one-off night to explore the nature of genius in a...

This year sees the 40^th anniversary of the world-famous Glastonbury Festival, and legendary host and founder Michael Eavis has taken the opportunity to team up some of the biggest names in world music with the next ...

Hi everyone! Last time we spoke I was just finishing off Anastacias summer tour and was starting with the Sugababes. Over the last 8 months I had a load of fun playing and gigging with them, and also with both Jay Sean and Jason Derulo for t...

In amongst all the hype that surrounded singer Susan Boyle, it's sometimes overlooked that she didn't actually win the 2009 series of televised talent show Britain's Got Talent. That honour went to dance troupe Diversity, which has just com...

Hi Guys. So the blog this time comes a week or so into the Rihanna Arena tour where I'm with Pixie Lott who is the main guest/support artist.

Reporting from a lobby in central London after a night without sleep about to leave for brighton. We've just come through the two London shows at the Hammersmith Apollo relatively unscathed – in face I think we did pretty well….t...

On Saturday 19th June 2010 the first annual sports and music event in aid of the Princes Trust and Rob Williams Enterprise Fund will take place at Beaumont School.

Here is Yamaha Artist Hannah Vasanth at the production rehearsals for the Rihanna tour coming up this month!

Yamaha announce the new BR 'Bass Reflex' series of passive speakers - an all new 5-strong range of front of house and monitor speakers designed for discerning musicians and institutions on a budget.

So…welcome to the mika tour 2010 reporting from Glasgow (Edinburgh's poorer cousin - only joking - but really it is….). The five of us are sitting in the most basic of basic dressing rooms at the 02 (think millennium dome divided by a mill...

On Thursday April 1st ChildLine Rocks returns with an incredible one off line up of 'The Enemy', 'Carl Barat' and 'Reverend and the Makers' playing live to raise money for ChildLine on behalf of ChildLine Rocks.

Early 2010 saw some of rock music's brightest new talents take to the road around the UK and Ireland on Kerrang! magazine's Relentless Energy tour. Comprising 11 shows in two weeks, with four bands playing each night, it was a tight schedule fo...

Established in 1990, The Junction is one of the premier venues in Cambridge, offering a vibrant array of music, theatre, comedy, dance and community productions. Fully engaged in supporting this diverse range of events are three Yamaha digital consoles...

Take one very successful comedian who happens to be a highly proficient musician; add a number of the UK's best regional orchestras; an Oscar-winning conductor and two Yamaha mixing consoles, put them all in a touring package and the result i...

Satellite broadcaster Sky TV continues to expand, thanks to its wide broadcasting remit and, in particular, it's high quality sports coverage. This has recently seen the company boost its already impressive collection of Yamaha digital mixing consoles ...

Bert is well known for his synthesizer demonstrations and keyboard playing skills, but this time there are no synths in sight. Using some stunning CGI technologies we got Bert to spend time with some of our leading pro-audio products to expla...

Want to win some amazing prizes that money can't buy?  Then listen up. ROCKPOOL.COM, the digital archive of all things music, wants you!  So, grab your mobile phones, grab your digital cameras and take up to 3 photos that capture the essence ...

An enthusiastic crowd were treated to an evening of explosive and inspiring performances at The Stables earlier (Monday Dec 7th) this week as Yamaha's search for the UK's top unsigned talent culminated in the five bands bidding to win Yamaha'...

Whether it's been the judges or Jedward, the 2009 season of television talent contest The X Factor has, as always, got the British public talking. And helping to get the contestants singing has been monitor engineer Fred Jackson and his trusty...

Jamie Cullum's new album 'The Pursuit' is already attracting critical acclaim and rising rapidly up the Album Charts, currently positioned at number 16 in the official UK album charts at the time we went to press. When Jamie's creative director Marc Si...

Yamaha artist Hannah Vasanth recently supported the new line up Sugababes in Radio 1's Live Lounge.

Just getting a ticket for the Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards at the 02 is pretty tough, but winning an award, obviously, is something else. Not only did Yamaha L-Series player Joe Bonamassa win Best Breakthrough Artist, but he was the first person ever to play at the Classic Rock awards show - putting his Yamaha LJX26C through it's paces in front of Rock Royalty including Jimmy Page, R...

Drummers, Producers, DJs, and beginners and experts alike will all welcome the superb new DTX-MULTI 12 from Yamaha. The most powerful all-in-one percussion device ever created, it brings the professional power, sound and creativity of the acclaimed high end DTX range to musicians at a highly affordable price.

The new POCKETRAK 2G Digital Pocket Recorder is ideal for all kinds of audio applications. Rather than simply listing these we thought it would be great to do a proper, real-life road test. This road-test however would not take place in the obvious band...

You've got yourself a mixer and now you're ready to use it.

Just plug everything in, twiddle the controls, and away you go ... right?

With two leading characters cast via a primetime reality television show, audience expectations of the new West End production of musical Oliver! were perhaps higher than for any other theatre show in history. But with three Yamaha digital consol...

American songstress P!nk has recently embarked on a high profile world arena tour to promote her latest album Funhouse. And to make sure all the musicians and dancers have the best foldback sound, monitor engineer Horst Hartmann is manning a Yama...

As Barack Obama took the oath of office, becoming the first African-American President of the United States, Yamaha digital consoles were specified for many of the high profile and historic events held in Washington, Los Angeles and New York.

Introducing Yamaha design concepts, philosophy and messages from our in house designers.

Read through this tutorial and pick up the essential basics that will help you get better performance and make better mixes.

If you want to be one of the first people in the UK to see the latest Yamaha products then read on. Yamaha and the organisers of the London International Music Show (LIMS) are offering two pairs of tickets that will get you into this ama...

The NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, will offer anything you need to help your business have its best year yet: All the latest musical instruments and-products from around the world, professional training from industry experts and the inspiration a...

Fancy a one stop portable and extremely affordable solution for your MP3 mobile phone to generate unrivalled sound quality anytime, anywhere? Then check out the recently introduced NX-B02 which has been awarded no less than 4 stars by STUFF magazine in ...

The Make It, Break It Awards (affectionately known as MIBI) is an annual songwriting contest for aspiring songwriters and musicians for 14 to 19's.