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Going out with a bang!

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We may be looking back with the Festival Edit , however this issue also seeks to look firmly ahead. Our ‘future’ theme investigates what a sustainable tour might actually look like next year on page 38, while we put on our dancing shoes for our futuristic nightclubs special on page 48. Also, this issue’s round table panel comes together to break down what venues of all different shapes and sizes might look like in times ahead. We also go behind the mystical scenes of Dermot Kennedy’s The Weight of the Woods tour, which demonstrates how AV tools can be cleverly used to make vulnerable and intimate genres adapt to vast arenas. Our other touring feature ditches the forest for the universe, where we uncover the technical secrets to Brian Cox’s recent world tour. I wanted to conclude by thanking everyone for supporting LIVE for another year – whether you’re a reader, advertiser or one of our amazing team that helps make it happen. We can’t wait to meet up with this wonderful industry again at ISE – and see what the new year has in store!

elcome to LIVE ’s final issue of 2026 – where you may have already noticed that we’ve decided to see

the year out in style. In a bid to get ahead of the ‘new year, new me’ rigmarole in January, the team at LIVE HQ have been hard at work behind the scenes to give us a fresh lick of paint ahead of 2027. From a bold new logo on the outside to a completely different look and feel on the inside, we’ve been so excited to share this next chapter of the magazine with you. And, what with woolly-scarf-and-warm-coat season now in full flow, we thought we’d torture ourselves and our readers by reflecting on what has been a simply sensational summer of sound. With music festivals around the world constantly thinking outside the ‘tent’ to push the boundaries of live production, we are delighted to share with you LIVE ’s Festival Edit 2026 . Our cover story delves into a special anniversary edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, while we also spotlight Coachella, CLOUT Festival, Electric Forest and plenty more besides! Be sure to check it out from page 8.

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