Neil Tennant
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Neil Tennant uses an Apple MacBook Pro during his downtime for relaxation, as evidenced by images found in a Google search.
According to Fenton, Neil Tennant and three backup vocalists sing through Shure SM58 capsules on the new UHFR wireless systems. For in-ear monitors, Tennant has two pairs of Ultimate E5s; all the IEM systems are Sennheiser G3s
He Used In Electric Tours 2013-2015
He Used In Mnet Asian Music Awards 2015
He Used In Los Angeles Wiltern In 26 September 2015 With Brandon Flowers And Played Song "Rent"
In the official live video for "The Sodom And Gomorrah Show," Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys is associated with a signature version of the Fender Precision Bass, played by Nic Clow during their Fundamental Tour.
"Neil Tennant had a Shure KSM9 hand-held mic (set to a super-cardioid pattern)"
Neil Tennant used the Ultimate Ears UE 18+ Pro in-ear monitors during the Pet Shop Boys' "Inner Sanctum" performance at the Royal Opera House in London, part of The Super Tour in 2018, as seen in the YouTube video.
According to Fenton, Neil Tennant and three backup vocalists sing through Shure SM58 capsules on the new UHFR wireless systems. For in-ear monitors, Tennant has two pairs of Ultimate E5s; all the IEM systems are Sennheiser G3s. Chris Lowe prefers Sony headphones and a Shure hardwire system for parts of the show, Fenton continues, but mainly relies on his pair of L-Acoustics MTD108P near-fill monitors, which sound amazing.
Neil Tennant uses the Shure UR4D+ Wireless Receiver during the Super Tour from 2016 to the present, as noted in the DIGICO MEXICO Facebook group.
He Used In The Super Tour 2016-Present
He Used In The Super Tour 2016-Present
He Used In The Super Tour 2016-Present
Neil Tennant has used the Shure ULXD2/SM58 wireless microphone during the Super Tour from 2016 to the present, as noted in the DIGICO MEXICO Facebook public group.
We started with the bass line and drum pattern and then began adding keyboards,” Julian Mendelsohn recalls. "A lot of that was Fairlight, some of it was Roland rackmounted units, and after we recorded a guide vocal with a Neumann U87 we just built the track up from there. At one point, I remember taking a Nagra to Brompton Oratory [nickname of the Church Of The Immaculate Heart Of Mary on Brompton Road in South Kensington]. So that may be where we recorded the Catholic mass
In the 2018 Pet Shop Boys performance at the Royal Opera House, Neil Tennant used a Shure ADX2/K9N wireless microphone, as seen in the "Inner Sanctum - It's a Sin" YouTube video.
Neil Tennant uses the Shure AD2/SM58 wireless microphone, as seen in the Pet Shop Boys performance of "Always On My Mind" at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2019, available on YouTube via BBC Music.
Neil Tennant has used the Shure Axient AD4Q wireless microphone during the Super Tour from 2016 to the present, as documented in a post on the DIGICO MEXICO Facebook group.
According to engineer David Jacob in an interview about "West End Girls" published in International Musician & Recording World March 1986, he'd normally use a Sony 48 or AKG 414 or the Neumann TLM-170 for Neil's voice.
According to engineer David Jacob in an interview about "West End Girls" published in International Musician & Recording World March 1986, he'd normally use a Sony 48 or AKG 414 or the Neumann TLM-170 for Neil's voice.
He's used in Pet Shop Boys спели «Ой, мороз, мороз» и заговорили по-русски in 8 Dec 2016 and sing a songs "It's A Sin" and "Go West" on russian youtube channel "Авторадио"
Per this Sept. 15, 2019 feature in On The Set of New York:
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe met in a hi-fi shop on King's Road in Chelsea, London, in 1981. Tennant had purchased a Korg MS-10 synthesizer which sparked a conversation with Lowe.
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