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FOH & mix engineer - Copenhagen
Dermot Kennedy
Zayn • Noah Kahan • Shawn Mendes
Troye Sivan • Westlife • DJ Shadow
🏃🏻‍♂️ with @nbrorunning

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North America Tour 2026 🌎 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🍁
Unfortunately, prematurely curtailed by illness (to the boss, he'll be okay). We will be back ASAPlease.
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Pics on Fujifilm x100s, Campsnap, phone (just for fun) or @joelstagg (professional)

Forest Hills Stadium NYC

DK5K run club. @joelstagg with the headcam

@sifrancis my guyyy ❤️
📷 @joelstagg

Atlanta cuties

You esss eyyyyy

Scorching Richmond Virginia

📷 @joelstagg

Tools

Just some hunks in BLOOD MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS (Georgia)

Helpful info for tour

Lower Manhattan

EK in Toronto

Another soundcheck hotty in Chicago

Shiny

Fenway Park (oldest ballpark in America)

Lake stroll Syracuse

What he would have wanted

That's all

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North America Pt.3 🇺🇸🇨🇦

1. “This ain’t Texas” 🎤
2. BirmingHAM
3. Venue dawwwg
4. Improvise. Adapt. Overcome!
5. “I’m the captain now”
6. “Just f**k me up fam”
7. Dead or alive 🎸🥁
8. 🔵🎗️🍻
9. ATL
10. The Vortex
11. Hustlin’
12. 🏌️
13. Brits abroad
14. More dives
15. 🤠
16. Broadway
17. Ahhh England… 🌧️

#guitartech #tour #backlinetech #dermotkennedy

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A testament to the effervescence of today’s music, the Montreux Jazz Lab is all about discovery. Previously known as the Miles Davis Hall, we roll back to the festival earlier this summer with engineer @willdonbavand holding down front of house for the colossal-voiced Dermot Kennedy on a Quantum 5 with Fourier Audio’s transform.engine!

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Two sold out nights at @avivastadium 🤯 Historic, electric, and truly surreal. The level of musicianship and care from every single person who makes these shows what they are is staggering. @dermotkennedy you deserve the world and have managed to cultivate something larger than life with this music. We were joined by the @thecranberries @mu_chamberchoir @ambleofficial and @aaronrowe__ who all helped make this a truly nuts couple of shows. Boy oh boy what a time.❤️
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@aoifmoloney 📸

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Dermot Kennedy UK/EU and Big Dublin Shows

Partner in SL crime @fitzylad on Mons
@willdonbavand @chris1drew FOH Barista and Systems
@solotech_uk_group providing the rig
@low_energy_matt for smiling more than me

Thanks to @geary_carrick for pulling together all the extras for Dublin with 70 RF channels, 24 choir mics, 4 guest mics and B-Stage

Should take a break now🫡

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Dermot Kennedy EU/UK + Download photo dump. Bunch of good eggs on both of these, much fun had.

Big speakers and fancy desks on both provided by @solotech_uk_group

#soundengineering #livesound #liveproduction #festival #tourlife

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BEYOND THE SPOTLIGHT ✨ | THE ZAYN ARCHIVES 01

A tribute to the incredible team behind every show.

Behind every great concert is an extraordinary team. Thank you to the band, the crew, and everyone whose months of hard work, dedication, and passion make every show unforgettable. Even if your efforts aren’t always in the spotlight, you’re the ones who bring every detail to life.

And when the show ends, your work continues, allowing us to relive every moment through photos, videos, and memories that keep the spirit of the team and Zayn alive. Thank you for making it all possible. Wishing you all the best throughout the rest of the Latin American tour. 🖤

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Detrás de cada gran concierto hay un equipo extraordinario. Gracias a la banda, al staff y a todas las personas que, con meses de trabajo, dedicación y pasión, hacen posible que cada noche sea inolvidable. Aunque muchas veces su esfuerzo no ocupa los reflectores, son quienes dan vida a cada detalle.

Y cuando el show termina, su trabajo también continúa, permitiéndonos revivir cada momento a través de fotografías, videos y recuerdos que mantienen viva la esencia del equipo y de Zayn. Gracias por hacerlo posible. Les deseamos mucho éxito en las próximas fechas de Latinoamérica. 🖤

Mgmt @tarynzim
Music Director @jonasjalhay
Production @247productions
Creative Producer @jennrapppearl
PM - George Doherty
@inbal_biron @lilbrylewski @lukemontgomery @thetouringgroup
Stage Mgmt @lewisound @briandeneeve
Videographer | Photographer @grantmaz
Video Content Design: @fray_studio
Multi Cam Director: @annaluciasadler
Grooming: @colleendominique

Band
@mona_tavakoli
@tee.clay
@babybulldogworld
@ryanmadora
@lisarameymusic
@moodymill
@ladyhaviland
@tnakeys

Audio
Mons @moonphases
FOH @leemcmahon @willdonbavand
Playback - Dan Roe
Backline @christosaaron
Backline - @squish108
Audio Control Tech - Jorden Howard
System Engineer - Anthony Jean Kappel
PA tech - Brittany Lashae Williams
PA tech - Hayden Thomas Fenton
PA tech - Cesar Lopez
Production and Lighting Design: @tim_routledge_design
Associate LD: @michaelstraunlighting
Lighting Programmer: @leostenbeck
Lighting Operator: kim.odonoghue

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A belated @dermotkennedy Weight Of The Woods Europe-UK Tour dump.

I would like to give a HUUUUGE thank you to my mate @sifrancis for stepping in and covering a bunch of shows for me while I try to balance tour life and family life.
Si is an absolute monster musician and all around excellent human being, so I knew the gigs were in very safe hands!
And another HUUUUGE thank you to Dermot for helping make this happen ❤️

1-3. Got to see my brother @b.eej run his first marathon in Copenhagen
4. Bring your niece to work day, Copenhagen edition
5. Soundcheck in Hamburg
6. The Only Time I Prayed, Double Bass cam
7. Glyyyyyyyyyyyynnnnn ❤️
8. Kellman Things…
9. Kuzco jams on the bus
10. L’Olympia, Paris
11. Si is here to save the day
12. Welcome to the O2
13. Bring your wife and kid to work day, O2 edition
14. Happiness in the O2
15. Sweet Nothings
16. Oslo Cannonballs
17. The one, the only, Mitch Kellman
18. No sleep till Bergen

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Beautiful start to the @dermotkennedy Weight Of The Woods world tour.
UK/Euro snippets from the past couple of months

1 Before the madness
2 Copenhagen
3 Hamburg
4 Top tier Hamburg find @a_wolf_will_never_be_a_pet
5 Zurich
6 Luxembourg
7 Home away from Home
8 Absolutely crazy day off. Thank you AMG Mercedes!
9 Leg ends
10 Couple of punters
11 Charlie F**ckin’ Boswell
12 😏
13 Tree on the stage
14 Manchestaaaarrr
15 Doggo day 😍
16 Scraping the barrel
17 Vienna
18 Coffee pilgrimage
19 Load In
20 More Leg ends

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Las vegas residency with @zayn at the top of 2026 🌚

His fans are truly incredible and I love playing with this powerhouse band. Also I
tried running (loose in the streets!) for the first time in 3000 years and I’m never planning on it again 🙏🏽

In other news- excited to play the O2 in London TONIGHT (5/23) and AO Arena in Manchester Sunday (5/24) for the kickoff of the Konnakol tour! New show! New leotard! 🇬🇧LETS GO GIRLS🤠💃🏽

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six from brussels forrest national yesterday

#fujifilmxpro3 #fujifilmxseries #fujifilm #fujifilmuk #fujilove

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Dermot Kennedy, US Tour 2019. One of my favorite runs. Always good being back with the crew from across the pond. Dermot is a genuinely passionate guy who really loves music, and you could feel that in every room. Great crowds every night. Being part of something when an artist is on the way up like that is special. Glad I was there for it!
[From the archive — Dermot Kennedy, 2019]

#dermotkennedy #liveproduction #videotech #behindthescenes #touringlife

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