To enhance the live experience for their audience and to accurately reproduce the sound of The Soft Bulletin live, the Lips devised the concept of the “Headphone Concert”. A low-powered FM transmitter was set up at shows, and the concert was simultaneously broadcast to small Walkman -style receivers and headphones made available for free to audience members. This would, in theory, allow the audiences greater sonic clarity while still feeling the power of a full live P.A. This concept was debuted in Dallas, Texas , and at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas , in March 1999, and was subsequently used on the International Music Against Brain Degeneration Revue tour. This tour featured Japanese band Cornelius , Sebadoh , Robyn Hitchcock , Sonic Boom’s E.A.R. and IQU .
Headphone Concert concept debuted
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