Van Damme Cable Network for the Oasis Stadium Tour

A Unified Network for Consoles and Backstage Areas

British team Urban Audio Productions was responsible for preparing the fibre-optic and analogue network for the Oasis Live ’25 tour. One of the key tasks was to ensure reliable connectivity between the FOH and monitor consoles, as well as other technical areas backstage.

For a stadium tour, this means long distances, a high density of patching, and the need to plan redundancy in advance. Since the Van Damme optical assemblies and analogue lines were part of the Oasis Live ’25 touring setup, the system had to operate reliably not on a single venue, but under conditions of constant transportation, repeated installation, and different technical configurations at each site.

According to the Oasis technical rider, the tour used L-Acoustics sound reinforcement systems and DiGiCo mixing consoles supplied by rental contractors. This configuration required a reliable network backbone: it had to connect the main technical positions of the tour, support audio signal routing, equipment control, and the transmission of service data.

Van Damme Fibre-Optic Backbone

In line with the band’s rider, the monitor position on the tour always used two DiGiCo consoles integrated with an Optocore router. For this configuration, Urban Audio engineers designed a dedicated fibre-optic system based on HMA Junior Quad connectors.
This solution provided the system with two pairs of optical fibres: one maintained compatibility with the existing two-fibre Optocore network, while the additional pair could be used to carry other network protocols.

For large-scale touring production, this is an important principle: the infrastructure must be not only reliable, but also flexible. During preparation, and even after the tour has started, additional requirements may arise — the transmission of other network protocols, service lines, control signals, or redundant connections. This is why a cabling system must be designed with headroom and the ability to adapt.

Details That Make Work Easier

The custom fibre-optic assemblies were manufactured by UK-based VDC Trading to Urban Audio’s specifications and dispatched within the exact timeframe required for production preparation.

Among the special solutions implemented in the fibre-optic system were right-angled HMA connectors designed for connections in DiGiCo Quantum 852 console systems. At first glance, this may seem like a small detail, but in touring conditions it makes a real difference: space behind the console is often limited, and the correct connector orientation reduces cable strain and makes patching easier.

These are exactly the kinds of solutions touring engineers value. In touring, cable performance matters — but so does the ease of connecting, checking, replacing, and using the system every day under time pressure.

Van Damme Black Series Analogue Network

In addition to the fibre-optic network, the project used around 500 metres of Van Damme Black Series 12-pair analogue multicore. The cable became part of a custom 128-channel stage split and line system.

This format remains highly relevant in touring projects. Analogue multicore is convenient for stage patching, withstands frequent installation, and helps teams deploy the system quickly across different venues.

Van Damme Black Series is used in major touring productions thanks to its combination of durability, compactness, and ease of handling. For a stadium tour, this is especially important: cables are constantly uncoiled, coiled, transported between venues, and used under high mechanical load.

Why the Entire Cabling Infrastructure Matters

The Oasis Live ’25 case shows why large tours rely not on a single type of cable, but on a complete fibre-optic and analogue network. Fibre becomes the backbone for long-distance signal transmission. Analogue multicores are used for the stage split and line system. Additional network and hybrid solutions help cover tasks related to control, data transmission, video, and power.

For rental companies and integrators, this means that cabling infrastructure should be planned in advance for different signal types: audio, data, control, video, and power. This approach makes the system more flexible and ready for changes that often arise during preparation or after the project has already started.

Conclusion

For the Central Asia and Caucasus market, this case is particularly relevant. The concert and festival industry in the region is developing, while new cultural centres, sports venues, immersive spaces, and multipurpose venues continue to appear. In such projects, cable should not be seen simply as a means of connection, but as a reliable part of the touring and installation system: it must operate consistently over long distances, withstand frequent connections, dense patching, constant transportation, and demanding stage conditions. Van Damme addresses these requirements through different types of professional cable products — from fibre-optic lines for network infrastructure and analogue multicores for stage applications to data cables and hybrid solutions for simultaneous signal and power transmission.

Van Damme cable products are available from stock at Sound Creations in Tashkent and ready for shipment for your projects.
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