2025 03 07 howard

Ben Howard Takes Victory Lap

UK troubadour Ben Howard recently played a 10th anniversary tour for his breakthrough album, with help from Eighth Day Sound.

Ben Howard’s recent UK tour included unusual stage instruments such as flugelhorn, trombone, cello and a live analog tape looper. Photo by Jay Davison.

London, UK (March 7, 2025)—UK troubadour Ben Howard first rose to prominence a decade ago with his number-one album, I Forget Where We Were, and recently played a 10th anniversary tour for the collection around the UK, Europe and Ireland. The tour carried a large band and audio gear provided by Eighth Day Sound, and the FOH position was filled by John Cornfield, who has also worked with the artist in the studio.

Cornfield mixed on an Allen & Heath S7000 console with a DX32 Prime rack for local IO and a DM64 stage rack with a 32-way Prime preamp rack for additional IO. Among the gear also is an Allen & Heath Ultra FX DSP card for “wonderful-sounding FX.” He added, “I’m running a MADI card at FOH for virtual soundcheck and…

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