Highlights from the final day…

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While the mother of all metronome videos was caught at NAMM 09 with the birth of ‘Metronomica’, Sonic Ventures brings its own take on beat-keeping to LIMS 09.

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What did we tell you! It’s the weekend, and the rockstars have arrived. While Roland’s Juno-Di synth and Peavey’s Revalver III update continue to fly the flag in the new gear corner, Steve Vai, Guthrie Govan and The Commitments are leading day three’s highlights with style.

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You might remember 1991’s film adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s novel of the same name: The Commitments. In a nutshell, it’s about a soul band. That same group took to the stage at Peavey’s party on Thursday night… and MusicRadar snuck in a video camera.

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David Haynes is a drummer with a difference: he only plays using his fingers. The clue is in the name…

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If these walls could talk… they’d be bloody loud!

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Anyone braving the London Underground, its perilous ‘engineering works’ and the adjoining Docklands Light Railway (DLR) today (Saturday 13 June) to get to day three of LIMS 2009 already deserves a medal.

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It’s day two of LIMS 09, the rock stars are out in force and the show floor highlights are coming in thick and fast…

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One of the great things about a show like LIMS is that you don’t just get to look at products on display – you can see how people actually use them when they’re making music.

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Zildjian’s Z series of cast cymbals for rock players has been going for years, so MusicRadar was surprised to learn that Zildjian had managed to sneak a brand new update to the line into LIMS without anyone noticing.

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One of the wonderful things about LIMS is the abundance of rockstar-royalty roaming the show floor. Among the various MusicRadar reporters, promo girls and demo teams, here are some of the famous faces we’ve spotted so far…

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Welcome to the London International Music Show 2009! It’s day one, and we’ve already transformed from what can only be described as ‘organised chaos’ into the shining example of an exhibitor stand you can see on the left…

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Europe’s biggest drumming festival, Drummer Live can now announce top session Drummer Troy Miller will play the show at London ExCeL Docklands on Sunday 14th June.

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While MusicRadar triple checks the batteries (laptop, camera, portable trouser press, etc) are fully charged and ready to go – here’s a sneak peek of the half-built show floor. Let’s call it ‘organised chaos’…

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Tickets can be bought from the on-site box office on all four show days. Opening hours 9.30am – 5pm. The ticket prices are from £5 to £25.

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Once again, the APRS (Association of Professional Recording Services – booth E41), the trade organisation for the professional audio industry in the UK, will be in attendance at SRT and this time they are offering two prize opportunities for people joining the association and subscribing to their MyAPRS pro-audio networking site.

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Imagine a whole school playing violins and cellos! At Gallions School in Newham, East London that’s just what they’re doing – all 240 children and every teacher at this primary school learn to play, using  Stentor stringed instruments.

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Alongside 80 new products making their UK debut at LIMS, UK distributor Strings and Things Ltd are set to showcase the new Sterling by Music Man line of guitars and basses.

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We’re sorry to report Mark Richardson is not able to play Drummer Live show at LIMS, Sunday 14th June due to a family matter.

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It’s almost certainly set to become the hottest fashion item of the summer: the all-new MusicRadar t-shirt.

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