Phoenix Legend’s Record-Breaking Six-Night Run at the Bird’s Nest Powered by d&b SL-Series

Mandopop powerhouse Phoenix Legend recently electrified Beijing’s iconic Bird’s Nest stadium with a monumental six-show residency—each concert a sold-out affair that broke records and redefined what’s possible in Mandarin pop production.

Held in early June, the concerts followed hot on the heels of Zhang Jie’s historic 12-show run, with Phoenix Legend taking the stage in a bold continuation of world-class live entertainment at the venue. This wasn’t just another concert series—it was an immersive, visually and sonically spectacular production that pushed boundaries in stage design, audience layout, and live sound.

At the heart of this success was the expertise of technical partner Nanjing OST. The team executed a meticulous equipment plan and stage layout that delivered complete visual access—even from the furthest corners of the vast stadium. By bringing audiences physically closer to the action with an expanded thrust stage, the production set a new record for the largest-ever on-stage audience area in Bird’s Nest history.

Delivering the audio muscle behind this record-setting production was the d&b audiotechnik SL-Series, featuring a combination of GSL and KSL systems. The GSL loudspeakers formed the backbone of the main and side PA arrays, delivering pristine full-range coverage with exceptional directivity control. All four array stacks comprised 18 units each of the GSL modules that helped the team ensure clean, distortion-free audio at consistent levels across the venue, while deeply resonant and impactful low-frequency fidelity was assured thanks to a total of 20 units of the SL-SUBs that were flown in arrays of 10 units each deployed on either side of the principal FOH hangs.

Seamlessly supporting the GSL mains were the KSL arrays that were deployed as strategically positioned delay towers. With ten precisely aligned and tuned KSL arrays in total, the system achieved an overwhelmingly comprehensive acoustic coverage, eliminating sonic gaps and maintaining perfect synchronisation between on-stage performance and audience experience.

The result? An immersive, high-impact live experience for tens of thousands each night—proof of how visionary design, technical precision, and next-generation audio tools like d&b’s SL-Series can redefine expectations at the highest level of live performance.

Phoenix Legend’s Bird’s Nest series of events didn’t just raise the bar for Mandopop concerts—it underscored the power of immersive audio design in creating unforgettable shared experiences on a truly massive scale.