Since the invention of cars, drag racing, where 2 cars race down a straight line, has been a fan-favorite auto sport for car aficionados everywhere, with racers modding out their rides and taking to the streets in gloriously dangerous and oftentimes illegal fashion. But while drag races are prohibited on the streets, this organization has been bringing drag racing to the forefront of automotive sports while keeping it all safe and legitimate.

In July 2015 an ambitious plan was hatched to get the attention of Foo Fighters and convince them to play a gig in Cesena, Italy, by gathering a thousand musicians to perform their song Learn to Fly. The video of the event went viral and Foo Fighters duly performed in the city four months later. But that was just the start... Now an annual event, this year Yamaha digital mixers were tasked with mixing a band of over 1500 members.

Overnight success was slow in arriving for Ohio garage rock duo, The Black Keys (TBK). The band was active for over a decade in small clubs on the Midwest indie circuit before the big time finally caught up with them in 2010 with the release of their sixth album, Brothers, and its quirky hit single “Tighten Up”. “We accidentally took off,” remarked TBK’s drummer, Patrick Carney.

Studio and live sound engineer John McBride and his wife, country artist Martina McBride are the owners of Blackbird Studio in Nashville, which since its founding in 2002 has grown to be a major facility for artists like The Black Keys, Kings of Leon, Kid Rock, Tim McGraw and many others. In running the studio, John McBride came to realize that most of the younger people seeking internships or employment had little or no hands-on knowledge—even those who were graduates of college-level audio programs.

After 647 shows and a massively successful run of almost two years at the Beatrix Theatre in Utrecht - delighting more than 800,000 fans - Stage Entertainment Holland’s blockbuster production of “The Bodyguard” has opened at the Teatro Coliseum in Madrid.

Known for their unique country and western flavoured interpretations of pop hits, German band The BossHoss have upgraded their studio with a Genelec 8341-based monitoring system ahead of recording their new album. The Berlin-based seven piece band previously used Genelec monitors in hired studios and their own editing bay, leaving them eager to find out what the brand could do for their mix room. The BossHoss formed in 2004, and the self-proclaimed Country Trash Punk Rockers have released 10 studio albums to date and show no signs of slowing down. When heading into the recording sessions for their slated 2021 release, they turned to German audio supplier SMM for advice on how to improve the sessions.

Barco introduces a new generation of LEDs into its complete portfolio of LED video walls. Boosting brightness levels to meet or even exceed lamp-based video walls, this 3rd generation significantly enhances operator viewing comfort, and further expands the usability of LED video walls. Combined with the other advantages of Barco’s LED video walls, including liquid cooling and Sense6, these video walls offer the brightest and most saturated colors, low maintenance and usability in 24/7 applications.

TopVision cover the German Bundesliga with their Ü2 OB truck – a vehicle packed with the latest 3D and 3G enabled camera and video systems and a new AURUS-based audio control workspace

It’s a tradition: for over 64 years, the ski season has begun in the theaters every year with a new action documentary by Warren Miller Entertainment. The promotional films tour the world, whetting the appetites of ski and snowboarding fans alike and encouraging them to partake in winter sports.

The Camera Store, a London-based equipment hire specialist for the broadcast industry, has invested in LED lighting kit and mobile power and support systems from Litepanels and Anton/Bauer respectively, both Vitec Videocom brands.

The new Canon DIGISUPER 95 (XJ95x8.6B) is the new generation super-telefoto lens that provides a range of imaging possibilities that conventional field lenses cannot match. Capitalising on Canon’s mastery of advanced lens technology, the XJ95x combines the widest focal length (8.6mm) of any field lens in the industry with a 95x zoom range that’s longer at the tele end. Through this extensive framing latitude, every dramatic on-site sensation can be captured – from the emotions of a capacity crowd to the triumphant smile of an individual goal scorer.

Other than a beautiful person of the opposite sex, there is probably nothing that smells better and looks nicer than a new car.
 
With each new model, they are becoming just as difficult for a guy (O.K., me) to understand and figure out all the new options.
 
I sorta’ miss the days when you could just sign the papers, grab the keys and head out.

NEP Group, Inc. (NEP) and The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) announced today that Carlyle Global Partners (CGP), Carlyle’s long-duration private equity fund, has completed its acquisition of Crestview Partners’ remaining shareholding in NEP. Carlyle initially invested in NEP alongside Crestview and Management in June 2016 and, following the closing on October 19, 2018, now holds a majority interest in NEP. Carlyle will continue to support NEP’s strategy of growing its position as a leading worldwide outsourced technical production partner that enables premier content producers to make, manage and show the world their content.

The Carolina Opry Christmas Special, “The Christmas Show of the South,” at the Calvin Gilmore Theater in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, has brought the spirit of Christmas to life with music, comedy and dance for over 27 years. Adding a fresh visual element to the stage, and helping to transform the theater into a winter wonderland, is a large backdrop LED video screen made up of Elation Professional EZ6 LED video panels supplied by Elation dealer JR Lighting Design, Inc.

Buckets Full – Filling every nook and cranny to overflowing, companies large and small helped draw more than 150,000 people to Vegas for the annual “hope to gawd you like me” CES event. Despite blizzards elsewhere and poor internet connections, folks came to see and be seen.