Eric Clapton supports Van Morrison’s Save Live Music campaign

‘Survival Tour’ have raised over £30,000 so far for live music and events workers in the UK.The five main ‘Survival Tour’ cyclists, who are all live events professionals, completed their 15-day ride from Newcastle to London yesterday (October 18) to raise money for those who work in the live events industry, which has been blighted this year by the coronavirus pandemic.The ‘Survival Tour’, which visited over 50 entertainment venues and festival sites in cities such as Nottingham, Bristol and

Chris Willman Music WriterThe Beastie Boys had never before licensed any of their songs for an advertisement, but that commercial blackout came to an end during Sunday’s Steelers/Browns game, when the sounds of “Sabotage” accompanied a spot for the Joe Biden presidential campaign.It wasn’t just any campaign spot, but one that focuses on how the COVID-19 shutdowns have decimated the live music industry.

Billboard).Listing hundreds of experienced Black tour managers, production managers, sound engineers, lighting experts, stage and set designers and more, the professionals featured in the new directory can be contacted via the official site.“When Jenifer Smith from Live Nation Concerts and NyAsia Burris from my team came to me with this idea, I thought it was genius and absolutely necessary,” Live Nation Urban president Shawn Gee explained.“There are several amazing resource groups that exist

A Florida sheriff's deputy helped save the life of a high school student this week who was having a seizure in the cafeteria.   School resource Deputy Pedro Colon received an alert that a student was having a medical emergency during lunch and rushed to his aid.  Body camera footage of the incident shows the student face down seizing on the ground.  The deputy immediately began performing CPR on the student and after several minutes, the student was alert and sitting up.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s new job support scheme, claiming that their sector feels “ignored” by both the plans and the government.Announced last Friday (October 9) and set to launch on November 1, the scheme will benefit employees who work for UK firms that are forced to shut by law due to coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

Jack White used his time on the Saturday Night Live stage to honor Eddie Van Halen.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterSave The Music, which is partnered with ViacomCBS and supports efforts to teach music in schools, particularly in economically challenged districts, has announced a new music industry advisory board led by Elena Diaz, senior vice president of talent and content development at ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group, Leslie Fram, svp of music and talent at CMT, and Wanda Coriano, senior director of music at MTV.

coronavirus on the beleaguered sector, Dinenage said that the government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund was proof of its support.“The government stands with the culture sector,” she said (via Music Week).“We are doing everything we can.

breakdown in talks this week between Donald Trump‘s administration and the Democrats over a COVID-19 relief bill.NIVA, who represent over 2000 independent venues across the US, issued a statement last night (October 6) in response to the breakdown in talks, saying that they “have been sounding the alarm since April that if our members don’t get emergency assistance, they will go under forever — and it’s happening”.“This is real.

Van Morrison has announced details of two more socially distanced gigs in London.The singer, who has recently attracted criticism for his opinions on the coronavirus crisis, has already held gigs at Camden’s Electric Ballroom in September.With four shows at the capital’s Palladium venue already scheduled for mid-November, Morrison will now play two more gigs at the PowerHaus (formerly known as Dingwalls) on November 7 and 8.150 tickets are set to be sold for each date, with strict social

coronavirus-enforced closure.The 20,000-capacity arena will host a socially-distanced show on Saturday, December 5, headlined by Squeeze.The venue’s capacity will be reduced from 20,000 to 4,700 for the show, and tickets will be sold in groups of two, three and four.A one-way system will be in operation throughout the arena and entrances, while all separate groups of fans will have empty seats between them.

coronavirus pandemic.Spearheaded by Attitude Is Everything, who are aiming to improve deaf and disabled people’s access to live music, the Alliance has been officially launched today (October 1) to mark 10 years since the Equality Act came into force.The Alliance have published an open letter this morning to show “support and solidarity to [their] partners across the cultural, sports, heritage and tourism sectors”, especially to those who are “fighting for survival as we enter more months of

Mogwai have cancelled three of their planned UK shows for February 2021 as a result of the continuing uncertainty over the return of live music during the coronavirus pandemic.The band had been set to play at the Roundhouse in London (February 17), the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester (February 19) and the SSE Hydro in Glasgow (February 20).But this afternoon (September 28) Mogwai confirmed that they had now taken the decision to cancel those live dates, saying in a statement that “the safety

Van Morrison has announced that he will donate proceeds from his three anti-lockdown singles to musicians facing hardship as a result of the pandemic. Well, as a result of the lockdown.

coronavirus.

Following Van Morrison’s recent announcement that he plans to release three anti-lockdown protest songs, the Northern Irish musician has already caused one impressive political shift: he’s united the political parties of Northern Ireland.

Van Morrison’s decision to release three anti-lockdown protest songs in a new op-ed.Morrison recently announced plans to release the tracks ‘No More Lockdown’, ‘Born to Be Free’ and ‘As I Walked Out’ in opposition to the government’s restrictions.