Global Concert Industry in Flux as Coronavirus Spreads

Social media giant Facebook is investing $100 million to support local news organizations during the coronavirus pandemic, in addition to its previous commitment to spend $300 million over a three-year period.

Social media giant Facebook is investing $100 million, in addition to its previous spend of $300 million, to support the news industry during the coronavirus pandemic.

By Erik Pedersen

NASHVILLE, Tenn -- Inside a warehouse for MooTV, a live video production company in Nashville, Tennessee, the floor-to-ceiling shelves are lined with row after row of video screens, cables and rolling cases that normally would be out on the road with Brad Paisley, Chris Stapleton or Dierks Bentley. At one end of the warehouse sits an empty bar with beer taps where fans once sat on stage with Paisley.

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Matthew Morrison is wearing a mask for safety.

NEW YORK -- Multi-platinum rock band Third Eye Blind had never canceled a tour, even when its members “all had salmonella poisoning and we were all green and vomiting,” as bandleader Stephan Jenkins put it.

For weeks, as the threat of the coronavirus loomed in China, then in Europe, the concert business seemed to hold its breath — waiting to see if, and how much, the United States would be affected. That changed on March 6, when South by Southwest (SXSW) announced it would cancel its annual event in Austin, which was scheduled to take place March 13-22.

The global entertainment market — consisting of theatrical and home entertainment — has surpassed $100 billion in revenues for the first time in history, with earnings reaching $101 billion in 2019, according to a new report released by the Motion Picture Association.

The global entertainment market — consisting of theatrical and home entertainment — has surpassed $100 billion in revenues for the first time in history, with earnings reaching $101 billion in 2019, according to a new report released by the Motion Picture Association.

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York was scheduled to join The Feminist Institute in a "Bans Off My Body" benefit concert on March 14, for gender equality and access to sexual and reproductive health care.

Upon hearing about the devastating bushfires that swept across Australia early this year, Miley Cyrus, like many other musicians, decided to do her part to help. The singer was slated to headline a benefit concert in Melbourne Friday in order to raise funds for charity.

Upon hearing about the devastating bushfires that swept across Australia early this year, Miley Cyrus, like many other musicians, decided to do her part to help. The singer was slated to headline a benefit concert in Melbourne Friday in order to raise funds for charity.