By Nancy Tartaglione
IMPALA Launches Coronavirus Task Force
20.03.2020 - 15:29 / billboard.com
Pan-European independent music companies trade body IMPALA has established a COVID-19 Task Force to help address the effects of the health crisis on the indie sector right across the Continent.
The Task Force is a secure, coordinated approach across Europe on measures at key levels, from government, to EU and the creative industries.
Unveiled Friday (March 20), the initiative is designed to help protect the music community in the long term, as the coronavirus threatens to ruin the live music
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