Indie Venues Send Distress Signal to Congress as $16 Billion in ‘Save Our Stages’ Relief Money Remains Tied up by SBA

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEven though they’re all alpha musicians in their own right, it’s often hard not to think of Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers — close friends and members of the semi-supergroup side-project Boygenius — as a single, multi-faceted entity.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn the latest update to the long-running saga of the $16 billion “Save Our Stages” relief fund for independent venues and theaters — which was signed into law on Dec.

Will Smith celebrated Father's Day with his children Jaden, Willow and Trey Smith in a special outing and dropped a picture and video from the celebrations on his Instagram. The actor is known for his hilarious antics and he made sure to give his fans a peek at just that in his recent post.

Hiroyuki Sanada will star in an undisclosed role in Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4 opposite Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Rina Sawayama, and Shamier Anderson. Cameras roll this summer shooting on location in France, Germany and Japan.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAlmost six months after Congress passed the $16 billion Save Our Stages act into law, less than 100 of the nearly 5,000 struggling independent venues have been approved for relief money, according to its most recent report, released June 9 by the Small Business Administration, which distributes the loans.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMusiCares, which has distributed more than $25 million in Covid-19 relief to members of the music community, announced Monday that it is distributing a “final round” of such funding.The effort continues the support for music professionals, concluding upon distribution of the $2 million raised during its Music on a Mission concert and campaign in March, to be directly distributed to 2,000 eligible applicants.“Although the pandemic relief will be coming to a close,

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn the heels of the forthcoming Rolling Loud festivals in Miami and Los Angeles comes the three-day Rolling Loud New York 2021, taking place place October 28 – 30th at Citi Field with headliners Travis Scott, J.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDrake and Live Nation Canada will open History, a new live-entertainment venue in the superstar rapper’s hometown of Toronto, later this year, the company announced Tuesday (June 8).“Some of my most memorable shows were playing smaller rooms like History,” Drake in a statement.  “I wanted to take those memories and what I learned to create an incredible experience for both the artists and the fans.”According to the announcement, the 2,500-capacity venue will “offer

FX has been attempting to put together a new limited series adaptation of the James Clavell novel “Shōgun” for a couple of years now but kept running into bad luck and obstacles, between various development hiccups and last year’s pandemic, which led to further delays on the series that takes place in feudal Japan. READ MORE: FX CEO Warns Of Too Many Scripted Series And “Too Much Narrative” As He Announces New Drama ‘Shōgun’ However, things are finally being pushed into gear.

Titanic actress Kate Winslet recently spoke to the New York Times and git candid about her personal life in the rare chat. The Mare of Easttown star, 45, got candid about her husband Edward Abel Smith, who she’s been married to for the past 9 years and shares a 7-year-old son Blaze.

Actress Jodie Turner-Smith, whose latest series titled Anne Boleyn dropped earlier this week, in a recent interview opened up about how the royal family could have done more.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNew York’s City Parks Foundation returns to live, in-person performances this summer with the announcement of the shows planned for the 2021 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival. SummerStage shows will be returning to Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, and The Coney Island Amphitheater.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDef Jam Recordings has elevated promotion veteran Nicki Farag to Executive Vice President and General Manager.According to the announcement, in her new role, Farag will oversee the label’s day-to-day operations, working with artists, managers and staff to develop strategies and execute plans on behalf of the label’s diverse roster of global superstars and emerging talent.

A "gripping" new storyline on Emmerdale involving Meena Jutla is set to shock viewers and keep them on the "edge of their seats". The popular ITV soap's producer Kate Brooks has promised that the character of Meena, played by Paige Sandhu, will be taking centre stage over the summer months.