The Fader Launches T-Shirt and Merch Collection to Benefit Indie Venues

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorApple has launched Apple Music TV, a free 24-hour curated livestream of popular music videos that will also include “exclusive new music videos and premiers, special curated music video blocks, and live shows and events as well as chart countdowns and guests,” according to the announcement.Apple Music TV will be available to U.S. residents only on the Apple Music app and the Apple TV app.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe pandemic has crushed the live-entertainment business, and concert venues in particular, all over the world — but New York’s may have been hit the hardest in the U.S. Due largely to the density of the city and its mass-gathering-based culture, the virus struck New York first and fastest, and has claimed nearly 33,000 lives.

One of two of our favourite sister duos, Billie Faiers, is back again, and this time she's launching a cosy loungewear range that we all need right now. Billie has collaborated with online fashion retailer In The Style to get us stocked up for the possibility of a second lockdown and the pieces are simply stunning.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn World Mental Health Day, Saturday, October 10, MusiCares is launching a new Wellness in Music survey. According to the announcement, this new annual survey will help the organization to assess the music community’s mental health and wellness to better inform MusiCares of the needs facing their clients.“As we settle into month seven of the global pandemic, MusiCares is asking music professionals with 5+ years of experience to share their honest realities,

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTom DeGeorge, owner of Crowbar, a bar that stages live music in Tampa, Florida, closed in March as part of the pandemic shutdown.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA 77-track benefit album featuring Pearl Jam, David Byrne, Aimee Mann and many others raised more than $550,000 for voting-rights organizations on Friday, the only day it was available.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe House of Representatives passed the revised $2.2 trillion “Heroes Act” coronavirus stimulus package on Thursday evening, which includes provisions of the $10 billion bipartisan Save Our Stages Act designed to provide financial assistance to independent music and live-entertainment venues across the U.S.

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the United States economy to a sputtering halt, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the live music industry. With indoor concerts out of the picture for the foreseeable future and 90% of independent music venues on the edge of permanent closure, 2020 has posed an existential threat to seeing music live as we know it.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s an early step, but it’s a step forward nonetheless: On Monday an updated Heroes Act, which includes provisions of the $10 billion bipartisan Save Our Stages  Act designed to provide financial assistance to independent music and live-entertainment venues across the U.S., was introduced in the House of Representatives.Independent venues have been devastated financially by the pandemic; according to a poll taken by the 2,600-member National Independent Venues

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorVenues are coming up with all kinds of ways to keep their sense of purpose alive during lockdown, but the Theatre at the Ace Hotel has come up with what may be a unique one: “5-7-5,” an “open air text-based art project” with poetry on its marquee.Twelve poets, songwriters, and text-based artists will contribute a short text, loosely based upon the rules of the poetic form of Haiku, “that expresses their thoughts and ideas on our tumultuous times,” according to the

cast has reunited for a good cause. Steve Martin (George), Diane Keaton (Nina), Kimberly Williams-Paisley (Annie), Martin Short (Franck Eggelhoffer), Kieran Culkin (Matty) and George Newborn (Bryan MacKenzie) took on their previous roles for along with Florence Pugh (Megan) and Ben Platt (Georgie) as Annie's grown-up kids.With a brief intro by Reese Witherspoon, the short film then begins with footage of the original movie and sequel, as they introduce the characters.

Fans of the ’90s comedy “Father of the Bride” just got some exciting news.

Angelique Jackson Tahirah Sharif and Julian Feder have joined the cast of the upcoming thriller “Escape the Field.”The actors join previously announced stars Jordan Claire Robbins (Netflix’s “Umbrella Academy”), Shane West (“Gotham,” “Nikita”), Theo Rossi (“Luke Cage,” “Sons of Anarchy”) and Elena Juacto.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIf there’s a single artist or sound that encapsulates the rage and dread that 2020 have brought, it’s got to be Nine Inch Nails — and while there’s no shortage of music or imagery from the band’s past catalog to capture our current mood, they’ve rolled out a new series of “Pandemic 2020” merch that’s laser-focused on lockdown and the social dissatisfaction — to put it mildly — that many feel.There’s the “Mutation” T-shirt (“Time to mutate.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorC.J. Strock, formerly of William Morris Endeavor, joins Patrick McAuliff and Phil Egenthal, formerly of Paradigm Talent Agency to form Mint Talent Group, the new company announced early Tuesday.