{"id":805907,"date":"2020-04-01T03:19:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=976322"},"modified":"2020-04-01T03:19:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:19:37","slug":"live-nation-launches-10-million-crew-nation-fund-to-support-tour-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/live-nation-launches-10-million-crew-nation-fund-to-support-tour-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Nation Launches $10 Million \u2018Crew Nation\u2019 Fund to Support Tour Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Live Nation<\/a> has announced the launch of Crew Nation, a $10 million fund to benefit tour crew members during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund is being administered by the Music Forward Foundation, a charitable 501c3 organization.<\/p>\n

Live Nation will initially contribute $5 million to help support concert crews around the world. The company will then match the next $5 million given by artists, fans and employees dollar for dollar. Fans can donate or buy merch to benefit the fund here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cLive music inspires millions around the world, but the concerts we all enjoy wouldn\u2019t be possible without the countless crew members working behind the scenes,\u201d Live Nation said in a statement. \u201cAs COVID-19 puts concerts on pause, we want to extend a helping hand to the touring and venue crews who depend on shows to make a living. Crew Nation was created to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company added, \u201cCrew members are the backbone of the live music industry, and we hope you\u2019ll join us in supporting them through this temporary intermission until we can once again unite millions around the world through the power of live music.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Live shows are not possible without our crew members behind the scenes. We are helping those workers who need it the most by announcing the #CrewNation<\/a> Fund. We are donating $10 million: $5M upfront + matching the next $5M. Visit https:\/\/t.co\/CvaQvd3shg<\/a> to donate or buy merch now pic.twitter.com\/Y3dQjcf40u<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Live Nation (@LiveNation) March 31, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The fund will benefit all eligible workers, including \u201call the backstage staff that help bring concerts to life including: tour managers, production managers, riggers, sound engineers, backline techs, lighting directors\/designers, special effects teams, carpenters and more.\u201d Recipients will be selected based on a determination of need. Over the next week, the company said<\/a> it will be reaching out to crew members from tours whose income has already been affected due to the cancellation or rescheduling of a Live Nation event. Crew members will also be able to send in applications to be considered for funds.<\/p>\n

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Live Nation chairman\/CEO Michael Rapino wrote on Twitter<\/a> that he and his family have donated $250,000 to the fund, noting, \u201cConcerts wouldn\u2019t be possible without the crew working behind the scenes to bring them to life.\u201d<\/p>\n

In March, Live Nation announced<\/a> it was halting all large-scale tours in the U.S. and abroad until April alongside AEG. In a joint statement, executives from Live Nation, AEG, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), William Morris Endeavor (WME), Paradigm, and United Talent Agency (UTA) said they were working together to develop best practices to safeguard artists, fans, and staff in the concert industry.<\/p>\n

Numerous tours and festivals have been canceled or postponed<\/a> in the wake of the coronavirus<\/a> pandemic, leaving many crew members without work<\/a>. The National recently launched<\/a> a fundraiser of their own to benefit the 12 members of their live crew who are now out of work after the band was forced to cancel a handful of dates because of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Live Nation has announced the launch of Crew Nation, a $10 million fund to benefit tour crew members during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund is being administered by the Music Forward Foundation, a charitable 501c3 organization. Live Nation will initially contribute $5 million to help support concert crews around the world. The company will then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-805907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 13:07:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}