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Europe: “IMPALA Adopts Covid-19 Crisis Plan calling for urgent action across Europe”
IMPALA is a European non profit organisation, with a mission to grow the independent music sector and to improve political access and modernise perceptions of the music sector. Impala has put together a package of ten recommendations seeking urgent action at EU, national and sector level. The aim is to try..Read More...
Global: “Venues Open Doors As Demand For Hospital Beds Grows”
Hospital beds are installed at Ifema Madrid. Various large scale venues across the globe are being restructured in order to accommodate for coronavirus. In Madrid, Ifema, the 31.2m sqft conference hall and exhibition centre, is now the largest ‘hospital’ in Spain. In New York, New York’s Javits Convention Center, is..Read More...
Europe: “Beatport is hosting a 24 hour fundraiser livestream on Friday in partnership with TWITCH”
ReConnect. A Global Music Series brings 24 artists including Carl Cox, Bonobo, Nina Kraviz, Griz, RÜFÜS DU SOL (DJ set), A-Trak, Nicole Moudaber, Chris Liebing and Nora En Pure, will be performing from their homes or studios around the globe. Beatport will be providing track IDs as songs are played..Read More...
Global: “When World Events Disrupted the Olympics”
Only world wars have led to cancellation of the Olympics, but other events, including politics, terrorism—and now pandemics—have encroached upon the games. Since the opening of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, the international sports competition has only been canceled three times: once during World War I (1916) and twice during World War II (1940,..Read More...
Germany: “Berlin’s United We Stream has nearly raised 1m for nightclubs and artists”
Australia: “Musicians turn to live stream gigs to survive corona crisis”
A Melbourne musician is hoping paid live streams could help performers salvage some of the income lost to the coronavirus crisis. Michael MacManus has had to cancel his Melbourne Guitar Festival, axing over 60 planned concerts and losing “hundreds of thousands” in potential revenue. Instead he will charge for live..Read More...