Heroes Act, Including the $10 Billion Save Our Stages Act to Benefit Indie Venues, Introduced in House of Representatives

Miley Cyrus demonstrated her support of live music by participating in the Save Our Stages Festival, a three-day virtual event organized by the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) to raise funds for independent live-music venues that have been shut down due to the pandemic.

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.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn some respects, Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars and his bandmates were already prepared for the many creative pivots the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated.Even before the pandemic, the group had established what Mars (pictured above, second from right) describes as an “archiving system” from the in-person recording sessions for its 2017 album “Ti Amo” and forthcoming follow-up so that each member can complete any remaining work remotely.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTuneCore, the digital music distribution service provider for independent artists, has passed the $2 billion mark, paying its roster of independent artists an average of $1.2 million per day, according to an announcement from the company, which states that TuneCore and its parent company Believe distribute approximately one third of the world’s digital music.The company reported $1 billion earned by artists in July 2017 and just over three years later, TuneCore

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe lineup for this weekend’s Save Our Stages festival — a.k.a the #SOSFest, the three-day virtual music festival to spread awareness of the $10 billion Save Our Stages Act currently before Congress, and raise funds for independent venues that are the beneficiaries of the act — has been revealed and includes unique virtual sets by Foo Fighters, Miley Cyrus, Dave Matthews, the Roots, Brittany Howard, G-Eazy, Leon Bridges, YG, Finneas and Phoebe Bridgers and many

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAn unusual trend in recent years has seen New York City’s subway stations transformed into memorials for late, great musicians, both officially and unofficially.

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 EditorFoo Fighters, Miley Cyrus, Dave Matthews, the Roots, Brittany Howard, G-Eazy, Leon Bridges, YG, Finneas and Phoebe Bridgers are just some of the 35 acts who will perform at the #SOSFEST, a three-day virtual music festival to spread awareness of the $10 billion Save Our Stages Act currently before Congress, and raise funds for independent venues that are the beneficiaries of the act — if it passes.

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.

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The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the revised $2.2 trillion “Heroes Act” coronavirus stimulus package, 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. However, the Republican-controlled Senate appears unlikely to vote on the latest version unless an agreement is reached between Democrats and the White House.Below,Justin Brannan, New York City

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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.

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You know what’s scary, alienating, lonely, and ripe for exploration in a horror movie? Emigrating to a new country after your life has been totally upended by war and you’re sent to a place that isn’t exactly inviting. That’s the sharp premise of “His House,” a horror movie that debuted at Sundance International Film Festival earlier this year merging the fears of traditional terror with the frightening uncertainty of being a refugee in a new country.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe pandemic has wreaked havoc on nearly every corner of the music industry, but along with musicians, independent venues are certainly among the hardest hit — a recent survey by the National Independent Venues Association says that 90% of such venues are in danger of closing permanently if they do not receive federal aid.While there’s a $10 billion “Save Our Stages” aid package slowly working its way through an apparently frozen Congress, one of the many things