Leo Barraclough International Features Editor All3Media Intl. has revealed that three of its lifestyle FAST/live TV channels have launched on Amazon Freevee in the U.S.
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Willie Nelson, naming the scheme after one of his songs, to provide financial support to emerging artists and their teams in a time of rising touring costs.Artists who play Live Nation-owned and operated clubs will now keep 100% of the profits they make from merch sales, while they will also benefit from a $1500 (£1,233) stipend to help with the costs of fuel and travel. Both headliners and support acts will receive stipends.Live Nation will also provide financial bonuses to local promoters and tour representatives who help execute shows, as well as venue crew members who have worked over 500 hours in 2023.
Resources will come from venues’ existing earnings with no additional costs for gig goers.“Touring is a crucial part of an artist’s livelihood, and we understand travel costs take one of the biggest bites out of artists’ nightly profits,” reads a press release from Live Nation. “By helping with these core expenses, we aim to make it easier for artists on the road so they can keep performing to their fans in more cities across the country.”Meanwhile, Nelson added: “Touring is important to artists so whatever we can do to help other artists, I think we should do it.
This program will impact thousands of artists this year and help make touring a little bit easier.”Live Nation’s pledge follows that of Ineffable Music Group, who committed to ceasing the practice of taking merch cuts at venues they own and operate earlier this year.Meanwhile, the fight to get venues to stop taking merch cuts in the UK continues. A campaign was launched by the Featured Artists Coalition last year to encourage venues to let artists take home 100 per cent of profits from merch sales, which The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess has been a particularly
.Leo Barraclough International Features Editor All3Media Intl. has revealed that three of its lifestyle FAST/live TV channels have launched on Amazon Freevee in the U.S.
entertainment company would drop merch cuts at all of the venues it operates in the US. The campaign, which started last month (September 26) also revealed touring artists would receive a stipend of $1500 (£1,233) to help with fuel and travel.
AMC unveiled a fresh sneak peek Thursday of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, the latest Dead spinoff that features Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira reprising their roles as Rick and Michonne.
Gossip Girl, Blake Lively’s personal style has undergone various transformations both on and off the red carpet. However, the actor has typically leaned towards an fashion aesthetic, whether she’s donning a flowing white dress paired with Christian Louboutin heels during a scorching day in the city, or making a grand entrance at the Met Gala in a custom Versace gown with a sweeping train.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The onset of war this weekend sparked by Hamas attacks on Israel has largely shuttered Israel’s film and TV industry as the country grapples with the insurgency and a death toll that has surpassed 1,100. Israeli theaters have gone dark and most air travel has been canceled. Many of those active in media and entertainment are impacted by the tragedy and are volunteering in extensive ways.
A man has been left fighting for his life and a woman has been arrested following an incident in Liverpool city centre in the early hours of the morning.
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Viewership for the second Republican debate fell to 9.5 million viewers, off by 26% from the 12.8 million who tuned in for the first GOP 2024 gathering last month.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Live Nation’s “On the Road Again” plan, announced Tuesday, says it will deliver “tens of millions of dollars” for artists and touring crews by by providing $1,500 in gas and travel cash per show to all headliners and support acts, on top of nightly performance compensation, at venues the company owns, operates or exclusively books. Those clubs will also charge no merchandise-selling fees, so artists keep 100% of merch profits.
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Thania Garcia Live Nation has launched a new program called “On the Road Again” to financially support developing artists and their teams facing growing costs of touring expenses. In making the announcement, the concert promoter has partnered with Willie Nelson, who lent his 1980 country single as the anthem for the initiative. Live Nation-owned and operated clubs are expected to deliver tens of millions of dollars in extra earnings to club artists and crew by providing $1,500 in gas and travel cash per show to all headliners and support acts, on top of nightly performance compensation.
United Talent Agency has landed a major new client in Oliver Anthony, the singer-songwriter behind the polarizing breakout country single “Rich Men North of Richmond,” which topped numerous charts after debuting on his YouTube channel in August. The first artist in history to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard charts without previously having a song on the charts, his deal is for exclusive worldwide representation in all areas.
Selome Hailu The “Strike Force Three” live event announced by Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert last week has been canceled, as Kimmel has tested positive for COVID. “Well, Las Vegas, I got Covid, and sadly, we need to cancel this weekend’s Strike Force Three show,” Kimmel posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I could never live with myself if I got my hometown friends sick.
Strike Force Three, a planned live show from Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon, has been canceled.
Taylor Swift and pal Blake Lively headed out on the town in the Big Apple on Saturday night.
and wife Kelly Ripa explained why at the top of the show.“He came down — you know, he tested negative for everything but he’s really sick and I felt so bad for him and this morning he came into the bedroom,” Ripa, 52, explained to the audience. “He was sleeping in Joaquin’s room last night and he came into the bedroom and he goes ‘babe I think I can power through.'”Ripa, however, sent him right back to bed. “I pulled that sheet up over my face and I said ‘I really feel like you need to go back to bed.
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