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Reading & Leeds “going ahead as planned” amid coronavirus pandemic
Reading & Leeds Festival 2020 is still going on as planned. The U.K-based music fest is set for Aug. 28-30. R&L recently sent an email to fans reassuring them that despite coronavirus concerns, the plan is to still move forward. Read More: Vans launches Autism Awareness collection with sensory inclusive designs The Reading festival is the […]
Old music piracy practices are making a comeback amid the coronavirus
Music piracy seems largely to have dropped in the wake of growing streaming service presences from Spotify, Apple Music and others but amid the coronavirus pandemic, numbers are falling even more while showing an interesting trend towards the past. According to a report from Rolling Stone, global media piracy analytics company Muso revealed their data and after requesting music-based information the publication is noticing […]
TWLOHA founder Jamie Tworkowski shares hope in coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is keeping much of the world locked down. We’ve been forced into isolation and sometimes reacting to it poorly. Jamie Tworkowski, founder of mental health advocacy group To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA) figured he’d redress the balance. So he went to Twitter. He tweeted, “Conversations will not be canceled. Relationships […]
Record Store Day postponed until summer over coronavirus
Record Store Day is being pushed back to a later date in 2020 as they take similar actions to others in the entertainment industry over coronavirus. The event is moving from its original April 18 date to June 20 to avoid gathering large crowds. Read More: AMC and other movie theatres cut capacity in half over coronavirus […]
Goldenvoice postpones all events indefinitely due to coronavirus pandemic
Goldenvoice is announcing all of their events are being postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. The organization is saying there is no information about rescheduling new dates for their concerts at the moment. Read More: Recording Academy and MusiCares reveal COVID-19 relief fund Currently, they were set to have concerts from artists including the Killers, MewithoutYou, Rage Against The Machine, Bad […]
Coronavirus causes Lush, Urban Outfitters to temporarily close stores
Urban Outfitters, Nike and more stores have announced temporary store closures in response to the global coronavirus pandemic. Abercrombie & Fitch, Apple, Lush and more have announced they will close many or all of their stores, with some not re-opening until the end of March. Read more: Code Orange livestream ‘Underneath’ release show from empty […]
Rammstein singer Till Lindemann reportedly in ICU with coronavirus–UPDATE
Rammstein singer Till Lindemann has reportedly been diagnosed with coronavirus. The 57-year old eccentric metal star is reported to be in the ICU due to his diagnosis with COVID-19 and pneumonia. The report comes for the German newspaper outlet Bild. Read More: Motionless In White postpone tour with Knocked Loose due to coronavirus Lindemann is best […]
Coachella officially postpones 6 months over coronavirus concerns
After being petitioned by the community to cancel and speculation of a 6-month postponement, Coachella has officially confirmed they’re shifting the event. Set to take place across two weekends April 10-12 and April 17-19 in Indio, California, the annual festival will now occur Oct. 9-11 and Oct. 16-18. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of […]
Bandcamp brings in $4.3 million for artists during coronavirus campaign
On Friday, Bandcamp gave a massive helping hand to struggling musicians facing economic pressures in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus by waiving their distributor fees and now we’re seeing the results. The organization ended up bringing in a total of $4.3 million for bands over the course of the day with 800,000 sales taking place. Read […]
Firefly Music Festival 2020 canceled due to coronavirus pandemic
The 2020 Firefly Music Festival is now canceling due to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. After holding off from canceling for a while, organizers are following suit with countless other events, tours and festivals. Read More: Vans are revealing a milk-tea inspired Old Skool shoe collection The event was scheduled to be taking place from June 18 to 21. […]
