Spotify has donated $500,000 to the National Independent Venue Association (or, NIVA) Emergency Relief Fund, which was created to help small venues stay in business during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
Stephen Sternschein, co-founder and treasurer of NIVA, stated; "As 2020 draws to a close, the live music industry enters month nine of no shows, no income, no federal support, and ever-mounting debts. Music is what connects us all – as Spotify shows us, it’s what helped our friends, our families and our communities get through this tumultuous year,"
Sternshein continues, "Everyone’s favorite artists started somewhere, and we’re immensely thankful to Spotify for helping us to tell these stories. The stories that artists like Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, The Weeknd, The Strokes, and so many more began on the very stages that today are struggling to survive."
NIVA is also behind the #SaveOurStages movement, and has supported the RESTART Act.
Please support bands during the COVID-19 pandemic. Buy tickets to live shows, buy official merchandise, anything you can do to support our favorite artists.
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Written by Steve Knudsen
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