Gomez star Tom Gray warns of ‘double whammy of income destruction’ for musicians
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breakingnews.ieGomez star Tom Gray has warned that musicians face a “double whammy of income destruction” as the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect both live performances and music licensing.
The singer and guitarist, from the Mercury Prize-winning band, said the crisis has also brought the “inequities” of the streaming system into “stark relief”.
He has launched the Broken Record appeal, which is highlighting “the low royalties many artists, writers and musicians receive from streaming” and raising money for the PRS Emergency Relief Fund and the Musicians’ Union (MU) Coronavirus Hardship Fund.
Gray told the PA news agency: “Under Covid-19, music is dead and we don’t know when it’s coming back. We seriously don’t know when it is coming back. “The
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