Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs the coronavirus pandemic’s devastating impact on the live-entertainment industry became clear, independent music venues across the country — the most vulnerable businesses in the live-music industry — came together as NIVA, the now 2,600-member National Independent Venue Association, hired the powerful lobbying firm Akin Gump, and got to work.
Last month, Senators Amy Klobuchar (a Democrat) and John Cornyn (a Republican) authored the Save Our Stages act, which requests $10 billion in relief for independent venues.However, despite a letter signed by everyone from Billie Eilish to Billy Porter to Billy Joel and more than 600,000 emails sent to legislators, Save Our Stages was just one of many pieces of.
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