Photo via @BabysAllRight on IG
According to Variety, this past Tuesday, New York Senator Chuck Schumer appeared alongside LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right club to endorse and raise awareness for the $10 billion Save Our Stages Act.
The bipartisan bill, authored by Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Republican Sen. John Cornyn, seeks to aid independent live music venues which have been hit hard by COVID-19 closures.
“We’re here today because all of us believe that independent venues are vital,” Schumer reportedly said. “But due to COVID, there’s no revenue coming into these places. Independent venues were among the very first [businesses] to close during the pandemic and will be among the last to reopen — so we have to make sure they get federal funding. I am here to tell these people that I am fully behind this [bill], and I will use whatever muscle I have to get this passed.”
In a recent chat with Relix, Tipitina’s co-owner/Galactic bassist Robert Mercurio echoed these sentiments, saying, “We were one of the first businesses to close and, most likely, we’re going to be one of the last able to open. And then—even once we can open— when are we going to be able to make a profit? The margins were already really slim when we were at full capacity and people wanted to be together.”
Learn more at SaveOurStages.com.
8 Comments comments associated with this post
D of KC
August 25, 2020 at 1:18 pmDeadman, do you get off on insulting others? Liberals truly are violent and hateful, I know this well after 40 years of dealing with “peace loving hypocrite Dems”.
D of KC
August 20, 2020 at 12:13 pmFacts are just that and many of us have seen thru the Democrat LIE for the last 40 years or so, ya know, trade poverty for a vote, THE Dem way! Can you say TURD/Term Limits???
deadman
August 20, 2020 at 11:02 amYeah right. You’re not very smart Richie K, are you. Another idiot Trumpie.
Richie K
August 19, 2020 at 9:09 pmHe is holding up NYC from opening back-up and stopping any additional aid for the country. Don’t trust him at all. A crooked lifetime politician for 35 years. All of this being done to cripple the economy and influence the election.
Tommy Boi
August 19, 2020 at 4:55 pmEhhh He seems like a nice guy.
good one
August 19, 2020 at 10:24 pmlol. that is funny, Richard
Nancy
August 19, 2020 at 12:55 pmFuck Schumer… crooked asswipe. the most dangerous place is between him and a camera.
D of KC
August 19, 2020 at 12:32 pmOle Crooked Chuck wants MORE MONEY? What else is new? True liberal sham artist there….