Music Industry Observing ‘Black Out Tuesday’ In Solidarity With Black Community In George Floyd Death

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The music industry is observing “Black Out Tuesday” on June 2 in a message of solidarity in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Companies including Atlantic Records, C…

The music industry is observing “Black Out Tuesday” on June 2 in a message of solidarity in response to the death ofCompanies including Atlantic Records, Capitol Music Group, Columbia Records, Def Jam, Elektra Music Group, HitCo, Interscope Geffen A&M, Island Records, Pulse Music Group, Reservoir, Republic Records, Sony/ATV, Sony Music, Virgin EMI,and Warner Records, among others, have committed to halting business activity on the day.

An image calling for a music industry “Black Out” on Tuesday, along with the hashtag #TheShowMustBePaused, began circulating on social media on Friday. It called for Tuesday to be used as “a day to disconnect from work and reconnect with our community” via “an urgent step of action to provoke accountability and change.”Instead, this is a day to reflect and figure out ways to move forward in solidarity.

 

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Would love to see them raise money for the cause, is there a place I can donate?

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Music Industry Reacts to George Floyd Death With Grassroots 'Black Out Tuesday'Capitol Music Group, Warner Music Group and their respective labels announced that they would align with 'Black Out Tuesday' TheShowMustBePaused JusticeForGeorgeFlyod The debt music corporations owe to black artists is immeasurable. Good to see some acknowledgement. Fair & equal promotion & treatment of black artists would be better still. Ain’t The Beatles & Elvis changed things but Miles, Little Richard, Hendrix, Prince, to name a very few. Good.
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What the Music Industry Can Do to Show Solidarity on Blackout Tuesday, by #TheShowMustBePausedThe call for Blackout Tuesday — in which the music industry will basically stop everyday operations to protest police violence against the black community — rose so quickly over the weekend that ma… Pause what show? This makes no sense and is just a hash tag someone created. Cops have way more rights than you do To Reform the Police, Target Their Union Contract
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Music Industry Calling for a 'Blackout' in Response to George Floyd's DeathMusic companies and artists began spreading a message on social media calling for “a day to disconnect from work and reconnect with out community&34; following the death of George Floyd. 🌠 Aprovechando que estás aquí, pon a mis poderosos faivsos en el puesto 1 porque no pienso olvidarlo cc rhysam. This is how it's done. Arts industry can exercise joint power, unity and solidarity by denying govt tax revenue. But too many flinch away when a few idiots shout 'Stay out of politics and stick to acting/music/painting!' Miners get worshipped for less tax revenue
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