U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus pandemic in the State Dining Room of the White House on Jan. 26, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Live industry pros have been suggesting for months that venues, especially those with large parking lots, would be ideal for mass distribution of a vaccine. It took less than 72 hours for the concert industry to come together and draft a letter offering help with President's plan to vaccinate 100 million Americans in 100 days, but the desire to answer a call to service to assist with the effort had been months in the making., founder of Entourage Talent and secretary of the executive committee at the National Independent Talent Organization.
Then late last week, after months monitoring the sometimes chaotic state-by-state rollout of several COVID-19 vaccines, Forte began reaching out to colleagues to discuss how the live entertainment business could help.
"This is a perfect giving back situation," Forte says of the $15 billion aid package for independent venues, agencies, music managers and other arts and cultural organizations. Wanting to reach out to federal, state and local officials and remind them that the concert industry was ready to help, Forte and Strickland began outreach efforts for a second push, this time offering assistance to any government agencies looking for help.
This is stupid as fuck.