Friday, March 29, 2024

The Show Must Be Paused: Entire Music Industry Will Take Tuesday as a Day of Reflection, Community, No Business

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Two record execs from Atlantic Records, Brianna Agyemang and Jamila Thomas, came up with the plan for a Blackout Tuesday tomorrow, June 2nd. The entire music industry will stop and pause for reflection and involvement in community. Implicitly this in memory of George Floyd, and all victims of anti-black racism.

I think the only thing that will continue will be the counting of record sales. Otherwise, every artist and record label has announced they will observe theshowmustbepaused.com. All offices will be closed. Radio will go on, and hopefully programmers will play meaningful music throughout the day. It feels like 1968, and that’s a good thing. (PS Nice that this is coming from Atlantic Records. Ahmet, Nesuhi, Arif, Jerry, Tom– they’d be proud.)

 

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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
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