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Looking forward to the TPI Awards tonight, seeing clients, suppliers and friends for a much deserved celebration of our industries. Incredibly honoured that Onstage Travel have been shortlisted for 'Favourite Travel Company' this year and so pleased to see so many of our clients and friends recognised in their respective fields!

A very Merry Christmas to all our wonderful clients and suppliers - thank you!
Cheers to an incredibly resilient industry and looking forward to a great year in 2022 with you all
Love,
Onstage Travel
Becs, Izzi & Andrea

THIS 👇

I don’t know if audiences really understand how dire the situation is for millions of hard-working professionals.

Broadway is closed until 2021, 6 West End venues THINK they can open at the moment. Cirque du Soleil is filing for bankruptcy and cut 3500+ jobs. Feld Entertainment laid off 90% of its workforce permanently. Live Nation had to lay off a significant amount of employees. Cruise ship entertainers are out of work and theme park productions have no idea when they will be recalled. There are no concerts, festivals or touring productions scheduled until 2021 and if they don’t happen next year, they may never happen again. No Jazz Fest, no Coachella, no Bonnaroo, no EDC, no Glastonbury, no Download, no ROLLING STONES FINAL TOUR(S), no ballet, no opera....all gone.
It’s being predicted that 90% of independent music venues may close the longer this continues.
Performing arts and music organisations of all kinds- choirs, theatres, orchestras, dance companies , festivals, music venues, not to mention all the technical suppliers and freelancers - all are trying to figure out on a daily basis how to keep going and employ anyone they can in the field.

More than 12,000,000 people work in entertainment production, we are not insignificant and this industry cannot reopen until mass gatherings can happen again.
This doesn’t include the additional layoff of venue management and bar staff, security and thousands of vendors.
So when you see your entertainment friends begging you to wear masks and stay home, understand that we are helplessly watching our industry crumble before our eyes because the country is doing so poorly at reducing the spread. This IS personal for us, our entire livelihood is dependent on social gathering and we will not accept being labeled “nonessential”.

Music and art are critical to a cheerful, balanced society.

Everyone’s career and the whole industry is indefinitely on hold. PLEASE wear your mask (over your mouth AND your nose) and wash your hands.

Gratefully copied. Feel free to do the same.

“𝗨𝗞 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞’𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹, 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲” but it’s in crisis.

Live gigs and events cannot happen without the incredible hard work of the teams behind the scenes. Over 1,500 artists including Liam Gallagher, Little Mix, Coldplay and Lewis Capaldi, as well as the countless support personnel that make all this happen are asking the government to step up and support the live music industry that has been hit devastatingly hard and needs their help.

Many people have some of their most iconic memories at a festival, show, or gig – it’s time to make sure these can continue.
Please support the campaign here:
https://www.ukmusic.org/policy/let-the-music-play


🎤🎼🎧🎤🎼

Amazing global relief fund set up by Live Nation for those working in the Live Music industry. We are grateful to have been able to donate and support those in our industry, and see everyone come together 🙌 Would urge you all to take a look and support the “backbone of our live industry” if you’re able to in these times 🎤🎼🎤🎼

https://www.livenationentertainment.com/crewnation/

Global Relief Fund For Live Music Crews - Live Nation Entertainment Live music inspires millions around the world, but the concerts we all enjoy wouldn’t be possible without the countless crew members working behind the scenes. As COVID-19 puts concerts on pause, we want to extend a helping hand to the touring and venue crews who depend on shows to make a living.

✈️🎤🎬This past week especially has been a difficult one for the world of travel and entertainment and our thoughts go out to all those affected; our fellow agencies, our suppliers, our clients and their teams who have spent months working excruciatingly hard to put together work that can no longer go ahead. We have been working hard with our clients needing to come home, pulling together with our hotel and airline contacts to lessen the financial implications of these last minute changes and are here to support wherever we can.

Our industry is a great one and it’s humbling to see everyone reaching out to support one another, still maintaining the positivity and finding humour even in these trying times. We are proud to work alongside you and we know that we will all bounce back with vigour. ✈️🎤🎬

Some useful links for those struggling to find clarity; we are also at the end of the phone if needed:
https://www.who.int/
https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

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