Roady4Roadies Day Set For April 11
Sunday 11 April has been designated Roady4Roadies Day 2021. The event to be held in 10 cities around Australia is a day for crew and the musicians who work with them to reconnect in social gatherings.
Roady4Roadies is a CrewCare project. CrewCare’s 2021 Roady4Roadies’ Ambassadors / Supporters with ICEHOUSE, Missy Higgins, Vika & Linda Bull, Paul Dempsey (Something for Kate), Brian Ritchie (Violent Femmes/MONA) Catherine Britt, The Badloves and King Canyon.
In a statement Iva Davies says, “ICEHOUSE has been playing shows for a very long time – and we would not have been able to without our Crew.
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When the memorial was taken down due to the planned upgrade to the Bruce Highway authorities kept the cross and reached out to the local community. We ve removed the memorial for now and we ll keep it safe in storage in the hope that whoever placed it there will get in touch, the department wrote on Facebook. We really hope it sparks a memory in someone that leads to locating the person who laid it here by the roadside.
Rachel Crane (pictured) died in a three car crash on the way to a Guns N Roses concert in early 2013
By: Christie Eliezer
Live Performance Australia Cites New Figures In Call For Gov’t Intervention
Arts and entertainment industry peak body Live Performance Australia (LPA) cited figures from a new survey to call for the government to extend its wage subsidy JobKeeper for the sector.
The government is ending the scheme late March arguing 90% of the 1.3 million jobs lost in 2020 are replaced. But LPA chief executive Evelyn Richardson said that figure did not include arts and entertainment, which suffered “an estimated A$24 billion ($18.4 billion) of lost economic output and A$11 billion ($8.4 billion) lost in industry value. We’ve also seen 79,000 jobs lost, which is around two thirds of our work force.”
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He added of visiting Australia: Even if I have to quarantine, you are well worth it.
Paul earlier told The Daily Telegraph that if the current mandatory hotel quarantine is still in place in November, he is prepared to isolate when he arrives Down Under. It d be an honour to do whatever is called for. Not just because it s the rules and the law, you do it out of respect, he said.
Appearing on Australia s The Project, the singer, 69, said: I have to say, kudos, you handled it so beautifully. If we had only done half the job you have done, we would be in a much better position here Pictured on The Project