Backstage with Crew Nation is a new series recently launched on Live Nation's Live From Home platform in conjunction with the Crew Nation Fund. The series highlights the voices that make up the resilient live music community and spotlights relationships between touring artists and the backstage crews that help them make their concert dreams a reality.
DMANI Entertainment is giving a behind the scenes look at of some of the biggest music tours including BTS footage in the the video below. Watch as they discuss their work with hip-hop greats including Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Kid Cudi, French Montana, Playboi Carti + more and how they make every show and tour run flawlessly from start to finish. Silbert "Sil" Mani (CEO & President), Giovanni Vargas (Tour Manager), Mikaella Ashley (Tour Manager Assistant), Carlos Turcios (Assistant Tour Manager), and Craig "G" Burbridge (Tour Manager Assistant) break down the teams, designs, logistics and more on this episode of Backstage with Crew Nation.
The Crew Nation Fund was launched in April to help support touring and venue crews through this temporary intermission while COVID-19 puts concerts on pause. Live Nation has committed $10 million to Crew Nation, contributing an initial $5 million to the fund and then matching the next $5 million in donations, dollar for dollar. Artists from around the world have already supported this initiative with donations and activations from performers including John Mayer, U2, Metallica, Coldplay, Cher, Justin Timberlake, Aerosmith, Anderson.Paak, Twenty One Pilots, Backstreet Boys and more. If you want to help support crews, visit livenation.com/crewnation to donate or buy exclusive merch now.