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.
Creative Production Partners 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 Cardi B, Boyz II Men, TLC, The Jacksons + more on how they make a tour run flawlessly from start to finish. Ronnie Stephenson (President/CEO), Geeta Khanna (Tour Manager), Tasha McGahee-Shangvi (Tour Manager), Vernon "VDiddy" Mungo (Playback Audio Engineer), and Harry Timothee (Production Manager) break down the teams and give us the stories on how they all come together 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.