Bandcamp has announced that for 24 hours on March 20 (from midnight to midnight PST), the site will waive its revenue shares on music sales in an attempt to “put much needed money directly into artists’ pockets.” The action is in direct response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which has had a massive effect on the music industry due to tour cancelations. “The Covid-19 pandemic is in full force, and artists have been hit especially hard as tours and shows are being canceled for the foreseeable future,” Bandcamp co-Founder and CEO Ethan Diamond wrote in a statement on the platform’s website.
Diamond added: “For many artists, a single day of boosted sales can mean the difference between being able to pay rent or not.” Find Diamond’s
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