Diversify the Stage Organization Rolls Out Inclusivity Pledge for Music’s Touring Industry
Chris Willman Music WriterDiversify the Stage, an organization formed to promote inclusivity in the touring industry, is rolling out an “Inclusion Initiative” today that the group hopes to have companies and individuals throughout the live entertainment business sign onto. Among the industry leaders that have already put their names to the pledge at its launch are such promoters as AEG and Live Nation and agencies including UTA, WME, CAA and ICM.Making room for women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community and others who traditionally have faced trouble breaking into the touring industry is a key goal for Diversify the Stage, founded a year and a half ago by Noelle Scaggs, singer for the group Fitz and the Tantrums.