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Amy Grant, Toby Keith & More Selected for Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2021: Rhett Akins and Buddy Cannon in the songwriter category; John Scott Sherrill in the veteran songwriter category; Toby Keith in the songwriter/artist category ;and Amy Grant in the veteran songwriter/artist category. The five will be inducted Nov. 1 at the Music City Center in […]

Venues Won’t Have to Reapply for Supplemental Shuttered Venue Grants

Independent venue owners, promoters and talent representatives were given good news Tuesday (July 13) when a Small Business Administration (SBA) representative told stakeholders they would not need to reapply for supplemental funds from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG).   According to multiple sources who were on an SVOG stakeholders call Tuesday morning, the SBA said any […]

SBA Has Approved 43% of Shuttered Venue Grant Applications

The Small Business Administration has so far notified nearly half of the 15,026 independent venue owners, promoters, movie theaters and other live entertainment businesses who have applied for Shuttered Venue Operators Grants, according to numbers released Monday (July 12).  Following a prolonged rollout of the program, which was signed into law in December as part of a […]

Britney Spears’ Conservator Claims Dad Used $2M of Star’s Funds for His Defense

Britney Spears’ personal conservator Jodi Montgomery is alleging in new court papers that Spears’ father, Jamie, used $2 million of the pop superstar’s funds in his own defense. Montgomery has acted as the conservator over Spears’ person since she temporarily took over for Jamie in September 2019, after he asked the court to allow him to […]