Listed below are the musicians who’ve been supporting writers because the WGA strike continues.
Individuals picket outdoors of Paramount Photos studios in the course of the Hollywood writers strike on Might 4, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
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The continued Writers Guild of America strike has been affecting TV sequence, late night time speak exhibits and awards exhibits since Monday (Might 1), after negotiations with the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers failed to supply a brand new deal.
Members had voted in March to stroll out if an settlement was not made by the point the contract expired.
“Whereas firm income have remained excessive and spending on content material has grown, writers are falling behind,” the WGA stated in an announcement shared with The Hollywood Reporter. “The businesses have used the transition to streaming to chop author pay and separate writing from manufacturing, worsening working situations for sequence writers in any respect ranges. On TV staffs, extra writers are working at minimal no matter expertise, typically for fewer weeks, or in mini-rooms, whereas showrunners are left and not using a writing employees to finish the season. And whereas sequence budgets have soared over the previous decade, median writer-producer pay has fallen.”
Because it started, the writers’ strike has garnered help from many celebrities in Hollywood, together with numerous musicians. From Taste Flav becoming a member of protesters outdoors of Warner Bros. studios to Think about Dragons, Weezer and extra spreading the love by means of mini performances, see beneath for all the musicians who’ve been supporting writers because the strike continues.
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Taste Flav
The rapper joined protesters on Might 18 in Burbank, Calif., outdoors Warner Bros. studios, displaying help for the continued Writers Guild of America strike. In photographs and movies shared to social media, he introduced pizza, burgers and fries to these on the picket line and likewise danced alongside to his Public Enemy protest anthem, “Battle the Energy.”
He was additionally noticed posing for photographs with the Ted Lasso team, together with Jason Sudeikis, and the Abbott Elementary team, together with Quinta Brunson.
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Think about Dragons
The band’s singer Dan Reynolds and guitarist Daniel Sermon stopped by the Netflix picket line in Hollywood on Might 10, the place they handled protesters to an acoustic efficiency of their hits “Radioactive” and “No matter It Takes.”
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Weezer
Equally, Weezer performed an impromptu acoustic set on the Paramount Photos lot for the picketers on Might 17. Singer/guitarist Rivers Cuomo, guitarist Brian Bell and bassist Scott Shriner carried out a mini-set that included their 1994 hit “Buddy Holly” and 2005’s “Beverly Hills.”
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Tom Morello
Tom Morello additionally entertained picketers in help, because the Rage In opposition to the Machine rocker was noticed on Might 10 performing his protest anthem, “Union Music,” from his solo undertaking The Nightwatchman.
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Snoop Dogg
“[Artists] have to determine it out the identical manner the writers are figuring it out,” Snoop stated throughout a Might 3 panel with Selection‘s government music editor Shirley Halperin and Gamma’s Larry Jackson. “The writers are putting as a result of [of] streaming, they will’t receives a commission. As a result of when it’s on the platform, it’s not like within the field workplace.”
He continued, “I don’t perceive how the f— you receives a commission off of that s—. Anyone clarify to me how one can get a billion streams and never get 1,000,000 {dollars}?… That’s the principle gripe with lots of us artists is that we do main numbers… however it don’t add as much as the cash. Like, the place the f— is the cash?”
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