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Broken Social Scene, Khruangbin, The War on Drugs, Andy Shauf, Fruit Bats, Bedouine, Tegan and Sara, Delicate Steve, Molly Sarle, The Shins, Chaos Chaos, Stars, Lucius, Tim Burgess, Patrick Watson, We Were Promised Jetpacks and more have all contributed playlists to Music Runs, a virtual charity run…

The streams will feature special guest appearances by members of Pennywise, Flogging Molly, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, and more, and they'll benefit NIVA member South Bay Customs...

Purity Ring, Alice Glass, Kim Petras, Ela Minus, Romy of The xx and more are also set to perform on the marathon stream, which will be raising money for NIVA.

Watch Brittany Howard, Foo Fighters, Leon Bridges, Major Lazer, Nathaniel Rateliff, Phoebe Bridgers, Portugal. The Man, The Roots, YG, and more perform from independent venues across the country.

Brittany Howard, Leon Bridges, Portugal. The Man, YG and others will perform from independent venues in NYC, LA, San Francisco, Nashville, and more.

The shirt itself highlights various NYC venues and proceeds go to the National Independent Venue Association's Emergency Relief Fund, and all venues listed on the tee...

”As performers, visiting and filming all the shuttered venues during the early months of the lockdown was eerie and powerful,” band leader Fabio Brienza tells us...

The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) is advocating for financial support for independent music venues, 90% of which will be forced to shut down without government aid.

Bowery Ballroom, United Palace, Town Hall, Baby's All Right, Elsewhere, City Winery, Le Poisson Rouge, Saint Vitus, Joe's Pub and Union Pool are just a few of the NYC venues part of NYIVA which seeks aid for independent venues that have been closed during COVID-19.

”I see these smaller venues as being essential in that chain of venues that keeps the whole system healthy,” David Byrne said on ’TODAY.’