The fight to secure federal funding for independent venues during the Covid-19 pandemic was remarkable on several fronts: Not only was it a rare bipartisan cause in an era of intense political polarization, but it came about thanks to a interconnected, but often disparate network of independent venues and promoters that united almost instantly at a moment of deep crisis. Now, after helping to secure the future of live independent music, a group of venues is offering up a new vision of the future.
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- 3/1/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Fifty years after Jimmy Buffett took the stage for Nashville club Exit/In’s debut performance, the celebrated live music venue is in danger of closing for good. Last week, the building that houses Exit/In — the centerpiece of Nashville’s “Rock Block” and a proving ground for artists from Buffett and Waylon Jennings to R.E.M. and the Police — went under contract to be purchased by hotel-development group Aj Capital Partners. The Tennessee Lookout first reported the news of the impending sale.
Now, in a last-ditch effort to take control of the club,...
Now, in a last-ditch effort to take control of the club,...
- 4/6/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
With its future already unclear due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Nashville’s famed rock venue the Exit/In is now up for sale.
In its 50th year of operation, Exit/In has served as a popular concert destination for Music City, hosting national touring acts including Talking Heads, R.E.M., and Lucinda Williams, as well as homegrown artists from the city’s country, rock, and Americana scenes — Luke Combs played their early in his career. Situated on Nashville’s “Rock Block” amid other venues and restaurants, the Exit/In...
In its 50th year of operation, Exit/In has served as a popular concert destination for Music City, hosting national touring acts including Talking Heads, R.E.M., and Lucinda Williams, as well as homegrown artists from the city’s country, rock, and Americana scenes — Luke Combs played their early in his career. Situated on Nashville’s “Rock Block” amid other venues and restaurants, the Exit/In...
- 2/16/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Kip Moore puts a human face to the music venues in crisis in his new video for “Don’t Go Changing.” The country-rocker filmed the clip at the currently shuttered Nashville clubs the 5 Spot, the End, the Basement, Mercy Lounge, and Exit/In, the historic venue that served as a centerpiece to Robert Altman’s 1975 film Nashville.
Moore plays the role of interviewer in the video, sitting down with Exit/In owner Chris Cobb to get his unvarnished view on the state of the live music business. For Cobb — who,...
Moore plays the role of interviewer in the video, sitting down with Exit/In owner Chris Cobb to get his unvarnished view on the state of the live music business. For Cobb — who,...
- 10/30/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The live music industry has been decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic, with distancing guidelines and local ordinances keeping nearly all event spaces out of operation since March. In Nashville, independently owned venues got a much-needed lift on Thursday, as Metro Council approved a resolution to provide $2 million from Cares Act funding to help keep them afloat for the next two months.
Music Venue Alliance Nashville — a group of National Independent Venue Association members led by Mercy Lounge owner Todd Ohlhauser and Exit/In owner Chris Cobb — petitioned the Council’s Covid-19 Financial Oversight Committee,...
Music Venue Alliance Nashville — a group of National Independent Venue Association members led by Mercy Lounge owner Todd Ohlhauser and Exit/In owner Chris Cobb — petitioned the Council’s Covid-19 Financial Oversight Committee,...
- 9/4/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
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