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Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Entertainment
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Casting Call for Green Day-Inspired Comedy Searches for ‘Punks, Emo, Hardcore, Alt' Extras
The tables are finally turning for Green Day fans in the Oklahoma City area. Now, instead of paying to rock out at the band's live shows, a casting call for an upcoming comedy film inspired by their early days will give them a chance to get paid to be in the audience of a pop-up rock show. 'Punks, emo, hardcore, alternative and rocker young adults, aged 18-30, are needed for the feature film NEW YEARS REV, featuring the band Green Day,' the casting call reads. 'Everyone selected will work multiple days on the film. They will appear as attendees of a pop-up rock show at an outdoor location.' More from Rolling Stone Noah Kahan, Fall Out Boy, and Green Day to Headline Maryland's Ocean Calling Festival Green Day Comedy Film Inspired by Band's Early Days Is in the Works FireAid: Inside the Star-Studded Benefit Show For Los Angeles The opportunity promises to provide 'live music, skateboarding, and a rowdy good time,' plus a daily pay rate of $101.50 with potential for overtime. There will also be an additional $25 added onto payment for one particular shoot day that entails a 'rain and mud' fight. The call doesn't mention whether the scenes will feature Green Day. The band is set to appear in New Years Rev alongside Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, and Sean Gunn. Lee Kirk is both writer and director for the film, which follows three best friends on their journey to Los Angeles to open for Green Day on New Year's Eve. 'Their roadtrip is a rowdy and mischievous jaunt across the country filled with adventures, based on the exploits of Green Day and their years of living in a tour van,' a synopsis of the movie reads. Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool serve as film producers. 'Van days rule. You will drive all night on no sleep then play a show for 10 kids in a basement of a friend of a friend's house 50 miles east of anywhere you've ever heard of,' Armstrong told Variety in a previous statement discussing the film. 'But you'll do it again the next day, and the one after that. Because you're doing it with your bandmates who become your family and it's unlike anything you've ever known.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Universal Music Group Partners With Music Health Alliance for Musician Mental Health Fund
Earlier this month, Chappell Roan closed her rousing Grammy Awards speech with a pointed question: 'Labels, we got you, but do you got us?' That one moment of advocating for artists to have access to livable wages and healthcare has already inspired tangible results in the music industry. Universal Music Group has partnered with the Music Health Alliance to launch the Music Industry Mental Health Fund, which will provide mental health services to current and former music professionals, even those not connected to UMG. 'We have been working on ways to establish a streamlined pathway for mental health access, funding, and care planning,' UMG's Chief Impact Officer Susan Mazo shared in a statement. The service isn't a sudden response to recent discourse around healthcare in the music industry, though the timing isn't insignificant. UMG and MHA previously launched a healthcare access program in 2021. 'Growing and continuing our partnership with Tatum and the Music Health Alliance was the most natural way to ensure continuous and effective mental health support for anyone working in our industry,' Mazo added. More from Rolling Stone Noah Kahan, Fall Out Boy, and Green Day to Headline Maryland's Ocean Calling Festival Madonna Praises Sabrina Carpenter's 'Vogue' Cover Ariana Grande Says She Advised 'Wicked' Rivals Auditioning for Same Role The Music Industry Mental Health Fund will provide referrals to mental health counselors and psychiatrists and assist with financial costs through grants and other funding resources. 'Music Health Alliance possesses the comprehensive resources necessary to address the full spectrum of mental health needs for music industry professionals,' MHA Founder and CEO Tatum Hauck Allsep said. 'This includes financial assistance, a continuum of care for both mental and physical health, and wraparound services such as psychiatric support, facilitation of intensive outpatient and inpatient programs, and data collection.' Earlier this week, Roan announced a partnership with Backline, a non-profit organization providing music industry professionals with access to mental health and wellness resources. Her initial $25,000 donation has since been matched by Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, Lauv, and Noah Kahan, who previously partnered with Backline for his own non-profit mental health foundation, The Busyhead Project. Live Nation, AEG Global Touring, the Wasserman Foundation, and more donated the same amount, per the official We Got You campaign site. Earlier this week, Ariana Grande called on music, television, and film companies to provide mental health resources for young performers, including weekly therapy sessions. 'It's so important that these record labels, these studios, these TV studios, these big production companies make it a part of the contract when you sign on to do something that's going to change your life in that way, on that scale,' the actress and singer said on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast. 'You need a therapist to be seeing several times a week.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
