In October 2020, Jerome Crooks, Nine Inch Nails Tour Manager & Never Famous Partner, joined Noelle Scaggs, Diversify The Stage Founder & Fitz & The Tantrums Musician) on the cover of Pollstar Magazine. They posed in the empty seating area of the Greek Theater and discussed the damage done to the music and touring industry by the COVID shutdown, and the opportunity to re-envision the industry once it is able to reopen. Scaggs noted her years of touring experience and observations she made involving the lack of staff diversity back stage. It is also known that this industry is very difficult to break into.

Diversify The Stage has partnered with Never Famous for an initiative to bring more diversity to the stage and to provide a gateway to young people seeking a career in the music industry.

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