NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- VNUE, Inc. (OTC:
VNUE) joins forces with rising Nashville-based artist Ron Pope
recording each show on his upcoming tour and making content available for download within 24 hours after each show via VNUE's
set.fm.
Pope, who was named one of Rolling Stone Country's "10 New Country Artists You Need To Know" this summer will kick off
the second leg of his U.S. tour on February 7 in St. Louis .VNUE
will be on-hand to capture every note. The tour comes on the heels of Pope's Worktapes EP out now via his own imprint
Brooklyn Basement Records, and will roll through 18 cities throughout the Midwest and West Coast before wrapping up in VNUE's
home base of Memphis, Tennessee.
Uncut Magazine has called Pope "Atlanta's answer to The Boss" while Baeble Music says "…Pope
has made his name slinging tunes as a sort of rock and roll everyman, delivering track after track grounded in earnest experience
and emotional relatability… Pope stands apart as an honest-to-goodness blue-collar, Americana hero."
"Ron is an extraordinary talent who has been increasingly visible in the mainstream thanks to his brilliant music and
appearances on shows like Nashville ," Zach Bair, CEO of
VNUE and "instant music" pioneer DiscLive, said. "To have him release his shows through VNUE's set.fm will allow his fast-growing fanbase to capture and cherish these shows forever."
Pope explains, "I love that my fans will be able to take home the live experience and enjoy the show over and over. Each
setlist on tour will be a little different, so each city really gets something truly unique. I think what VNUE and
Set.fm are doing is really great for my connection to fans as an artist. They've made it easy to
offer something a bit different at the merch table."
Fans may pre-purchase the shows now by downloading the set.fm app from the Apple App Store or Google Play, or by visiting
https://set.fm/artists/ron-pope
About Ron Pope (www.ronpopemusic.com)
Nashville-based artist Ron Pope has surpassed 1.4
million monthly listeners on Spotify, sold out shows in more than 20 countries, sold over two million digital tracks, had over
250 million streams on Spotify, 630 million plays on Pandora and 150 million views on YouTube. Pope's music has been featured on
NBC's "The Voice," CW's "Vampire Diaries," "90210," and multiple seasons of FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance," which sent two of
his albums into the top 100 on iTunes simultaneously. Pope also guest starred as himself in season three of the show
"Nashville." When Ron is not touring or releasing his own music, he is writing and producing for
other artists signed to his Brooklyn Basement Records label. Pope's EP Worktapes is out now on his own
imprint Brooklyn Basement Records.
About VNUE, Inc. (www.vnue.com)
VNUE, Inc., (OTC: VNUE) is a music technology company dedicated to further monetizing the live music experience for
artists, labels, writers, publishers, and literally all stakeholders, by creating new and exciting products such as its set.fm
platform and exclusive license partner disclive.net; by leveraging automation technology and second-to-none experience in the
instant live space; and by identifying issues such as lack of transparency with performance rights organizations and solving this
through innovation and our patent-pending solutions. The VNUE team is the most experienced in our space, a group of
technology entrepreneurs, artists and songwriters who are passionate about the future of the industry, and ensuring that the
value of the rights holders are not lost in the context of new and ever-changing technology. Our team has produced live
content and created experiential products for such artists and companies as Peter Frampton, Bad
Company, Devo, Blondie, Wind Up Records, EMI, Capitol Records, and many more.
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