“If you’re among the nearly 800,000 fans who have participated, thank you,” the platform writes. The platform reiterates that this helps artists cover rent, bills, mortgages and other essential payments. In a blog post on its website, Bandcamp writes that since starting the Friday scheme, “fans have paid artists and labels more than $78 million dollars”. Launched on the first Friday of March in 2020, Bandcamp Fridays normally take place on one Friday a month (usually the first). Read this next: Bandcamp is giving 100% of sales to artists - Here's some good stuff to buyīandcamp Fridays allow artists and labels releasing music to take back 93% of the money earned through sales, with the other 7% being used for processing fees and charges. Since May 6, the platform has not mentioned anything about the future of the Friday series. This is the first news of Bandcamp Fridays since the last Friday, which took place on May 6. Bandcamp has announced that Bandcamp Fridays will make a return for its last stint of 2022 - taking place on September 2, October 7, November 4 and December 2.

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