Good Charlotte’s Benji and Joel Madden on the pop-punk revival, their Veeps live-streaming platform, why they have hopes the Gallagher brothers can reconcile, and much more
spend more time in boardrooms than they do onstage, thanks to their management company, MDDN, and their Live Nation-backed live-streaming platform,, which just switched from pay-per-view concerts to an $11.99-a-month subscription model. They recently sat down to talk about the arc of their career, the future of concert streaming, their upcoming gig at theYou guys grew up with a lot of economic precariousness and uncertainty.
The original idea for Veeps was more of a bonus experience for superfans, but it changed during the pandemic, right?: There’s certainly a tier of artists that can survive through a pandemic without having to be on the road, which is a blessing. When the pandemic came about, I think we did a thousand shows that year because artists needed it and the fans who wanted to be connected showed up and support them.
Benji:. I do think you start to reach the end of your twenties, and you start to go like, “Where am I going? Who am I? Am I just a guy in a band? Is that what I’m worth? Is the only thing I’m worth if I have a hit? And if I don’t have a hit, what does it mean? And I think like we really felt no, that’s not what defines me. What defines me is what kind of brother am I with? What am I giving?”
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