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The legendary rocker was thankful for the help in preserving the arts.

Out of all of the industries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (read: almost all of them), one of the hardest hit was the live performance industry. Independently-run stages and concert venues have found it quite impossible to fill to their usual capacities, to say nothing of even securing musical acts to play. These hard times prompted the creation of the Save Our Stages Act, a formal request for financial aid to struggling venues.

In a stroke of good fortune for these venues, the Save Our Stages Act was one of the numerous pieces of legislation rolled into the new COVID-19 stimulus package that was signed by the President over the weekend. With the Save Our Stages Act signed into law, struggling venues all over the country will receive a total of $10 billion in federal aid.

Beloved rock star and Foo Fighters frontman, not to mention one of the most outspoken supporters of Save Our Stages, Dave Grohl, offered his heartfelt thanks to everyone who gave their support to the act.

“The preservation of America’s smaller, independent venues is not only crucial to the millions of concert goers whose lives are bettered by experiencing their favorite artists in the flesh, but to the future of music itself, as it gives the next generation of young musicians a place to cut their teeth, hone their craft and grow into the voices of tomorrow,” Grohl wrote on the official Foo Fighters Twitter.

Thank You. #SaveOurStages @nivassoc pic.twitter.com/kD95iUmanw

— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) December 28, 2020

“The absence of live music this year has left us all longing for that communal feeling of connection, one that is best felt when joined in a song,” Grohl continued. “The Save Our Stages Act brings us one step closer to sharing that feeling again, one that I hope we can all experience again very soon. Every day we’re one step closer. See you there.”

The funds from the act will be immediately available to venue-owners to use on rent, utilities, mortgages, PPE and other management-related costs.