Good Charlotte join Hilary Duff on-stage at Madison Square Garden just hours after the Madden Brothers' company carried out mass layoffs at US music journalism titles

Key Points:

• Good Charlotte joined Hilary Duff on stage at Madison Square Garden during her August 5 concert, performing a cover of their 2002 hit "The Anthem" with band members Joel and Benji Madden.
• Hilary Duff and Joel Madden, who dated from 2004 to 2006, maintained a friendly relationship, with Duff later sharing a backstage photo featuring the Maddens and her husband Matthew Koma.
• The collaboration occurred hours after the Madden brothers' company, Veeps, executed mass layoffs at several longstanding US music journalism outlets, including BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine.
• These publications, each with decades of history, saw nearly all staff laid off following Veeps' ownership, which began about one to two years ago; Pitchfork reported communication difficulties with BrooklynVegan staff post-layoffs.
• NME has sought comments from Veeps and Live Nation regarding the layoffs, but no official statements had been provided at the time of reporting.