CHTHONIC has shared a video of the band performing some tracks from an epic full production show recently in their home of Taiwan, depside the pandemic conditions to an audience of masked up fans, somewhat socially distanced. They performed “Millennia’s Faith Undone” and “TAKAO”. Check it out!Continue reading
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The United Kingdom Will Allow Concerts to Resume This August
According to a published report (see below) The United Kingdom will begin allowing indoor performances with socially distanced audiences next month. British prime minister Boris Johnson said at a press conference on Friday: “From 1 August, we will restart live indoor performances to a live audience subject to the success of pilots, and we will pilot larger gatherings, with a view to a wider reopening in the autumn… From October, we intend to bring back audiences in stadia and to allow conferences and other business events to recommence. These changes have to be made in a covid-secure way subject to pilots.”Continue reading
Concert Reopening Guide Suggests Banning Both Moshing and Crowsurfing
When we finally get back to going to concerts and music festivals in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it’s going to be a lot different with social distancing rules in place, according to a report from Metal Injection. The Event Safety Alliance Reopening Guide, a new collective work created by industry professionals and intended to serve as event guidance in the COVID-19 era, strongly calls for the prohibition of moshing and crowd surfing as the concert industry reopens. Would you attend a show if you couldn’t mosh or crowd surf anymore! Edited by Steven A. Adelman, Vice President, Event Safety Alliance, and released yesterday (May 11), the 29-page document includes the following stipulation with regard to general admission events:Continue reading
Medical Expert Says Concerts Should Not Return from Coronavirus Social Distancing Until Fall 2021 or Early 2022
Dr. Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, one of the key architects of the Affordable Care Act and a special adviser to the director-general of the World Health Organization, told The New York Times that he doesn’t anticipate it to be safe to return to concerts, sporting events and other mass public gatherings for another 18 months.Continue reading