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Music Venues in England to Reopen With Socially Distanced Audiences

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  1. Melody Bot Jul 20, 2020
    Melody Bot

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    This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply.

    Variety:

    The U.K. government has announced that indoor performances in theaters and other venues in England can take place from Aug. 1, and business events and conferences can resume from Oct. 1. Social distancing rules will have to be observed.

    Meanwhile, in the US:

    Sunday marked the 41st straight day that the seven-day average for new daily coronavirus infections in the United States trended upward.

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  2. tomtom94 Jul 20, 2020
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    As a UK-er I don't think it will be financially viable for most indoor theaters and venues to re-open honestly. Apparently the capacity limit is something like 30-40% and most theatres need 80-90% ticket sales to break even.
     
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  3. cosmickid Jul 20, 2020
    cosmickid

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    'UK-er' is a new one hahaha
     
  4. Tom Lee Jul 20, 2020
    Tom Lee

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    I work in touring/live music, and this won't help these venues. Nothing is being arranged at these spaces at the moment, it takes time to arrange events, so it'll likely be till next year when we see gigs return to any normality. And by this time, a lot of spaces will have closed down. They already have, with two prominent small touring venues in my town (Manchester) shutting its doors permanently last week, which is devastating. We need support that our government isn't providing us.
     
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