Larger gatherings—conferences, concerts, sporting events—when people say they’re going to reschedule this conference or graduation event for October 2020, I have no idea how they think that’s a plausible possibility. I think those things will be the last to return. Realistically we’re talking fall 2021 at the earliest. | | | | Members of the Bordeaux National Opera orchestra perform for patients and caregivers at Hospital Saint-André, Bordeaux, France, April 10, 2020.
(Fabien Pallueau/NurPhoto/Getty Images) | | | | | | “Larger gatherings—conferences, concerts, sporting events—when people say they’re going to reschedule this conference or graduation event for October 2020, I have no idea how they think that’s a plausible possibility. I think those things will be the last to return. Realistically we’re talking fall 2021 at the earliest.”
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| | rantnrave:// Here's an eyebrow-raising prediction for the near future of live music. ZEKE EMANUEL, a University of Pennsylvania bioethicist and one of the architects of OBAMACARE, believes the best-case scenario for restarting the American economy is in June and that the only ethical way to do it will be in stages: jobs that can safely be done with six-foot social distancing first, eventually establishments like "restaurants where you can space tables out," and only later, much farther down the road, should we think about large-scale events like conferences, concerts and sports. "I think those things will be the last to return," he tells the NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE. "Realistically we’re talking fall 2021 at the earliest." Fall. 2021. Emanuel, it should be noted, is neither a bureaucrat nor an elected official, and we haven't seen much evidence that the people in those positions would be willing to wait that long even if it was safest thing to do. But what if he's right, and what if the right people actually listen? Can music adapt? Can concerts be reinvented with serious social-distancing in mind? Could a new genre of live performance, somewhere between isolation livestream and festival moshpit, emerge? Can concert spaces, from clubs to theaters to arenas, be reimagined? Can BILLIE EILISH play to 500 people in the STAPLES CENTER? Or 20 people at the TROUBADOUR? Are artists and set designers working on this? Are business managers and ticketing executives trying to figure out the economics? I have no doubt bands can space themselves more than six feet apart (trust me, I saw the POLICE reunion tour), but can they make their fans do the same? Can they make their fans *want* to do the same? Can far apart be the new close together? Can space create a new kind of intimacy? Could the livestreaming revolution of 2020 turn out to be not just a temporary solution but a lasting influence? Is dancing on our own the next big thing?... Shark: "Have you raised any money before you came to us?" Entrepreneur: "Yes. Thirty million dollars." Shark: "And what are your sales to date?" Entrepreneur: "Nothing." Shark: "You're a ticketing company. Have you sold any tickets?" Entrepreneur: "No." Shark: "OK. I'm in." BILLBOARD's DAVE BROOKS reports that TICKETMASTER has purchased a certain RIVAL (entrepreneur not included)... My new favorite INSTAGRAM isolation trend: BRIAN MAY shows you how to play the "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY" guitar solo. And "WE WILL ROCK YOU." And "KILLER QUEEN." JOHNNY MARR shows you how to play various SMITHS songs, and he's taking requests. ANNIE CLARK, are you around?... RIP ANDY GONZÁLEZ, TRAVIS NELSEN and MIKE APPLETON. | | | - Matty Karas (@troubledoll), curator |
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| Most shops were already scraping by, but many look for hope as the pandemic forces their doors closed. | | |
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| It is not just live music venues that are facing extinction but also businesses that are connected to those businesses. | | |
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| Ken Freedman is the General Manager and the Program Director of WFMU, a freeform community radio station in Jersey City, New Jersey that prides itself on its live, in studio sound from every one of it's DJ's. So this particular crisis, the Pandemic and the Lock Down, is a unique challenge. | | |
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| The indie-rock band Sure Sure share a house, so during quarantine, it's performing for fans over six consecutive nights, each show from a different room. | | |
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| As reality grinds to a halt, the proto pop icon discusses the vulnerabilities and anxieties that come with being a voice of a restless generation. | | |
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| Need something fresh to listen to? Maybe something inspiring? These tips will help. | | |
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| Nathan Hubbard's ticketing startup Rival has been purchased by Ticketmaster. The deal includes Rival's lucrative contract for Kroenke Sports and Entertainment. | | |
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| There are many versions of Bill Withers, the steady, complicated singer who died last week from a heart attack, at age 81. | | |
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| This week, the People's Republic of China lifted its 76-day lockdown of Wuhan, the center of the coronavirus outbreak. At the same time, the government is banning foreigners from entering the country indefinitely, a move that has abruptly silenced a perpetual nightlife moneymaker for China's hotels: live music. | | |
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| The singer shares memories from his years making music with Schlesinger, who died at 52 of coronavirus complications. | | |
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| Reps from Saddle Creek, Partisan, Don Giovanni and others have mixed feelings about the tech giant's relief effort. | | |
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| Labels discuss how they've been dealing with operations since the COVID-19 has spread | | |
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| When the coronavirus pandemic forced millions of musicians into their homes, JamKazam’s free monthly sessions jumped 2,600%. | | |
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| From Airbnb workarounds to clandestine masked sessions, the music world is pressing on. | | |
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| In March, The Mountain Goats' leader realized the coronavirus would strip his bandmates of income for months. To help, he reached for the machine that jump-started his career. | | |
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| A few things have changed since Trapital first made the Beyonce sales funnel and assessed her streaming strategy, but a lot has stayed the same. | | |
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| A documentary feature two decades in the making, “Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert” opens up the vault for the very first time to present the legendary performances and behind-the-scenes stories that shaped the seminal music festival. | | |
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| "He went out exactly with the cool of a jazz man." Wynton Marsalis recalls his father, musician Ellis Marsalis, who died from complications of COVID-19. | | |
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| "I walked into JR's in Cincinnati one night back in 1986," wrote Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs, "and watched a gaunt and possessed singer-guitarist manhandle a beat-up acoustic guitar with a pickup and an overdrive pedal, whilst leading his power trio through an absolutely incendiary set that had our jaws on the floor. | | |
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| Anonymity and mystery is a tricky business. And in a way, revealing identity is a gift - we listen to the music differently with knowledge. | | |
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