Eod100 wrote: » Seems ambitious.https://twitter.com/DarrenEuronews/status/1364564243144654850
PTH2009 wrote: » Yeah but I'm rooting for the UK as it will show one of the correct ways of getting out of this covid hell
dinneenp wrote: » Hi, Anyone had any contact re The National gig in Docklands, Limerick? Not a peep from Dolans about it. Thanks, Pa
Eod100 wrote: » True. It just might be a bit early but if they can do it safely fair play to them!
Zardoz wrote: » Reading and Leeds sold out today on the back of huge demand it seems. A quick cash grab by the promoters, I think its highly unlikely that these festivals will go ahead in August.
instanel wrote: » How likely is it that gnr will go ahead in june? A large proportion of the country still won't be vaccinated by june... is it more realistic to expect it will postponed until 2022?
Lost Ormond wrote: » Wouldnt call it a quick cash grab as that suggests its something wrong being done. The live events industry is on its knees due to covid and if they get some income to help tide them over then is that a bad thing? They will likely be cancelling it later in the year but if these all help keep these events going into 2022 then all's good. There's a lot of events staff who've had no income for nearly a year and wont have much this year either.
I do not expect to have to postpone or cancel Electric Picnic because of coronavirus. “I’m not worried about it at all. I’m full steam ahead unless the governments here and in the UK say we can’t go ahead... I’m 100 per cent of the belief that by June we will all be over the hump and we will all have forgotten about it, quite frankly, and all you buggers” – the media – “will find something else to write about it.
The boss of MCD, Denis Desmond is expressing confidence Electric Picnic and Longitude music festivals will proceed this summer. In an interview, Mr Desmond said “there is no reason other than logistics around the roll out of the vaccines here why this summer cannot happen”. “I am hugely optimistic and I don’t see any reason why we shouldn’t be back this summer staging concerts,” he said
Zardoz wrote: » Zero chance. GNR wont be touring Europe until they can play all the dates on the European tour and that wont be possible this summer.
Zardoz wrote: » Benn has a history for making disingenuous statements. Last March he had this to say Only last month his colleague Denis Desmond in MCD had this to say Benn's recent statement was made to put pressure on the UK government and also to boost demand in the festivals and concert market . It certainly did the latter with Reading & Leeds and Creamfields selling out yesterday. I think he jumped the gun a bit, its highly unlikely that a 3-4 day camping festival with 75-105k people attending with no social distancing would be allowed to go ahead this summer.Israel's vaccination programme is ahead of the UK and their easing of restrictions is much slower than what the UK is proposing. Livenations shareprice has recovered to pre pandemic levels, the rollover strategy is working well and Benn knows that its effectively a no lose situation announcing that he is extremely confident that the festivals will go ahead this summer.
Furious-Red wrote: » Yea for Boris's sake he better hope there is no hick ups between now and June because there will be mayhem.
Zardoz wrote: » June 21st is the earliest date that all restrictions can be removed but the decision on each stage will be based on data not dates, and government will move cautiously to keep infection rates under control. The DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) hasn’t actually given the all-clear for large-scale music events to take place in 2021. What it has said is that it’s been working with representatives from industries and civil societies to explore when and how events with larger crowd sizes and less social distancing will be able to return safely. This includes music festivals, plus sports events, large weddings and conferences. From April, the government will run a number of pilot events using various safety measures, to see what the outcome is of holding larger events. These findings from different sectors will be used to determine whether it will be safe to lift restrictions. Leeds and Reading Festival also has no insurance . I think its highly unlikely that festivals go ahead in the UK this summer.
hkjohn wrote: » Interesting that not one press story says how many TX have been sold for L and R (Capacity for R in 2019 was apparently 105,000) Given that crowds at events are likely to be restricted (current proposed limit is apparently 4,000 pax), there is no way L and R could have applied for and gotten licenses at this point. Don't want to pee on anyones parade, but the fact that they have jumped the gun means they will probably find it hard to get them, too. FWIW, the latest news is that the UK govt is exploring ways to underwrite cancellation insurance that would make it easier and more likely for festivals to go ahead
Furious-Red wrote: » I always thought Reading/Leeds were like 60-80k capacities. Yea Id be shocked if it goes ahead but its clever for likes of Benn and other festival bookers because if they have sold out all tickets for this year it means the company/bookers have some money coming in. Even if it rolls over to 2022 id say the majority will be happy to let their money roll over too. It seems most European festivals are either postponing/cancelling for 2021 or paying close attention to what's going on before they announce anything, which in the long run is probably better option.
PTH2009 wrote: » When new gigs can go on sale i can see prices going up a bit. There already very expensive as it is but people will flock back and buy em
tommybrees wrote: » Any word on green day at the RDS?
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