The president of Reside Nation says he feels “excellent” concerning the prospect of conventional dwell music returning subsequent summer season.
Joe Berchtold mentioned he can now see “with a lot better readability” what the trail to the return of dwell music seems like.
“We begin to see with a lot better readability what the trail to return to dwell is, and positively quite a lot of confidence about that return to dwell,” Berchtold advised CNBC in a brand new interview, which you’ll watch beneath.
He added: “In the important thing U.S./Western European markets, it continues to be our expectation that by subsequent summer season, we’re again with our main outside exhibits — our amphitheaters right here within the U.S., festivals globally. We’ll be capable to do these exhibits.”
The feedback echo these of Reside Nation CEO Michael Rapino, who mentioned in August that there were positive signs for next year’s summer events already. “Importantly, we stay assured that followers will return to dwell occasions when it’s secure to take action,” he wrote in a memo to employees. “Our strongest indicator of demand is that followers are holding on to their tickets, even when given the choice of a refund.”
The Reside Nation boss’ feedback come after different business figures have been extra cautious about dwell music’s return. Again in July, Lollapalooza co-founder Marc Geiger said he didn’t think gigs and festivals would return until 2022.
The start of vaccine distribution within the UK this week led Well being Secretary Matt Hancock to say that “everybody” will be able to enjoy live music in Summer 2021.
“We’re going to have a summer season subsequent 12 months that everyone can take pleasure in,” he mentioned. “Between every now and then we’ve obtained to carry our resolve. We handed the tiering preparations by the Commons with a giant majority final night time. Let’s all respect the restrictions now we have to dwell our lives in for now.”
Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has mentioned that “massive testing arrangements” might be put in place at subsequent 12 months’s Glastonbury Festival owing to the pandemic, echoing comments made recently by Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn, who told NME that he was confident that, in regards to R&L 2021, “we don’t want a vaccination as a result of we are able to work by the issue with a very good testing regime”.
