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Does anyone else have any confidence that we'll be able to go to live shows anytime soon? Here in the US, I'm starting to have my doubts. I'm wondering how these movie theaters and music venues are going to stay in business after  all of this. I'd be willing to bet that a lot of them will never re-open. How bad is it in Europe and the UK? A lot of bands are probably never going to come back. This really sucks!

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1 hour ago, halloween said:

Does anyone else have any confidence that we'll be able to go to live shows anytime soon? Here in the US, I'm starting to have my doubts. I'm wondering how these movie theaters and music venues are going to stay in business after  all of this. I'd be willing to bet that a lot of them will never re-open. How bad is it in Europe and the UK? A lot of bands are probably never going to come back. This really sucks!

Once these vaccines that have recently been mentioned get approved, and a bunch of people get them, it'll be safer to have large gatherings again. If it works out well, I'm hoping/guessing mid to late 2021 for things to start picking back up. A lot of places will be closed permanently. A lot of professional musicians will have had to move on. That sucks, but most of the bands I know of and care about are doing what they can in the downtime and looking forward to picking up where they left off. I think we'll see a recovery.

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I agree that there will be a recovery for sure in every sector and in live music too, but for how many and at what price?

I'm not particularly optimist for 2021, in my opinion 2022 is more likely for a slow comeback of concerts and festivals. The problem is how many venues and bands will survive after 2 years of inactivity, how many artists could plan (and have the money for) an extensive tour and how many of us have the will (and the money) to gather in crowds like before (rules, queues, restrictions etc...) ? 

In the end, to answer your question... I have no great confidence on the future of live shows, I hope I'm wrong of course, but at the moment I'm just feeling very lucky to have enjoyed and seen all the bands I wanted to see in the last 30 years !?

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