2021: A fresh start for the music industry?
Following a year blighted by a pandemic that threatened to destroy the very foundations of the dance music industry, there has been much debate around whether 2021 will see an improvement in the situation. Country to country, the atmosphere and level of optimism varies greatly. While some areas of the world begin vaccination, there are some who will withhold optimism
Partygoers in UK town of Basingstoke claim they “hadn’t heard of Covid-19 pandemic”
The Covid-19 pandemic has been rolling on for a year now, and you'd assume that even people in a remote research base in Antarctica have heard about it. Yet it seems there's a small corner of the world the news hasn't quite reached, and amazingly it seems to be the English town of Basingstoke, just 48 miles from London. As
The UK will introduce £800 fine for attending a house party
The United Kingdom is the absolute center of attention right now due to their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and more importantly because of their irresponsible citizens. Home Secretary, Priti Patel has announced at the press conference on January 21, that the UK will impose an £800 fine on people who attend illegal house parties of more than 15 people. She was joined by
Glastonbury becomes first major festival of 2021 to suffer COVID cancellation
Glastonbury is widely recognised as one of the biggest festivals in the United Kingdom, and even the world, but this year, middle aged women in straw hats and indie kids will need to find somewhere new to let off their creative freedom, because Glastonbury 2021 is cancelled. With hoards of British residents continuing to ignore lockdown rules with a concerning
Event organiser fined £10,000 for illegal London rave during lockdown
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to break new and horrific records every day, with almost 100,000 dead and nearly 40,000 currently in hospital, it seems some people aren't quite understanding the severity of the situation. Despite the awful stats and the fact the UK is now once again in full-lockdown as the NHS nears (and in some areas exceeds) capacity,
Tomorrowland to announce a decision regarding 2021 edition in March
The Belgian megafestival Tomorrowland will announce a final decision regarding the celebration of the 2021 edition in March. This will be when the promoters of the iconic event along with other local promoters arrange a call with the Belgian government to come up with a final decision regarding the possibility of celebrating large-scale events this summer or not. This information came
Study finds Covid-19 infection ruled out in venues with ventilation and masks
Concert halls and theatres are not places of infection, according to a German Covid-19 study which has been done for the second time. The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, with support from the Federal Environment Agency, underwent a study and it has shed new light onto a hopeful future for live events to take place normally again very soon. It is said that
UK festival offers to help with vaccine roll-out
The roll-out of Covid19 vaccines is gathering enormous pace in the UK, with unprecedented plans in place to ensure the vast majority of the UK adult population can receive their jab within the next few months with an aim towards normality by summer. With hundreds of hospitals, over 1000 GP practices, along with a multitude of mass vaccination centres manned
PRIMACOV concert study unveil results with no participants testing positive
The Covid-19 PRIMACOV concert study conducted in Barcelona on December 12th at the renowned Catalan venue Sala Apolo has been a complete success with no participants testing positive for Covid-19. The show organised by the AIDS and Infectious Diseases Foundation, the Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol and funded by the gigantic festival Primavera Sound, has therefore demonstrated to the local authorities as well
Thousands of New Zealand festival-goers safely attend non-socially distanced festivals
After controlling the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, the music and events industry of New Zealand is now beginning to return to normality, with multiple festivals and events hosting thousands of attendees taking place; with no need for social distancing. The nation's largest music festival; Rhythm & Vines, which ran from the 29th to the 31st of December in the city of Gisbourne hosted up
The Weeknd reveals his next album is inspired by Black Lives Matter & Covid-19
The Weeknd is still riding the high of having a studio album released last year entitled 'After Hours' that brought us hits such as 'Blinding Lights' and 'Hardest To Love'. Yet, The Weeknd's back in the studio, gearing up for his next new album, however, this time he says his new music has been inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement
David Guetta urges people to get vaccinated against Covid-19
Always using his platform for good, David Guetta has done things like raising millions for charity whilst entertaining us through his United At Home livestreams, and now he's continuing to speak out for good and is urging people to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Of course, live events and festivals cannot happen in their full, normal capacity until a proper solution is found, and right now
Over 2,500 people in France broke Covid-19 rules for illegal NYE rave
Whilst many could not party as normal to ring in the new year, and it certainly was not what we all expected, many complied with the rules and stayed at home (being entertained with all of the livestreams that were going on), but in France a big problem arose when 2,500 people started an illegal event. In Lieuron, near Rennes, a massive
2021 – The return to normality?
To say 2020 was a bad year is an understatement. Since the Covid-19 pandemic swept the globe at the start of the year, the decimation of the live music scene has been a bitter pill to swallow, with festivals, promoters, venues, and all the companies who make the scene happen staring into potential oblivion and relying on government cash injections
Pfizer vaccine “available to all Americans who want one” by June
With vaccination, the only realistic way out of the Covid19 pandemic and a return to normality, the news seems to be improving by the day. First to announce approval was the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which is already being rolled out in various countries including the UK, Canada, Switzerland, Israel, most of the EU bloc, and the United States. Now, the US