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Originally Posted by podiumboy
For fucks sake... we cannot have another year of this bullshit.
Make people wear masks, make people provide proof of vaccination or a recent negative test, open the fucking gates and let the concerts go ahead.
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We're going to have another year of it.
Many have been BEGGING people to wear masks, to social distance, and refrain from traveling and gathering for holidays and other occasions. It hasn't worked for the last 10 months, and it may work slightly better with a leader of the country who has a Brain and Cares about people's lives.
But the train has left the station. Given how things are going with the vaccination roll out, it's going to be AT LEAST September before enough of the country is vaccinated, to allow large gatherings. And even then, I doubt events will be back to or near 100% capacity levels.
Given the costs involved, groups like DMB are not going to do lots of dates with limited capacities. Things like that are more feasible with a sporting event, given the game will occur regardless of whether less than a stadium full, or Any fans are even present.
I wouldn't be surprised if they wait to the last possible moment to cancel/postpone any Summer dates. But that doesn't mean they expect the shows to go on as scheduled, any more than they did last summer's shows. If venues are already anticipating being dark next summer, you can bet bands like DMB know that the writing is on the wall at this point.