Saturday, April 25, 2020

Will 2020 Concerts resume during the Coronavirus Pandemic?

As many have noticed, many concerts scheduled in late March, April, May 2020 were rescheduled, but interestingly, many were rescheduled for just weeks or months later. Some artists like Bon Jovi cancelled their tours while others such as Justin Beiber postponed asked people to hold onto their tickets, information on rescheduled dates will be forthcoming soon. Good luck with that, and let me explain why. Many states are now beginning to permit restaurants to reopen with 50% of the fire marshal's suggested capacity. It seems to me like the same principle will apply to concerts and sporting events, however, the current tickets were not sold with social distancing in mind which means they will have to sell the tickets all over again with a new seating chart! Mötley Crüe has not postponed the stadium tour as of today, which is surprising. Even if the event was able to take place, it's unlikely the tour will be successful with high unemployment rates and obviously, the masses are not going to be filling stadiums this summer and buying $60.00 t-shirts which is where a large part of the revenue is generated!

I have tickets for a concert in Atlanta, GA at the Coca Cola Roxy on July 23rd for Christan Rap Artist Nathan Feuerstein aka NF. Most of the seating is general admission and it's sold out. Do you really think that's going to happen this soon?  Tobymac rescheduled in Knoxville, TN for Sep 27, 2020 which is right about when virus' become active again like influenza and coronavirus Also sold out at the Tennessee Theater. I'm concerned these ticket companies and promotors are eventually going to start filing bankruptcy and including ticket sales as part of it! Livenation started a plan called Ticket Relief. If your concert is rescheduled, you have 30 days to request a refund.

Also, the owner of Premier Productions Roy Morgan is on an extended sabbatical until January 2021. I don't believe this is a good sign either about the future of the industry. Interesting time to take off work when big decisions need to be made about ticket refunds, concert rescheduling, social distancing seating charts at concerts, etc!

Donnie Wahlberg May 9, 2019 at Bridgestone Arena New Kids on the Block Concert


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