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Missouri Governor Approves Return Of Live Music Events
As artists across the music landscape continue to cancel tours and planned 2020 performances heading into May, Missouri Governor Mike Parson is giving concert promoters across the state the thumbs up for the return of live music events beginning this week.
According to a report shared by Billboard, the Midwestern states plan to reopen the economy includes the approved return of live music beginning Monday (May 4th), although the mayors of cities including St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield are refusing to lift the stay-at-home orders in hopes of further halting the growing number of confirmed COVID-19 diagnoses, which currently sits at 1,140,665 cases in the United States as of Sunday according to Reuters.
The report states that the amended guidelines as part of Missouris economic reopening will force any concert venue to moderate concert seating to be spaced out according to social distancing requirements, and any concertgoers brave enough to even attend an event must remain at least six feet apart. A representative from Missouris Department of Health and Senior Services told Billboard that concerts or live events do not have to adhere to the same occupancy limitations as retail businesses.
While it may seem like a hasty decision on the part of the Missouri government in hopes of kickstarting the states economy, its worth pointing out that there are likely no legitimate artists, agents, or concert promoters who would want to partake in such risky mass gatherings for the foreseeable future without the assurance of a coronavirus vaccine.
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As artists across the music landscape continue to cancel tours and planned 2020 performances heading into May, Missouri Governor Mike Parson is giving concert promoters across the state the thumbs up for the return of live music events beginning this week.
According to a report shared by Billboard, the Midwestern states plan to reopen the economy includes the approved return of live music beginning Monday (May 4th), although the mayors of cities including St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield are refusing to lift the stay-at-home orders in hopes of further halting the growing number of confirmed COVID-19 diagnoses, which currently sits at 1,140,665 cases in the United States as of Sunday according to Reuters.
The report states that the amended guidelines as part of Missouris economic reopening will force any concert venue to moderate concert seating to be spaced out according to social distancing requirements, and any concertgoers brave enough to even attend an event must remain at least six feet apart. A representative from Missouris Department of Health and Senior Services told Billboard that concerts or live events do not have to adhere to the same occupancy limitations as retail businesses.
While it may seem like a hasty decision on the part of the Missouri government in hopes of kickstarting the states economy, its worth pointing out that there are likely no legitimate artists, agents, or concert promoters who would want to partake in such risky mass gatherings for the foreseeable future without the assurance of a coronavirus vaccine.
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As Much As I Miss Seeing Live Music... (Original Post)
JimGinPA
May 2020
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tanyev
(42,558 posts)1. I predict a Branson hot spot some time soon.
Lochloosa
(16,064 posts)2. Ted Nugent is available. Let him start it off.
luv2fly
(2,475 posts)3. Opening act...
Kid Rock
panader0
(25,816 posts)5. Opening for Kid Rock---Kanye.
Initech
(100,076 posts)6. What could possibly go wrong?