Industry Losses
Canada: “A Catastrophe for the Night Economy”
Since the coronavirus shut down the way we make a living, musicians like me—and service workers of all sorts—are going to need some help. On Wednesday, it came. Not the coronavirus, which had already arrived, but a different kind of catastrophe. Within 24 hours, my sister, my brother, and many..Read More...
Australia: “The peak Australian music industry body has reported a loss of $47 million, 20,000 events and more than 190,000 jobs in 48 hours.”
Since launching Saturday, the total reported loss of income is $47 million, with 190,000 jobs lost due to 20,000 cancelled events. In its first 24 hours, the group recorded $25 million in lost income from 10,468 cancelled events, as well as 84,000 lost jobs. At this stage the long term..Read More...
Australia: “‘Very confusing’: Frustration grows as Sydney events cancelled due to crowd bans”
Concert organisers and theatre producers have expressed confusion over the federal government’s effective ban on public gatherings of more than 500 people, as various sporting codes prepare to lock out fans and play in front of empty stadiums after the weekend. On Friday afternoon Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the emergency..Read More...
USA: “Coachella postponed over coronavirus outbreak”
England, Bristol: ”Bristol Club Lakota is being closed and turned into offices and flats”
Bristol’s famous club Lakota is set to close and be developed into office space and 54 residential flats, reports the Bristol Post. The club’s closure has looked to be on the cards since 2018, when its owners the Burgess family released a statement expressing a wish to “explore new opportunities for our site” that “has..Read More...
USA: ”Shuttered by the coronavirus, many gay bars – already struggling – are now on life support”
USA, San Francisco: ”Illegal nightclub in San Francisco shut down for stay-home breach”
San Francisco authorities shut down this underground nightclub for violating measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Time-lapse surveillance video from April 4 — long after California closed bars and restaurants — shows people streaming into a pink-painted industrial building at 2266 Shafter Ave., which has a “Mack Metal” sign..Read More...