socially distanced concerts

Virgin Money Unity Arena, which billed itself as the UK's first "dedicated socially distanced music venue,” held its first show on Tuesday night, with 2500 attendees separated into 500 individually barricaded viewing areas.

Earlier in coronavirus lockdown, Lou Barlow performed a new Dinosaur Jr. song on his livestream and said they had finished a new album. Perhaps we'll hear more from that at these shows?

A series of shows like this trial show for the return of indoor live music to the UK would ”bankrupt everyone involved,” Frank Turner said.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Soloman opened the night with an hour-long DJ set, for that extra Hamptons touch.