50 years ago, when Woodstock, concerts were in the mud. Now, with the coronavirus, they will be with a mask, thermometers, disinfectant and with just a fifth of the capacity of the premises to maintain social distance.

Those are the rules that will be imposed on Friday of next week at the concert by country artist Travis McCready at the Temple Live Theater, in the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, in which the promoter of the concert, Live Nation, Consider an essay of what these types of events will be like at least in the coming months in the US. For now, only a fifth of the theater seats will be sold, which means that there will be 229 seats occupied and 871 empty. That has to be a pretty devastating impression for any performer, because if there is one thing that artists detest, it is to act before an empty capacity.

Of course, the vision will be even stranger because Live Nation - which is the world's largest concert promoter - is going to sell tickets for blocks of a minimum of two and a maximum of 12 seats. Between each block there will be a separation of 1.80 meters to avoid contagion. In addition to the traditional drinks stalls, there will be mask sales points. Because it will be mandatory to show your face. There cannot be more than 10 people at the same time in the toilets. And, in the hallways of the theater, Live Nation staff will see to it that the audience maintains the 1.80 meter distance. At the entrance, they will take the temperature to each and every one of those attending the event. Two days before the recital, the theater will be disinfected using precisely the same machines that are used to release carbon dioxide smoke at concerts.

The Temple Live theater experiment (whose name, Templo en Directo, indicates that it is part of an old Masonic lodge, something common in the United States, where Freemasonry is highly integrated into society) seems designed to thoroughly murder what it is supposed to be. a rock concert, but that's the way it is. With so many restrictions, it is not surprising that McCready is going to give an acoustic concert , since the atmosphere does not seem to be conducive to debauchery. And, even with all the limitations, it does not appear that the experience will be easily repeated. Fort Smith has been less affected by the pandemic than the major cities in the region.

The live rock and pop music industry has grown exponentially in the past two decades, in a process that has primarily benefited the big stars. The pandemic has forced to cancel all the festivals until at least September and to postpone until 2021 - if there are any luck - tours by, among others, Roger Waters, Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi or Iron Maiden.

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