The UK's first major outdoor concert is offering a glimpse of what's likely to become the norm -- venues sectioned off into small groups, enabling fans to rock without rolling the COVID-19 dice.performed for 2,500 people at the Virgin Money Unity Arena in Newcastle Tuesday night ... marking what's believed to be the country's first socially distanced entertainment event since coronavirus restrictions began.
Take a look ... the outdoor venue's setup includes 500 separate seating sections with metal barricades, which are for groups of 5 to attend and watch the show. Tickets reportedly sold out immediately, and photos and videos from Fender's concert show the crowd cheering and singing along ... responsibly from their own sections.Chase Rice
wearethentia They say 'socially distanced' - I say 'sterilised from all fun and under maximum control'. Let's go back to the underground....
The how must go on..even on the lawn..everybody in a booth...aint that the truth..you know it's safety first..before things go from bad to worst..we just want some music..rock on no excuses..
Future, how many years you planning on it?
Goofy as fuck. Almost as bad as the cardboard cut outs and kneeling at MLB games.
I cannot ever imagine a normal concert again. I am craving it. I wonder if we will ever see one again. I grew up near Blossom Music Center. My hear hurts. I have been going to concerts there all my life.
And in other news...concert tickets are now $2k.
No
No more concerts then.
Got news...wont fly here
In Sweden hospitals stayed open for surgeries. No masks even in hospitals.
Have you seen IntocableRJM social distancing concerts?
better than nothing I guess.
It’s San Fender so anyone who goes and see’s him is a dipshit anyway, no one is gonna go watch Tiesto to sit down are they
Only until after the election.
If you don't want to go outside and meet anyone then say home and jackoff to porn online... 🌻
Why is every word in this caption Capitalized? 🤔🤔🤔
Stage diving is gonna suck
This is awful
99.4% survival rate
Great promo for a great musician. Glad samfendermusic pulled it off.
I don't have a problem with it. We have a deadly virus that's still on the move killing people.
A dream come true. I'd pay a premium for that much space at a concert .
Fuck that future
Ridiculous
Jesus Christ
If your scared to socialize, stay home in your safe bubble .
I think this looks fucking awesome
Seems reasonable enough!
I actually love this! Personal space at a concert – yes please!
Rope would have been cheaper but 🤷♂️
What is the point of attending something like this? You may as well just stay at home and watch a concert on YouTube.
UK doing better than America
I truly don’t believe it’ll be like this
Crowd surfing will be a challenge.
Good
Never
1984 the set-up
Better than being near people.
Fuck that, hard pass
Um no. We need to be normal
Nah I’m good.
Call it VIP seating and charge more. Offer bottle service
Loco
Scaffold money 🔨⚒️🛠️
I can’t wait to book it out of my little stage pod and run full force to the front of the stage and park myself right infront of everyone. Isn’t that what the aisles are for anyway? 😏
_Soy_Iris_ ¿Cómo ves? No me termina de convencer
Bit of alright.
Let me guess “the new normal”? 🙄 it’s all bullshit
But what about when they exit all at once
I don’t care how much i miss Festivals i’m not doing this bullshit
The future is everyone in cages under the thumb of authoritarian governments. Sounds about right.
silviatestsp1 take a look! 👍
That looks so fun 🤘🏽🤘🏽!! Just kidding , looks lame . they are just preparing us for when we are all locked up in cages .
Cages... awesome
Staged event
theflaminglips came up with a solution on the colbertlateshow for attending concerts during a pandemic.
Tix gonna have to raised big time! You know what that will cost to build all those pods
Looks like a real party 👎
pretending that these measures do anything instead of just letting the virus run its course. but hey at least we all get to virtue signal!
This is a good step, but without the masks and measures in place to quell interaction, it’s pointless. Besides, they’re all in close quarters and stationary. Are they leaving and entering by pod number, like when boarding a plane? 😐
Fuck the future
it’s cause they took the virus seriously.... if the lockdown was longer then we would possibly be done with this.