08-06-2020, 07:52 AM
Live Nation (who produces most, but not all, of TSO's Shows) held a teleconference today. Some of the highlighted points, after detailing the hundreds of millions of dollars they have lost so far this year:
- They expect live events will return in summer 2021, focusing on the amphitheaters and festivals with on-sales beginning end of this year and early 2021. They are expecting strong turnouts in the summer based on customers who have held on to their tickets for rescheduled tours and ticket sales of 2021 festivals in Europe. Their confidence is also based on the progress seen on the vaccine front.
- They are expecting live-streaming to be a regular component of live performances being sold going forward.
- They have put on some socially-distant shows, mostly in NZ and Europe and they expect the USA to be the last to be able to set those up.