England To Allow Indoor Concerts Starting In August

20 July 2020

England will begin allowing indoor performances with socially distanced audiences next month.

United Kingdom prime minster Boris Johnson said at a press conference on Friday: "From 1 August, we will restart live indoor performances to a live audience subject to the success of pilots, and we will pilot larger gatherings, with a view to a wider reopening in the autumn... From October, we intend to bring back audiences in stadia and to allow conferences and other business events to recommence. These changes have to be made in a covid-secure way subject to pilots."

U.K. culture secretary Oliver Dowden said in a statement: "The UK's performing arts sector is renowned across the world and I am pleased that we are making real progress in getting its doors reopened to the public with social distancing. From August indoor theatres, music venues and performance spaces will safely welcome audiences back across the country."

The government stressed that "audiences, performers and venues will be expected to maintain social distancing at all times."

Venues have been shut since March as part of the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The United Kingdom has confirmed more than 290,000 coronavirus cases and more than 45,000 deaths. That makes it one of the hardest-hit countries in Europe.

Source: blabbermouth.net

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