New York City mayor Eric Adams has announced changes to COVID-19 requirements within the five boroughs. The Key to NYC rules that went into effect last summer — and currently require restaurants, bars, fitness centers, and concert venues to check for proof of vaccination before customers can enter — will be phased out on Monday, May 7.
Cordae Takes New York City on a Bird’s-Eye View: Concert Review
23.02.2022 - 01:55 / variety.com
Jordan Moreau Cordae helped heat up a frigid New York City on Sunday night with a blend of fiery bars and slow-cooked jams delivered to a packed room at Webster Hall.The 24-year-old rapper is currently in the middle of an international tour for “From a Birds Eye View,” his second studio release and first after the doubly Grammy-nominated “The Lost Boy.” Despite his youth and the ongoing pandemic, the Gen-Z favorite drew a sold-out crowd of mostly high-schoolers and twenty-somethings ready to vibe out to feel-good songs like “Want From Me” and “C Carter,” and to jump around to pumped-up hits like “Broke as Fuck” and “Have Mercy.”Cordae has been building a following for years, first as a member of the rap group YBN and more recently as a solo artist. Though he made some hits alongside founders YBN Nahmir and YBN Almighty Jay, Cordae always seemed destined for more.
He made arguably the best decision of his nascent career to drop the YBN from his name, all while keeping his expert-level flows, clever wordplay and earnest lyrics about his upbringing. With “The Lost Boy” in summer 2019, Cordae came out of the gate strong, receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews and Grammy nominations for best rap album and rap song for “Bad Idea.” Before releasing his follow-up, “From a Birds Eye View,” in January, he made c-suite moves and launched his own record label Hi Level, which he describes as “a family and way of life” that produces art of the highest level.
Before Cordae hit the stage, hip-hop group BLK ODYSSY and R&B singer Justine Skye warmed up Webster Hall, which was already packed full with an eager crowd. A DJ pumped up the audience with Kanye West’s “Bound 2” and the epic classical cantata “O Fortuna,” which seemed
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05.03.2022 / 14:19
New York City mayor removes vaccination requirement for concerts
COVID vaccination will no longer be required to attend gigs in the city.Vaccination has been a requirement of entry for all gigs since live music returned last summer, with anti-vax protestors gathering outside Foo Fighters’ reopening concert at Madison Square Garden.In an announcement in the city’s Times Square, Adams confirmed that from Monday, May 7, vaccination will no longer be required to attend gigs as well as restaurants, bars and gyms.“Businesses previously covered will still have the flexibility to require proof of vaccination or masking indoors if they choose,” Adams’ office confirmed.The Mayor did go on to stress that “COVID changes, it shifts, it modifies, and we must be willing to do the same.”Watch the speech below.Last month, industry insiders and health experts spoke to NME about what US fans can expect from live music during the next stage of the ongoing pandemic.After being postponed three times during the pandemic, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is set to return to Southern California this April. One of the world’s biggest festivals, the event draws up to 125,000 fans to the Indio desert a day, which is why health officials initially forced the event to cancel, pointing to the high risk of viral spread due to the large number of attendees.
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02.03.2022 / 20:26
Dua Lipa Delivers the ‘Future Nostalgia’ Show New York Has Been Waiting Two Years for: Concert Review
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter what we’ve all been through in the past two years, every concert feels like a miracle, but a Dua Lipa show more than most. On the surface it might be easy to underestimate the heavy emotions associated with her “Future Nostalgia” album, which was famously released on March 27, 2020, just as the horrors of the pandemic were becoming clear: It’s a dance-party album that arrived at seemingly one of the worst possible times in human history for a dance party album, when there were no parties and the only dancing was done on our own.Yet instead of striking a sour note or seeming like a cruel taunt, it was many people’s escape, their comfort food, their crying blanket — a reminder not only of what we couldn’t have, but what we hoped to get back as everyone wondered, without exaggeration, when or if we’d ever be at a concert or on a crowded dancefloor again.
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25.02.2022 / 21:53
Clairo and Arlo Parks Bring Bedroom Pop to Radio City Music Hall’s Big Stage: Concert Review
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe transition from bedroom pop to one of New York’s biggest stages is not an easy one — the intimate sound and emotions of the loosely defined style are almost the polar opposite of the big gestures and loud volume it takes to fill a major venue. Yet two of the genre’s most popular (and youngest) artists, Clairo and Arlo Parks, did it with ease Thursday night before an impressively full crowd at New York’s historic, 6,000-capacity Radio City Music Hall.Parks, 21 — who is nominated for two 2022 Grammys — is already a major star in her native England and is the more animated performer of the two, although Thursday’s show represented a big step up from her last area performance (at the 650-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg in September).