By Nancy Tartaglione
18.03.2020 - 19:35 / billboard.com
No one went into 2020 expecting the entire live music business to come to a screeching halt within the space of a week, but the spread of the coronavirus throughout the world has forced changes in virtually every industry for the foreseeable future.With artists, managers, booking agents, venue owners, executives and more scrambling for answers on how to move forward safely, Billboard's Taylor Mims (Staff Writer, Touring and Live Entertainment) will be giving daily video updates on the pandemic's
.By Nancy Tartaglione
Amid the social, emotional, mental and economic effects that have impacted hundreds of millions of people around the world caused by the coronavirus, Asian people are also dealing with an evergreen threat to minorities in times of crisis: xenophobia.
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On March 20, a few hours after Andy Cohen announced through Variety that he was moving his Bravo talk show “Watch What Happens Live” to his West Village apartment, he tested positive for Covid-19, and had to scrap that plan.
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The BBC has launched “Culture In Quarantine,” an arts and culture initiative that will run across the service’s U.K. radio, television and digital platforms.
Private hospital beds should be taken over by the state to cope with the impact of coronavirus Labour and a major trade union said.
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