Nightclubs and music venues to reopen “without Covid tests or vaccine passports”

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Mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations on film and TV productions will now be allowed, on a restricted basis, under a new agreement reached tonight between Hollywood’s unions and the major companies. The new protocols, they said in a joint statement, will give producers “the option to implement mandatory vaccination policies for casts and crew in Zone A on a production-by-production basis.” Zone A, where unmasked actors work, is the most restrictive of the safe work zones on sets.

Ethan Shanfeld As coronavirus cases rise across Los Angeles due to the Delta variant, Hollywood events are requiring even fully vaccinated attendees to show negative COVID tests.An invitation to Thursday’s Season 2 premiere of “Ted Lasso” reads, “Due to the recent increase in the Los Angeles COVID rates, all guests and personnel attending the Season 2 premiere of ‘Ted Lasso’ will be required to show proof of full-vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test in order to enjoy the evening.”Other

COVID passports from attendees once restrictions are lifted.From Monday (July 19), all restrictions on social distancing and capacity limits for live shows in England will be removed as the country enters the fourth and final stage of its route out of lockdown.Ahead of the reopening, new Health Secretary Sajid Javid yesterday (July 13) encouraged events organisers and nightclub owners to put their own plans in place to ensure that only customers who have been vaccinated or can present proof of a

So far, so many celebrities who are currently eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine have chosen to do so to help the pandemic come to an end and keep everyone safe against the deadly virus.

official Twitter account of the “Teletubbies.” Originally aired on the BBC in 1997, the nostalgic kids show — which featured four bombastically hued beings with TVs for tummies — was relaunched in 2015 for a modern audience.The tweet included pics depicting the colorful quartet of Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po displaying their “COVID-19 Vaccination Tubby Cards.” These fictitious documents revealed that the creatures had gone to the “Home Dome Clinic,” where they received the made-up

Sir Tom Jones, Rag ‘N’ Bone Man, Mahalia, James Arthur, Frank Turner, Sam Fender and Fontaines D.C. will also take place at grassroots music venues to mark the return of live music.Sir Tom Jones said: “Musicians can record in their bedrooms, but they can’t learn to perform in public without a place to play.

President Joe Biden outlined a series of steps the administration is taking after the administration fell just short of its goal of having 70% of the country with at least one Covid-19 shot.

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Perth and Kinross have been added by NHS Tayside as the health board tries to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control. Cases have risen sharply in Perth and Kinross over the past week, with the current seven-day infection rate sitting at 332.3 per 100,000 people - a record high for the region.

NME will act as media partner at this year’s Venues Day presented by the Music Venue Trust – which for the first time will be a ‘Hybrid’ celebration to bring together the national and international communitiesMusic Venue Trust (MVT), which represents hundreds of grassroots music venues throughout the UK, will host Venues Day 2021 at London’s EartH in Hackney on Tuesday October 5.They will then host Venues Day Online with virtual activity on October 12 to “ensure every venue in the country gets

In a first for YouTube, the digital video giant is putting its name on a new 6,000-seat music venue opening at Hollywood Park, the sports and entertainment area in Inglewood, CA just east of LAX.

EXCLUSIVE: A chorus of calls for mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations – and the possibility that the industry soon might make them a requirement – prompted SAG-AFTRA to adopt new guidelines for employers who want to require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment. To date, vaccinations of casts and crews are not mandatory on film and TV productions under the industry’s return-to-work protocols.

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA has adopted strict new guidelines for employers who may soon make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory as a condition of employment. To date, vaccinations of casts and crews are not mandatory on film and TV productions under the industry’s return-to-work protocols, which expire June 30 and are currently being renegotiated by the major companies and Hollywood’s unions.

Frank Turner has been handed the Music Venue Trust’s Outstanding Achievement for Grassroots Music Venues Award 2020 during a wind-swept ceremony on top of The O2 in London.The artist and independent music venue champion was handed the award during yesterday’s ‘Team MVT Up The O2 Climb’, which saw a select group raising funds by climbing up the iconic venue as many times as possible within an hour.Frank was recognised for hosting 27 shows which were instrumental in directly enabling grassroots

coronavirus pandemic-enforced shutdown of live music.The Small Business Administration (SBA) finally began rolling out funds from its Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program earlier this month, nearly six months on from the Save Our Stages Act passing into law.As Billboard reports, 677 grants from the SVOG have now been awarded to independent venue operators and promoters in the US who have suffered a substantial drop in income due to the pandemic.

coronavirus-enforced restrictions on music venues and comedy clubs.This latest development comes after the Welsh government confirmed late last month that live music could resume in music venues, bars, pubs, cafes, restaurants and licensed premises in the country providing a risk assessment is completed.The rules on capacities for music and comedy venues have now been changed to be “in line” with hospitality venues, meaning groups of six people from six households can now attend a live music or