SXSW announces plans for in-person festival next year

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNew York’s SummerStage concert series has announced plans to return to live, in-person concerts and performances at outdoor venues this summer.According to the announcement, “Pending adjustments to current NYC restrictions, free music and dance performances will return to Rumsey Playfield in Central Park this summer and performances will also be held in Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park/Richard Rodgers Amphitheater.“Performances will follow all state and local regulations

Stunning! Phoebe Dynevor has arrived at the 2021 BAFTAs and she’s looking amazing.

A family in mourning. Prince Harry is “really upset” about the death of his grandfather, Prince Philip, a source tells Us Weekly exclusively.

While COVID cases are taking a dip in parts of America (like California, where the vaccine rollout has been relatively smooth and movie theaters and restaurants are finally starting to reopen their doors), things are not quite so rosy across the pond in Europe.

The charity recently published the results of a study it conducted, which found that the combined impact of the coronavirus lockdown and fears over the Brexit deal’s insufficient support for touring musicians is taking an unprecedented toll on the mental health of musicians in the UK.The study, which surveyed over 700 musicians across the UK, found that 87 per cent of respondents said their mental health had deteriorated over the past year.Help Musicians say that they have seen a 65 per cent

retirement plans as the new financial year gets under way are being warned to watch out for online pension scammers. The 2021/22 financial year started on April 6 and Pensions Minister Guy Opperman, who issued the warning, said some tech companies must do more to crack down on scam adverts.

How many cities have you built? None? Well, fair enough. Akon hasn’t built any either.

Hans Zimmer has turned his hand to composing ringtones.The film composer has teamed up with Chinese smartphone maker Oppo to offer users two ringtones and “an orchestra of system sounds”.The new sounds also include a gentle alarm and a phone activation sound as well as “a range of energising text and notification alerts.”In an Oppo-created promotional video, which you can view below, Zimmer says: “To me everything is a story.

National Association of Broadcasters president and CEO Gordon Smith will step aside from the role at the end of the year, he announced Wednesday.Curtis LeGeyt, currently COO of the broadcaster trade organization, will take over as president and CEO in Jan. 2022.

Akon has announced that he’s planning on building another city in Africa while his first is still in progress.For the past few years the singer has been busy building a city in his native country of Senegal, for which he secured $6billion (£4.3bn) funding.Speaking in a press conference on Monday (April 5), Akon revealed that a new futuristic city will be coming to Uganda in the coming years.

Los Angeles County’s weeks-long decline in new Covid-19 case rates stalled on Tuesday, even as California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state is planning to drop its restrictive Covid-19 tier system come June 15. As a result of its numbers, L.A. County will be unable to advance to the less-restrictive Yellow tier of the aforementioned reopening tiers for at least three more weeks.

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Rumors are flying regarding possible changes in how nominees may be accepting their Oscars, if they must appear in person, and whether the show will look more like the Grammys which rotated in sets of different nominees for their categories rather than having all nominees seated for the entire show.

With vaccines getting distributed pretty damn fast in the US, we’re starting to see some cities begin to recover and make plans for in-person events in the summer and fall. In the world of film festivals, it appears that the first event to really attempt a full in-person experience is going to be this year’s Tribeca.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Tribeca Festival will return as an in-person event, a hopeful sign that coronavirus may be loosening its grip on cultural life in America.

no Zoom element to it. A letter from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released to the film industry website Deadline said: “Our plan is to stage an intimate, in-person event at Union station in Los Angeles, with additional show elements live from the Dolby theatre in Hollywood.

The good news is the Oscars are charging forward with plans for the big show on Sunday, April 25. The bad news is more than a few nominees may not be there.

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