Download Festival booker Andy Copping has called socially distanced gigs “virtually impossible”.In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, promoters and festival organisers have been forced to consider how events can work in conjunction with social distancing measures.Copping told Kerrang that the idea of social distancing at a gig was the opposite of what shows are about. “Socially distanced gigs, how we know it, are impossible,” he said. “Rock gigs are all about everybody getting together – the community, the closeness – and not just the closeness of the fans, but the closeness of getting right next to the stage and close to the act.
Read more on nme.com