The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the live music industry into a tailspin, with widespread concert cancellations and attempts to reschedule for later this year.
While some have been hoping the pain is only temporary, bioethicist Zeke Emanuel believes it could be far longer. In a recent New York Times Magazine panel about how to safely reopen the country after lockdowns expire, Emanuel predicted that concerts and other large-scale events might not return until late next year. “Larger gatherings—conferences, concerts, sporting events—when people say they’re going to reschedule this conference or graduation event for October 2020, I have no idea how they think that’s a plausible possibility,” he said. “I think those things will be the last to