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As you are aware, the world is under a lockdown and practicing social distancing, because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
In all my years of covering music and writing previews, I've never seen anything like this before. It started in early March 2020, when I started noticing touring bands were cancelling their appearances. I wasn't that unusual to see bands bowing out of a tour, but there was high rate of it, within the short time line. Then we heard SXSW 2020 was cancelled on March 6th (their first-time cancellation ever), I knew we were in dire straits.
A week later, around March 15th, literally all bars and restaurants dining areas were asked to close (with exceptions to carry out dining). In a few short days, some stores and banking institutions were limiting their access to machine or internet or drive-through only.
I haven't personally been downtown to see the evidence of empty streets and closed shops - but I've seen the news footage, and it's a sad, sad sight.
Could life ever be sane again? We are hoping life will go back to normal next month, on April 15th, but if there are still deaths from COVID-19, the self-quarantine may go well into the Summer.
When things get back to normal, we will resume the concert previews and concert photos.
In the meantime, enjoy this old photo of a happier time with FFS.
In all my years of covering music and writing previews, I've never seen anything like this before. It started in early March 2020, when I started noticing touring bands were cancelling their appearances. I wasn't that unusual to see bands bowing out of a tour, but there was high rate of it, within the short time line. Then we heard SXSW 2020 was cancelled on March 6th (their first-time cancellation ever), I knew we were in dire straits.
A week later, around March 15th, literally all bars and restaurants dining areas were asked to close (with exceptions to carry out dining). In a few short days, some stores and banking institutions were limiting their access to machine or internet or drive-through only.
I haven't personally been downtown to see the evidence of empty streets and closed shops - but I've seen the news footage, and it's a sad, sad sight.
Could life ever be sane again? We are hoping life will go back to normal next month, on April 15th, but if there are still deaths from COVID-19, the self-quarantine may go well into the Summer.
When things get back to normal, we will resume the concert previews and concert photos.
In the meantime, enjoy this old photo of a happier time with FFS.
FFS at First Avenue, Minneapolis (09 October 2015) |
Same with the Philippines, not only bars and even casinos must be closed. Even online sites must be closed, like my site which incidentally is an online market. Even the lockdown rumors will be changed to 2 months How stressfull in this situations. I hope Covid-19 can be stopped immediately
Posted by: RKN IDN | 03/25/2020 at 04:15 AM