When touring artists do come to Canada, it feels like a the-stars-are-aligning, once-in-a-lifetime event. In some ways, it is…but why?
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“With the pandemic dragging on, artists and promoters will need to find a better way to deliver live music because paying $17.50 for an experience that I can pretty much get for free on YouTube is not enticing in the least,” writes Charley Dutil, the Fulcrum’s editor-in-chief.
Yondr requires concert goers to put their phone in a locked pouch. If at any point during the show you need to access your phone, you can take it back to the venue lobby to have the pouch unlocked.
Until those allegations turn into charges, it’s better for venues to give fans the right to choose their response, and decide whether or not they want to see a band that has had sexual assault allegations made against them.
Canadian concert venues are thriving; the cost of interpreters is minuscule for them, and they would be able to make that money back and then some with all of the deaf people who would be able to attend concerts.
