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So unfortunately, I do have another cancellation to report that was the BBC National

Orchestra of Wales I was supposed to go there next month of course for obvious reasons

they were forced to cancel that concert

uh... so that's up to now

i believe ten cancellations since this crisis started for me

i know for so many artists it's been even more uh... and so we're all just crossing our fingers for the

future and for what's going to what's going to be happening down the road I

would actually be quite curious to ask you the listeners. I asked you on Monday about, you know, what kind of reaction you have to streaming concerts and that kind of thing, and I got some really great responses about that.

But, you know, what would it take for you to feel comfortable coming back to a concert?

There have been surveys done about sporting events and about gigantic you know stadium concerts but not about

a concert

hall, you know, five hundred to a thousand people. So I'd be curious what, you know, what kind of things you're looking for in concert halls, you know, putting aside a possible vaccine,

but in concert halls in terms of safety and taking care of everyone that you would look for before you would want to buy a ticket again to come to a concert.

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