How Soon Should Concerts Return, And Will They Ever Be The Same?

Is live music going to return as normal later this year – or are fans and the industry in the middle of a historic COVID-19-based shift?

Encouraging headlines promise "Concerts to Heat Up This Summer as Coronavirus Fades." But health officials and economic policy experts aren't so sure. Neither are promoters: AEG cancellations first stretched from April into June, and now into July.