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'No More Nightlife': With Italy on Lockdown, Europe's Music Industry Enters 'Uncharted Water'

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MILAN — With Italy declaring a country-wide lockdown to try to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the country's live events sector has been brought to a standstill.On Monday, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte ordered Italians to stay home and seek permission for essential travel. "No more nightlife," the prime minister said in a TV address. "We can't allow this anymore since they are occasions for contagion."Government decrees in Italy have forced organizers to cancel more than 7,400 events since the last week of February.

A decree from Conte on March 4 said that live events "of every type" would be banned until April 3.The losses are mounting.

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