Are these private VIP boxes the future of live concerts?
the coronavirus era.About 2,500 people watched Sam Fender perform from 500 individual VIP-like platforms and pens in one of the UK’s first properly social-distanced concerts.The outdoor show on August 11 was held at the Virgin Money Unity Arena, in Gosforth Park, Newcastle, where the private platforms and pens were all spaced about 6 feet apart. Boxes like these could be the future of live music, as COVID-19 limits the gathering of large groups, potentially for years.“We are delighted to play a part in bringing back live music events as we start to emerge from lockdown,” Helen Page, group brand and marketing director at Virgin Money, told the BBC.APAPView SlideshowThe venue sold out of tickets in minutes, the BBC reported.