{"id":37536,"date":"2020-10-23T14:28:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T13:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=37536"},"modified":"2020-10-23T14:28:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T13:28:42","slug":"online-concerts-a-blessing-or-a-curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/online-concerts-a-blessing-or-a-curse\/","title":{"rendered":"Online concerts: a blessing or a curse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm;background: white\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222\">Concerts in London have been cancelled, leaving music lovers with meaningless tickets and uncertainty. Online concerts have now taken their place, but are they a true replacement?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;background: white\"><span style=\"color: #222222\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;background: white\"><span style=\"color: #222222\">After the cancellation of their scheduled tours, various musicians have decided to meet their fans virtually. K-pop sensation BTS had a successful online concert on the 10<sup>th<\/sup> and 11<sup>th<\/sup> of October <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/music\/news\/bts-virtual-concerts-map-soul-pay-per-view-tickets-1234801571\/\">with over 993,000 tickets sold.<\/a> Ticket prices started from \u00a340 for one day and \u00a365 for a two-day ticket including access to their virtual exhibition. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTS_twt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BTS_twt<\/a> sold almost a MILLION TICKETS for their virtual shows&#8230; Lol do you understand how  CRAZY that is!?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Big Reid (@thebigreidshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebigreidshow\/status\/1315813296675581952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;background: white\"><span style=\"color: #222222\">Billie Eilish is set to have her first online concert on the 24<sup>th<\/sup> of October. \u201cIn the show I\u2019ll be bringing you inside my head in crazy XR environments\u201d said the 18-year-old\u00a0artist on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CGkjL9tlmy6\/\">her Instagram<\/a>. The price of her virtual show &#8211; around \u00a320 &#8211; got criticised for being expensive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/noragracekhatib\/status\/1318162650484920321?s=21<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;background: white;text-align: start;min-height: 20.3px\"><span style=\"color: #222222\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222\">Concerts streaming online means location and distance is no longer a problem for attendance. There is no need to change cities or even countries to see your favourite artist. In fact, the comfort of your own room will do. Arguably, concerts are now much more accessible. Of course, at the expense of losing the actual experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;background: white;text-align: start;min-height: 20.3px\"><span style=\"color: #222222\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;background: white;text-align: start\"><span style=\"color: #222222\">Filling a venue with thousands, waiting in lines for hours to make sure you get as close to the stage as possible, getting beers and chips and chatting with people who share one common passion as you &#8211; all of this is irreplaceable but also, in the circumstances we\u2019re living in, unthinkable. So online concerts are not a choice fuelled by convenience or laziness, but a desperate call to save the present and future of artists and the music industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;background: white;text-align: start;min-height: 20.3px\"><span style=\"color: #222222\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;background: white;text-align: start\"><span style=\"color: #222222\">Online concerts will never truly be a replacement to the loud music buzzing in your ears, colourful confetti painting the sky and <i>actually<\/i> seeing your favourite artist. Nevertheless, it is the closest we can get to that feeling, from the safety of our homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some mixed\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">reactions from Twitter about online concerts:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Most responses were positive, appreciating the convenience of online concerts and simply having something to look forward to in the midst of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Got my ticket for the online concert in November and now I have something in life to look forward to LOL<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u30a8\u30a4\u30df\u30fc \u2727 \u4ffa\u305f\u3061\u304c\u270c\ufe0f (@ohnaganoes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ohnaganoes\/status\/1316220703734026241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ticket purchased for Niall\u2019s show! If online concerts are what we have for the next while I\u2019m fully going to enjoy it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NiallOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NiallOfficial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sammy (@samanthaeilene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samanthaeilene\/status\/1316434303585259522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/mari_yum_\/status\/1316446005282377734?s=21<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Others defended ticket prices by comparing it with previous ones.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The people complaining about an online concert ticket being $30 never yeeted $1100 at a live concert ticket.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nyan.gi\u00b2\u2078 (@gunwoobff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gunwoobff\/status\/1317946734128123904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Negative responses complained about high prices and the lack of feeling in online concerts.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/saintsaii\/status\/1316907724865785863?s=21<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIGHT plus during actual concerts we would be getting fansite pics and videos etc, online concerts give nothing?? people just love the opportunity to be classist though<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; res \u2661 (@doorootutu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/doorootutu\/status\/1319244344340119557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me after ordering VVIP ticket of Dreamcatcher&#39;s ot7 online concert tomorrow <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vHYLEGwAVa\">pic.twitter.com\/vHYLEGwAVa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u9ed2\u3044\u96ea\u300cJustice makes me fight\u270a\ud83c\udffb\u300d (@KuroiYuki88) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KuroiYuki88\/status\/1316734429327290368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Begum Kuruc | Subbing: Zakia N<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concerts in London have been cancelled, leaving music lovers with meaningless tickets and uncertainty. 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