Coronavirus causes ‘immense’ issues for Asian live industry
As tours and festivals continue to be called off across Asia, IQ talks to promoters in China, Korea and Japan to find out how the virus is disrupting the industry
News By | 18 February 2020
As the number of cases of coronavirus rises daily around the world, many international tours have put the brakes on visiting China and surrounding countries for the foreseeable future.
Speaking to IQ last month, promoters in China predicted that the coronavirus-related disruption to live shows would worsen in the coming weeks. Cases confirmed of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China at the time stood at 7,700.
Two-and-a-half weeks on, and numbers of the virus have sky rocketed. As of this morning…
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