Live offers escape in “hurting” Hong Kong
“We’ve just got to be positive": IQ catches up with Hong Kong-based industry professionals to find out how protests are impacting the city’s live scene
News By | 15 August 2019
As weeks of anti-government protests continue in Hong Kong, the city’s live music scene is a tale of mixed fortunes. Millions of Hong Kong citizens have participated in ten weeks of protests, sparked by the introduction of a controversial extradition bill.
The proposal has since been retracted, but protests for democratic reform continue.
One Hong Kong live music industry insider, who asked to remain anonymous, tells IQ that venues in the vicinity of the protests have been temporarily shut…
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