Country Profile: Venezuela
Venezuela is currently facing a severe socioeconomic and political crisis marked by hyperinflation, widespread hunger, and a mass emigration of its population.
Last December, The Hives broke ground by becoming the first international rock band to perform in the country for over a decade, playing at Caracas’s 6,000-capacity Concha Acústica de Bello Monte. “Because of the sanctions, it became an unviable market,” Matthew Greer of ATC Management, told Variety last year.
“Hopefully, The Hives can be part of the journey to reopen the country and have bigger artists go down there.”
“Because of the sanctions, it became an unviable market”
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