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BitchKeepsBitchin
In the US every state has different Covid restrictions such as "social distancing" and "personal distancing" and "self-quarantining", so how are they going to have a multi-state tour unless they sell fewer tickets to give us more space? Or will they ignore it and just pack us all in the PIT as usual?
Many Americans just don't want the vaccine. I am sure of this because my company has been offering free vaccines to our community and about half refused it. Yeah I want a tour just as much as all of us here, but we will all be taking a chance including the band which is my main concern.
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BitchKeepsBitchin
In the US every state has different Covid restrictions such as "social distancing" and "personal distancing" and "self-quarantining", so how are they going to have a multi-state tour unless they sell fewer tickets to give us more space? Or will they ignore it and just pack us all in the PIT as usual?
Many Americans just don't want the vaccine. I am sure of this because my company has been offering free vaccines to our community and about half refused it. Yeah I want a tour just as much as all of us here, but we will all be taking a chance including the band which is my main concern.
Every state? Texas, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma and at least 15 more have and have had zero restrictions for awhile. There is no way those states will reduce capacity, require vaccination, have any social distancing etc etc. The vaccination rates in these states is also very low. Face it, unvaccinated people will get sick and die and those with weak immunity will too.
Given the dollars involved these shows will happen as full capacity if the tour happens. Just hopefully no band members get sick. I am assuming they are all vaccinated.
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timbernardis
We don't and can't know anything now as to tour or no tour this fall. They've shown us that they only need two or three months between announcing a tour and when the tour begins. So if they plan to start in September or October and things look good a couple of months out, they may decide to go ahead. But we (and they) may not know til July or August. Tell me why I am wrong.
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timbernardis
We don't and can't know anything now as to tour or no tour this fall. They've shown us that they only need two or three months between announcing a tour and when the tour begins. So if they plan to start in September or October and things look good a couple of months out, they may decide to go ahead. But we (and they) may not know til July or August. Tell me why I am wrong.
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timbernardis
We don't and can't know anything now as to tour or no tour this fall. They've shown us that they only need two or three months between announcing a tour and when the tour begins. So if they plan to start in September or October and things look good a couple of months out, they may decide to go ahead. But we (and they) may not know til July or August. Tell me why I am wrong.
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timbernardis
We don't and can't know anything now as to tour or no tour this fall. They've shown us that they only need two or three months between announcing a tour and when the tour begins. So if they plan to start in September or October and things look good a couple of months out, they may decide to go ahead. But we (and they) may not know til July or August. Tell me why I am wrong.
plexi
You may be right. Everyone seems to think Charlie won’t play in the cold, so I’d think they’d be wise to start mid-August and end in mid-October. Announcing the makeup dates this month makes the most sense to me.
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BitchKeepsBitchin
In the US every state has different Covid restrictions such as "social distancing" and "personal distancing" and "self-quarantining", so how are they going to have a multi-state tour unless they sell fewer tickets to give us more space? Or will they ignore it and just pack us all in the PIT as usual?
Many Americans just don't want the vaccine. I am sure of this because my company has been offering free vaccines to our community and about half refused it. Yeah I want a tour just as much as all of us here, but we will all be taking a chance including the band which is my main concern.
Every state? Texas, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma and at least 15 more have and have had zero restrictions for awhile. There is no way those states will reduce capacity, require vaccination, have any social distancing etc etc. The vaccination rates in these states is also very low. Face it, unvaccinated people will get sick and die and those with weak immunity will too.
Given the dollars involved these shows will happen as full capacity if the tour happens. Just hopefully no band members get sick. I am assuming they are all vaccinated.
the problem is not the protection of the band members. They are just a few people, most likely vaccinated and easy to protect (relative isolation, no direct contact to unvaccinated outsiders, tested three times day and so on). The real danger is that a fully capacity show turns into a super spreading event.
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BitchKeepsBitchin
In the US every state has different Covid restrictions such as "social distancing" and "personal distancing" and "self-quarantining", so how are they going to have a multi-state tour unless they sell fewer tickets to give us more space? Or will they ignore it and just pack us all in the PIT as usual?
Many Americans just don't want the vaccine. I am sure of this because my company has been offering free vaccines to our community and about half refused it. Yeah I want a tour just as much as all of us here, but we will all be taking a chance including the band which is my main concern.
Every state? Texas, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma and at least 15 more have and have had zero restrictions for awhile. There is no way those states will reduce capacity, require vaccination, have any social distancing etc etc. The vaccination rates in these states is also very low. Face it, unvaccinated people will get sick and die and those with weak immunity will too.
Given the dollars involved these shows will happen as full capacity if the tour happens. Just hopefully no band members get sick. I am assuming they are all vaccinated.
the problem is not the protection of the band members. They are just a few people, most likely vaccinated and easy to protect (relative isolation, no direct contact to unvaccinated outsiders, tested three times day and so on). The real danger is that a fully capacity show turns into a super spreading event.
In many of the states no one cares whether or not it is a super spreader event.
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timbernardis
We don't and can't know anything now as to tour or no tour this fall. They've shown us that they only need two or three months between announcing a tour and when the tour begins. So if they plan to start in September or October and things look good a couple of months out, they may decide to go ahead. But we (and they) may not know til July or August. Tell me why I am wrong.
plexi
You may be right. Everyone seems to think Charlie won’t play in the cold, so I’d think they’d be wise to start mid-August and end in mid-October. Announcing the makeup dates this month makes the most sense to me.
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timbernardis
We don't and can't know anything now as to tour or no tour this fall. They've shown us that they only need two or three months between announcing a tour and when the tour begins. So if they plan to start in September or October and things look good a couple of months out, they may decide to go ahead. But we (and they) may not know til July or August. Tell me why I am wrong.
plexi
You may be right. Everyone seems to think Charlie won’t play in the cold, so I’d think they’d be wise to start mid-August and end in mid-October. Announcing the makeup dates this month makes the most sense to me.
There are enough stadiums with a roof, or far enough south, to play well into November.
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In the US every state has different Covid restrictions such as "social distancing" and "personal distancing" and "self-quarantining", so how are they going to have a multi-state tour unless they sell fewer tickets to give us more space? Or will they ignore it and just pack us all in the PIT as usual?
Many Americans just don't want the vaccine. I am sure of this because my company has been offering free vaccines to our community and about half refused it. Yeah I want a tour just as much as all of us here, but we will all be taking a chance including the band which is my main concern.
Every state? Texas, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma and at least 15 more have and have had zero restrictions for awhile. There is no way those states will reduce capacity, require vaccination, have any social distancing etc etc. The vaccination rates in these states is also very low. Face it, unvaccinated people will get sick and die and those with weak immunity will too.
Given the dollars involved these shows will happen as full capacity if the tour happens. Just hopefully no band members get sick. I am assuming they are all vaccinated.
the problem is not the protection of the band members. They are just a few people, most likely vaccinated and easy to protect (relative isolation, no direct contact to unvaccinated outsiders, tested three times day and so on). The real danger is that a fully capacity show turns into a super spreading event.
In many of the states no one cares whether or not it is a super spreader event.
that's exactely the problem
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timbernardis
We don't and can't know anything now as to tour or no tour this fall. They've shown us that they only need two or three months between announcing a tour and when the tour begins. So if they plan to start in September or October and things look good a couple of months out, they may decide to go ahead. But we (and they) may not know til July or August. Tell me why I am wrong.
plexi
You may be right. Everyone seems to think Charlie won’t play in the cold, so I’d think they’d be wise to start mid-August and end in mid-October. Announcing the makeup dates this month makes the most sense to me.
There are enough stadiums with a roof, or far enough south, to play well into November.
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BitchKeepsBitchin
In the US every state has different Covid restrictions such as "social distancing" and "personal distancing" and "self-quarantining", so how are they going to have a multi-state tour unless they sell fewer tickets to give us more space? Or will they ignore it and just pack us all in the PIT as usual?
Many Americans just don't want the vaccine. I am sure of this because my company has been offering free vaccines to our community and about half refused it. Yeah I want a tour just as much as all of us here, but we will all be taking a chance including the band which is my main concern.
Every state? Texas, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma and at least 15 more have and have had zero restrictions for awhile. There is no way those states will reduce capacity, require vaccination, have any social distancing etc etc. The vaccination rates in these states is also very low. Face it, unvaccinated people will get sick and die and those with weak immunity will too.
Given the dollars involved these shows will happen as full capacity if the tour happens. Just hopefully no band members get sick. I am assuming they are all vaccinated.
the problem is not the protection of the band members. They are just a few people, most likely vaccinated and easy to protect (relative isolation, no direct contact to unvaccinated outsiders, tested three times day and so on). The real danger is that a fully capacity show turns into a super spreading event.
In many of the states no one cares whether or not it is a super spreader event.
that's exactely the problem
Nope.
By tour start, the US will be over 75% vaccinated in most if not all states they play in. With a majority of open air stadiums, there should be zero super spreader events by then.
The Super Bowl was hyped as a potential S Spreader event for months before it happened, and the data showed no such event occurred.
The potential (if no vax proof/temp checks in place) 25% of unvaxxed fans aren't spreading it to a masked vaxxed person and vice-versa, even if they are unmasked.
At worst, they will spread it to each other. If they're that committed to no vax by then, it's inevitable they catch it anyway, so Start Me Up!
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Nate
If you’ve been vaccinated and want to attend a show why worry about any potential super spreader event as those getting infected will have chosen to take their chances with Covid-19 by declining the vaccine.Surely anyone with any sense has got better things to worry about than a bunch of Covid deniers ending up on ventilators.
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2021 : USA/Canada fall rescheduled 2020 tour, pending covid-19 situation
2022 : Europe 60th anniversary tour, pending covid-19 situation
Health experts are saying the mRNA vaccines are 30% effective vs the India variant three weeks after the first shot, and 88% effective one week after the second shot. Stadiums are booked, but the virus is still out there, live and changing,. across the world. Vaccine shots need to be taken, across the world, and new ugly variants need to be handled in a safe way.
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If you’ve been vaccinated and want to attend a show why worry about any potential super spreader event as those getting infected will have chosen to take their chances with Covid-19 by declining the vaccine.Surely anyone with any sense has got better things to worry about than a bunch of Covid deniers ending up on ventilators.
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If you’ve been vaccinated and want to attend a show why worry about any potential super spreader event as those getting infected will have chosen to take their chances with Covid-19 by declining the vaccine.Surely anyone with any sense has got better things to worry about than a bunch of Covid deniers ending up on ventilators.
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Seems the Stones themselves are also having various concerns about the virus, hence the delay with any confirmation/announcement as noted in bv's post yesterday.Quote
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2021 : USA/Canada fall rescheduled 2020 tour, pending covid-19 situation
2022 : Europe 60th anniversary tour, pending covid-19 situation
Health experts are saying the mRNA vaccines are 30% effective vs the India variant three weeks after the first shot, and 88% effective one week after the second shot. Stadiums are booked, but the virus is still out there, live and changing,. across the world. Vaccine shots need to be taken, across the world, and new ugly variants need to be handled in a safe way.
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daspyknows
The US as a whole will NEVER get to 75%. Many states will but many more will never hit 50%.
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dkwalika
So, we have possible Minneapolis 8/28 and Pittsburgh 10/3. Is that only date/place rumors so far?
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NashvilleBlues
After looking at the 2021 NFL schedule, here's my US Fall Stones proposed tour schedule:
8/20- Vancouver
8/24- Detroit
8/28- Minneapolis
9/1- Cleveland
9/5- Buffalo
9/9- Pittsburg
9/13- Louisville
9/17- St. Louis
9/21- Dallas
9/25- Austin
9/29- Charlotte
10/3- Atlanta
10/7- Nashville
10/11- Tampa
10/15- San Diego
Would this work? If the tour starts 8/4, it could be over by 9/29.
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In the US every state has different Covid restrictions such as "social distancing" and "personal distancing" and "self-quarantining", so how are they going to have a multi-state tour unless they sell fewer tickets to give us more space? Or will they ignore it and just pack us all in the PIT as usual?
Many Americans just don't want the vaccine. I am sure of this because my company has been offering free vaccines to our community and about half refused it. Yeah I want a tour just as much as all of us here, but we will all be taking a chance including the band which is my main concern.
Every state? Texas, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma and at least 15 more have and have had zero restrictions for awhile. There is no way those states will reduce capacity, require vaccination, have any social distancing etc etc. The vaccination rates in these states is also very low. Face it, unvaccinated people will get sick and die and those with weak immunity will too.
Given the dollars involved these shows will happen as full capacity if the tour happens. Just hopefully no band members get sick. I am assuming they are all vaccinated.
the problem is not the protection of the band members. They are just a few people, most likely vaccinated and easy to protect (relative isolation, no direct contact to unvaccinated outsiders, tested three times day and so on). The real danger is that a fully capacity show turns into a super spreading event.
In many of the states no one cares whether or not it is a super spreader event.
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daspyknows
The US as a whole will NEVER get to 75%. Many states will but many more will never hit 50%.
Truth. Never going to happen.
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jbwelda
Here is what I don't really get, at this point, assuming 100% occupancy is not allowed but instead can only do 50% or something occupancy to maintain social distancing, which I think most if not all states continue to encourage. They sold the tickets for the last tour, aborted, and of course a number of people cashed out their tickets when the tour was cancelled or postponed or whatever. I assume most venues were sold out or near so at that point, that is, at 100% capacity. So the only tickets available for the rescheduled tour, and it may be a majority of original sales, will be from returns of the first attempt. However as we know, a lot of people may have kept their tickets in hope of a reschedule. But they can only fill to 50% capacity now lets say. So how many actual tickets for this round will be available? Not very many if I did my arithmetic correctly.
Maybe they are planning on being at 100% occupancy, but I feel another wave coming on, perhaps of a mutant strain the current vaxes do not cover, and I do not think anywhere will truly be at 100% by the time October rolls around.
Could be completely wrong but I think a further catastrophe is in the making, as far as scheduling and then having to again cancel a tour. I don't really see the Stones with them in as fragile health as they appear to be, really being all in on major tours at this point anyhow, but add in the continuing possibility of health threats to themselves and the public and I am not sure I see a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Speaking of pots of gold, I also don't figure how anyone is going to make a profit at 50% capacity, so perhaps that isn't a thing right now, at least not in all states. But I think that could change in four month's time and capacity limits could be taken seriously again if they are not at present.
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