This socially distanced music venue in the U.K. has 500 metal platforms, each spaced two meters apart with its own table, chairs, and fridge
Photo: David Wala/Shutterstock Around 2,500 British music fans got to see a live show on August 11 — and unlike some recent Stateside shows, we weren’t clutching our masks at the sight of it. Rock singer-songwriter Sam Fender performed the first show at Newcastle’s pop-up Virgin Money Unity Arena, billed as the “first socially distanced music venue” in the country since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sure, maybe the arena just reinvented VIP lawn seating and made it distanced. But some fans could get used to it. “My hatred for human contact with people I don’t know really, realllyyy approves of this,” wrote @bloom_live on Twitter. In a separate tweet, @petalspawspages added, “THIS IS HOW I WANT IT TO BE FOREVER. I COULD FINALLY GO TO FESTIVALS!!” Fender himself — who performs again at the venue on August 13 — tweeted, “Thanks for tonight you fucking legends.
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