A new petition has emerged asking for the ban of âwoo-wooingâ at house music shows, EDM.com reports.
The petition, titled âStop ‘Woo-Woo’-ing When DJs Play House Musicâ, was created by John Jones who somewhat jokingly posed the idea.
The global music industry is getting hit hard by the Coronavirus closures, with up to an estimated 25% drop in value in 2020 according to Goldman Sachs analysts.
Despite this bleak prediction, the same analysts foresee a much better future for the industry once the Coronavirus dust settles and we move through the upcoming decade. The American investment bank said in a research note made public this week that the live music industry would at first be âseverely impactedâ by the postponement and cancellation of events this year, but that over the longer-term they expect a strong rebound.
With the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc across the world, music festivals are announcing cancelations or postponing dates on a daily basis. This puts economic strain on not only the performing artists, event organizers, and the teams involved, but also on anyone with flights, hotels, and festival tickets already booked and paid for months in advance, now struggling to get info in time to get their bookings refunded. To help everyone stay on top of things, you can now track canceled or postponed music festivals thanks to Slovenia-based music data company Viberate, who have put together a comprehensive list at www.sickfestivals.com, updated daily.
The much-anticipated Into The Factory festival in Sverige, Sweden just outside of Stockholm has been canceled following a police strike down on the needed permits for the festival to take place.
Music Goes Further, the brains behind the Into The Valley brand that this year sought to expand with a Factory and Castle event, made the announcement early this morning U.S. time via a post on their social media, where they clearly point the finger to local police for the problems that have resulted in the festival’s cancellation, which was meant to take place 10-12th of August:
