Summer music festivals will happen in Japan this year, even if they look nothing like they did just two years ago.
¡°We have lots of rules this year,¡± Creativeman President Naoki Shimizu tells The Japan Times about his production company¡¯s Supersonic gathering, a post-Olympics version of its trademark Summer Sonic event held simultaneously in Chiba and Osaka prefectures. ¡°We will have to check everyone¡¯s temperature, first. Capacity will be limited. And alcohol ... we probably can¡¯t have alcohol at the festival.¡±
Supersonic won¡¯t be the only party to lengthen its list of prohibitions. Fuji Rock Festival, for example, . Hit hard over the past year by the COVID-19 pandemic, Shimizu says requirements like these are necessary if the live music industry is ever going to stage a comeback.
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