New York. With a performance by the Foo Fighters on June 20, a hall concert without capacity restrictions is scheduled in New York for the first time since the beginning of the Corona restrictions in March 2020. “The Foo Fighters are bringing Rock & Roll back to (Madison Square) Garden,” the organizers wrote on Tuesday via the short message service Twitter.
“We have been waiting for this day for more than a year,” commented the rock band around Dave Grohl on the event. “New York, get ready for a long night where we’ll scream our hearts out together.”
New York was the US epicenter of the pandemic in the spring of 2020
The US east coast metropolis was the epicenter of the corona pandemic in the US last spring. Far-reaching restrictions were imposed in March 2020, and almost all cultural institutions were closed. The infection process is now under control and the vaccination campaign is making rapid progress. Madison Square Garden has so far only been able to reopen to a limited extent, including for sporting events. If you want to buy a ticket for the Foo Fighters, you have to prove a corona vaccination if you are over 16 years old.
It had previously been announced that New York was planning a concert for tens of thousands in Central Park at the end of the restrictions due to the corona pandemic in August. In addition, rock legend Bruce Springsteen will reopen Broadway with his show “Springsteen on Broadway” in July.
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