Tag Archives: COVID-19
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Insert Foot: My first live show in 2 years the greatest thing since SB halftime
Insert Foot is ready for Jeff Tweedy, his first concert in nearly two years. Original photo: Karen Goldman/STAFF. I’m going to my first concert in two years on Monday, which is exciting, if not a little scary. But first I need to check and see if the coast is…
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Insert Foot: Neil Young, Joni Mitchell need reinforcements to flip Spotify the finger
Pictured: Joe Rogan doing his own ornithology research. Not pictured: Spotify hoping we forget this ever happened. That Neil Young – and now Joni Mitchell – made such big news by yanking their music from Spotify because of the brain phlegm that it allows Joe Rogan to push, is…
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Insert Foot: So, why don’t we talk about Bruno?
Insert Foot joins the “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” bandwagon. My editor gave me an assignment this week, which I took very seriously because A) The topic is music-related and I used to write about music in a professional capacity until my kids told me I was old. And,…
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Insert Foot: Thanks, Omicron. But things could be way worse
Insert Foot vs. Omicron. I was literally writing this column when I got COVID-19. Well, when my test came back positive. I got it at some point this week, from my daughter, who got it from someone at work who lost their sense of smell for most of a…
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Concert promoter AEG and San Francisco will require full vaccination at concerts
Thrice fans at City National Civic in San Jose on Nov. 2, 2017. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. AEG Presents, one of the world’s largest concert and event promoters, announced on Thursday that it will require proof of vaccination for entry into its owned and operated music venues and festivals. A negative COVID-19…
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Masking, proof of vaccination, COVID screening reenter concert conversation
Fans watch Zedd perform at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2021. Matt Pang/STAFF. Updated July 30 at 12:10 p.m.: BottleRock Napa has now also announced a requirement that attendees either show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or proof of negative test results…
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3,000 pack Sigmund Stern Grove for return of concerts with Ledisi
San Francisco Mayor London Breed cuts a ceremonial red ribbon on the official return of concerts on the first day of the 84th annual Stern Grove Festival at Sigmund Stern Grove Park in San Francisco on June 20, 2021. Courtesy: Paige K. Parsons. Other photos: Roman Gokhman/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO…
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Insert Foot: The maskless in Walnut Creek partying like they’re vaccinated
Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — I went out Friday night. In public. With other real humans. It was weird … and pretty great, I must admit. I was doing a story for my day job about local venues and restaurants reopening. I was offered tours and free…
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Insert Foot is Safe in Sound for venue safety guidelines people will probably ignore
Insert Foot is Safe In Sound. Original image: Participants take part in a COVID-19 transmission risk assessment study on Aug. 22, 2020 in Leipzig, Germany. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images. The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) and Event Safety Alliance (ESA), in partnership with three other groups with long names…
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San Francisco Symphony returns to Davies for “emotional” first shows in 14 months
Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the San Francisco Symphony in a program for first responders, featuring string works by Jean Sibelius, George Walker, Carl Nielsen, Caroline Shaw, and Edward Grieg, at Davies Symphony Hall on May 6, 2021. Courtesy. SAN FRANCISCO — The city moved into the yellow tier…
