Multiple companies are working feverishly to find ways not only to improve livestreamed concerts creatively, but also as a business that can support as much of the existing ecosystem as possible — and sources say the early results of those efforts are right around the corner. 

"There’s two different mindsets with venue owners, agents or managers,” says Peter Gross of Coalition Entertainment, a talent buyer for venues and festivals in 10 states including Nebraska, Florida and Georgia.

We caught up with John Scher, an expert in all things live music, to discuss when he thinks concerts will come back, what they’ll look like and if we’ll ever return to a world where 125,000 music lovers can again gather and sing.

At the end of Live Nation's first-quarter earnings call on Thursday, CEO Michael Rapino fielded questions about the company's finances, but mostly, as expected, about when and how the concert industry might begin to reopen from coronavirus lockdown.

Even outdoors with plenty of space to spread out, a casual jam session is rife with risk. So how are we to imagine formalized indoor shows with hundreds of people anytime soon?

Sports and live music venues could take on a much different look after COVID-19, starting with fans being sprayed with sanitizer before entering the building or event space.

Designed by the Los Angeles-based team behind tours for artists including Skrillex, the suit might make it possible for clubbers to safely drink, dance, vape and even have sex.

The live music industry was one of the first to come to a halt during the coronavirus crisis-but a plan could bring it back safer and sooner than anyone might have guessed.

500 tickets sold out in minutes when the drive-in concert featuring Danish singer-songwriter Mads Langer was announced with just six days notice.

Keith Urban's glee at performing for socially distanced fans at a drive-in theater in Tennessee may soon be shared by more major artists, as a Live Nation plan to use amphitheater parking areas for shows could bring the automotive concert concept into the mainstream.

To institutions and artists and audiences alike.

Travis Scott headlined 'Fortnite' instead of Coachella, debuting a new song with Kid Cudi. It was trippy. There were flaming microphone stands.

With COVID-19 putting a halt to the live music industry, tech companies are figuring out weird new ways to bring shows into the virtual realm.

How Charli XCX, 100 gecs, American Football, and more are utilizing the gaming platform.

The repercussions seem likely to linger well beyond the anticipated reopening of physical venues once the health crisis subsides.

Epidemiologists and government officials agree that large-scale concerts and festivals can't be safely held until 2021, a crushing blow.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said today that "therapeutics" would have to be developed and implemented before mass gatherings such as concerts and sporting events could return to California.

Many artists and promoters don’t think there will be live music at all in 2020.

Many clubs in the U.S. fear they'll never be able to reopen.

The National Independent Venue Association was recently formed to lobby with a unified voice for assistance from the federal government after thousands of small businesses across the country were imperiled by the spread of coronavirus. Within a matter of days its membership grew to some 450 members and a week later it had expanded to 900.

Staying inside keeps us safe. It also costs us the greatest communal experience a music fan has access to -- packing into a sweaty club or stadium for a concert.

It is not just live music venues that are facing extinction but also businesses that are connected to those businesses.

The Vans Warped Tour founder spoke to Variety about issues related to insurance, rescheduling and how he expects the industry to adapt.

Leaders in the grassroots music scene are calling on the government to help venue operators.

“We’ve got no shareholders, no corporate funding and no income coming in whatsoever,” says Christine Karayan. “But the bills are still coming.”

As speculation mounted that a spike in infections would trigger a lockdown in Japan's capital, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike singled out live music venues and nightlife spots as breeding grounds for the coronavirus. At a press conference on Monday, Koike said that bars, clubs and karaoke parlors are high-risk areas because they are often enclosed and don't have good ventilation.

The billion-dollar question that will determine the fate of Big Hall Classical Music in America is: How do we present music to an audience in a socially distanced hall? Financially, is it even possible?

Venue operators imagine live music reshaped by pandemic.

A lone light shines down on a stage shrouded in darkness. There's the faint sound of movement, of shoes shuffling, throats clearing. Seconds pass, and the electric feeling of anticipation rises, the moment of, "They're here; the show is finally starting."

“It’s wise that [festival organizers] pushed, but it’s hard,” says one epidemiologist. “And come later this summer, they’ll have to make a decision. But I wouldn’t book my tickets now."

Members of Death Cab for Cutie, Shabazz Palaces, and Tacocat weigh in on what they think is going to happen.

Australian artists have lost over A$330 million due to the cancellation and postponement of live events.

“For all I know, we may go into the national touring business if other people leave an opening,” Gregg Perloff says in an interview with Rolling Stone on the future of the live music industry.

Industry veteran Marty Horn was all set to work with the Rolling Stones for the first time on their U.S. summer tour. Now he’s not sure what comes next - for him and the business.

Fewer than half of Americans plan to go to sports events, concerts, movies and amusement parks when they reopen to the public until there is a proven coronavirus vaccine, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday.

With government-ordered COVID-19 pandemic restrictions beginning to lift, the burning question for the performing arts sector is: will audiences come back?

Promoters, agents and festival leads discuss the impact of coronavirus on the live industry and what a return to health might look like.

Most artists make most of their income from touring. We want and need live music, but even as some states and venues begin to reopen, what will it take for masses of fans to return? We unpack a groundbreaking new study from Music Canada.

“I was thinking this is a bulletproof business,” says one of many merch execs who have lost their biggest revenue stream.

"I don't know when it will be safe to return to singing arm in arm at the top of our lungs, hearts racing, bodies moving, souls bursting with life," Dave Grohl writes. "But I do know that we will do it again, because we have to."