While COVID-19-related attendance restrictions and health concerns saw Australia’s live sector collapse in March 2020, figures now show that it was already in trouble over summer. Global first-quarter figures released over the weekend by Pollstar showed that Australia’s bushfires and resultant air pollution had already made an adverse impact on live music events. Meanwhile, the rest of the world continued on its growth path with record attendance. In Pollstar’s mid-year 2019 report, there were a record 10 Australian promoters listed in the Top 100 performances, including Live Nation Australasia, Frontier Touring and TEG Dainty.
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