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MINNEAPOLIS â The music scene that Lydia Liza entered as a 16-year-old, âvulnerable in every sense of the word,â was full of men and full of threats. Men who groomed her with bad intentions, men who kissed her without her permission.
Soon, she and her guitar will return to venues again. But thanks to a #MeToo reckoning thatâs been playing out backstage, that scene will be different, she hopes. She will be different, at least.
âI never really was worried about losing a reputation or ruining my music career, because who wants to be in an industry that is built on cruelty?â she said. âI want to be there for other women in the scene . because nobody lifted me up the way I really needed.â
“I’m cautiously optimistic about the situation,” concert organizer Patricia McLean says.
McLean is the CEO at Sue McLean and Associates, which promotes concerts and festivals across the Twin Cities, including the popular Music in the Zoo series at the Minnesota Zoo. I still think there are some question on how concert events are going to manage who has had a vaccine, who hasn t,” McLean says.
She says they don’t have any shows scheduled for Music in the Zoo yet and she’s not optimistic that will change any time soon. It s, you know, a wait and see,” McLean says.