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To All the Clubs I ve Loved Before
Nearly a year since they shut, our Clubs editor reflects on the wonders of the club toilet and why clubs are so important Feature by Nadia Younes | 09 Mar 2021
There’s a section in writer and performance artist Travis Alabanza’s latest theatre production,
Overflow, dedicated to the wonders of the club toilet. “Club toilets have taught me more about sisterhood than any book,” says the protagonist, Rosie, when detailing a memory of unity between a group of new friends. That statement will ring so true to anyone who has ever shared one of those fleeting, yet incredibly intimate moments.
Dr Anthony Fauci says live shows should return to the US this autumn We’ll be back in the theatres. It will happen
Dr Anthony Fauci. Credit: Patrick Semansky-Pool/Getty Images
Dr Anthony Fauci, the United States’ Chief Medical Advisor, says he expects full-capacity live shows to return to the United States this autumn.
No traditional gigs have taken place in the country since late March 2020, when the first wave of the coronavirus hit.
Speaking at a conference for the Association of Performing Arts Professionals on Saturday (January 9), Fauci says he believes venues and theatres will reopen “some time in the fall of 2021,” with the success of this plan hinging on the country’s vaccine rollout.
A London nightclub will pilot a new ventilation system in January that could lead the way in making clubs and music venues more COVID-secure.
According to an announcement on their Instagram, London’s 100 Club on Oxford Street will be the first to trial the system designed to eliminate as much as 99.9% of airborne pathogens, including coronavirus.
The Pathogen Reduction System (PRS), developed by engineers, scientists, and medical experts, utilises a similar technology to that used in water treatment plants. Fitting a building’s existing ventilation system, it works by cleaning indoor air “using high intensity UVC light to safely inactivate 99.99% of dangerous airborne pathogens such as COVID-19, MRSA, measles, TB and the common flu virus”.
The new trial from Primavera is one of a handful of new techniques touted to enable the return of traditional live music.
This week, it was revealed that legendary London venue The 100 Club will pilot a new ventilation system next month that aims to wipe out 99.99 per cent of dangerous airborne pathogens, such as the coronavirus, within buildings.
Developed by a British team of engineers, scientists, medical experts and entrepreneurs, the PRS (Pathogen Reduction System) has been designed to fit into a building’s existing ventilation system.
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It then works to scrub indoor air clean “by using high intensity UVC light to safely inactivate 99.99 per cent of dangerous airborne pathogens such as COVID-19, MRSA, measles, TB and the common flu virus”.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
It s undoubtedly been a difficult year for the live music industry thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many gigs and festivals have been cancelled, with small and grassroots venues running appeals and crowdfunding to survive.
There s hope on the horizon though with the new vaccine being administered, and there s some brand new tech being installed at some music venues which may make things even safer.
The 100 Club in London has hosted some legendary shows over the years. The likes of Oasis, The Who, The Kinks, The Clash and more have all played there. It s now one of the first venues to try new air-conditioning technology to reduce airborne pathogens.