The pre-concert checklist for music fans is about to get more complicated, as Ticketmaster is planning to check the coronavirus vaccination status of concert-goers prior to shows once a treatment is approved, Billboard reported Wednesday. CONCERTS, TOURS COULD BECOME ‘VIRTUAL’ EXPERIENCES FOLLOWING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, EXPERT SAYSTicketmaster will reportedly not store or access medical records under the plan. If approved, fans would need to verify that they’ve either already been vaccinated or have tested negative as recently as 24 hours prior to the show. Concert-goers would then instruct a lab to send over test results to companies like CLEAR Health Pass or IBM’s Digital Health Pass, which would verify the fan’s status to Ticketmaster. FROM BROADWAY TO MADONNA: CORONAVIRUS AFFECTS CONCERTS, FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTSThe digital ticketing app will also eliminate the need for paper tickets and can be prohibited from being resold, according to the report.

Source: Fox News November 11, 2020 23:54 UTC