5,000 people attended last night's concert.
Festival and live event promoters hope last night's Tom Jones concert in Belfast can act as a blueprint to get similar gigs going in the Republic again.
Five thousand people attended the gig at Custom House Square, and everyone needing to test negative for COVID-19 or be fully vaccinated.
These people were happy for some normality to resume
“I haven’t even thought about the risk of Covid because we’re outdoor. That’s probably a good thing. It feels normal, and there are very few environments that feel normal right now.”https://t.co/aqBxrTeBaP
— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) August 11, 2021
The government here is now being called on to provide a roadmap to allow concerts to resume - and not to wait until the end of August.
Event promoter Shane Dunne says the sector already needed strong health and safety protocols even before the pandemic
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