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Monday, February 22, 2021

The Future of Performance? A Comparison of In-Person versus Streamed Concerts

It is Alive in the Lab: As a Todd Rundgren fan for 48 years, I have been attending streaming versions of his concerts over the last few days. Todd Rundgren is conducting a virtual tour. He is performing 25 shows from the same location in Chicago but tailoring each performance to a specific city as if he were physically performing there. The shows were originally geofenced so that only fans in physical proximity (by IP address) to the target cities could purchase tickets, but that restriction was lifted due to complaints from fans who were just outside the geofenced limit.

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