Nearly half of people ‘believe live entertainment is more important than ever’
A quarter of people will use cash to attend live events that they had put aside for those that were put off in 2020, Barclaycard Entertainment said.
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Your support makes all the difference.Nearly half (47%) of event and concert-goers say that live entertainment now means more to them than ever, a survey has found.
With more parts of the economy poised to open up at varying rates across the UK, one in five (20%) people are considering attending events they would not normally go to, according to Barclaycard Entertainment.
One in six (16%) meanwhile intend to see artists they discovered online during the coronavirus pandemic.
Half (50%) of people intend to use their general savings to fund going to live events, while a quarter (25%) will use money they had put aside for events that did not take place last year, the research found.
A fifth (19%) of people said they would be happy to travel more than 100 miles to attend a live event.
Nearly half (49%) also believe they have forgotten how it feels to be in a big crowd.
Some 2,000 people were surveyed in June.