January 18, 2021, 17:36 | Last updated: 18 January 2021, 17:48
New Zealand will attend the SIX60 outdoor concert on Saturday.
Photo: Fiona Goodall / Getty Images
The Six60 concert in Waitangi was the largest outdoor show in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic.
20,000 New Zealanders attended a music gig on Saturday (January 16), making it the nation ‘s most advanced gig since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Crowds flocked to the country’s Waitangi sports arena to see Six60 – one of New Zealand’s best-known exports.
Fans did not have to follow the rules of social distance and were seen intimately by some even on each other’s shoulders.
Although the band’s international performances have been postponed, they can play in their home country, with this show marking the first of Six60 on Saturday, where they will be seen playing a date in six venues. .
After Waitangi, the Don’t forget your roots the band will travel to Hastings, New Plymouth, Christchurch, Wellington and Hamilton.
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New Zealand will attend the SIX60 outdoor concert on Saturday.
Photo: Fiona Goodall / Getty Images)
The incident comes after the country lowered its COVID-19 alert level to one, meaning the virus is only a matter of periodically introduced cases or isolated local issues.
On January 15, 2021 there were 76 active cases of the virus in New Zealand, increasing the total number to 2,246 diseases since the beginning of the revolution.
Lead singer Matiu Walters told the Northern Advocate: “Being here and able to come together while the rest of the world can’t give us a good understanding of how well the our country in governing Covid and just how lucky we are. I feel very proud that we have brought our act together so well on Covid. “
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Meanwhile, England is completing its third lockout since the outbreak of pandemic coronavirus.
These scenes will no doubt be foreign to many, with music lovers watching with envy from the UK, where live performances have been banned for much of 2020.
The Government has not yet set a date when locking restrictions will be lifted in this country, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson said they would be in place until at least January 5th.
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