Bilibili in China conducts free `` rock festival live broadcast '' to counter the new coronavirus



In China, where movement restrictions and event cancellations are

continually being affected by the new coronavirus, movie sharing site Bilibili has launched a free live music event online on Modern Sky , one of the largest indie labels in China.

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In order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection, unnecessary and urgent outings are refrained in China , along with which Google closes all offices in China, orders to close Foxconn and Samsung's high-tech factory, etc. This has had a major impact on economic activity.

On the other hand, there has been an active movement to respond positively, such as the emergence of companies that distribute their own adult games free of charge, saying, 'If you cannot go out, please play games.' One such activity is the Stay at Home Strawberry Concert, which was distributed online on Bilibili, a Chinese video sharing site for five days starting February 4, 2020.

Every year, major holidays of the Spring Festival in China to celebrate the Chinese New Year in, but will be held a lot of events in this period, 2020, was forced to stop also music concerts and live under the influence of the new coronavirus.


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Therefore, the indie label Modern Sky in China has organized a “Stay at Home Strawberry”, which is a play on the Strawberry Music Festival, an outdoor live event that has been held every year since 2009. The event, which was streamed free of charge every day from 16 to 22 o'clock for five days from February 4 to 8, was attended by a total of more than 70 bands and musicians who performed songs and music. The peak simultaneous viewership on February 5, the second day of the event, recorded 480,000.

In Bilibili, influenced by Nico Nico Douga in Japan, which displays comments over movies, comments called 'barrages' are written and displayed over the video.



He Fan, who is a vocal in the band Birdstriking that participated in Stay at Home Strawberry, described the distribution at Bilibili, which was excited by the `` barrage '', `` While staying at home, fans excited at the live hit the body in the whirlpool of Mosh You can throw yourself in. '

In addition, in the event with a band name meaning 'mad doctor' 疯医乐队 appeared, to show off playing in wearing the clothes, such as protective clothing and a mask for preventing infection, 'attire appropriate for this place.' There was also one act.



`` Stay at Home Strawberry's attempt has shown how communities can form intimate relationships in situations where they were forced to isolate, not just boil their music lovers, '' said The Verge, an IT news site. A punk band that delivers a live stream in masks and protective clothing will be the best way to make the most of the hardships. '

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