In exactly 8 days, the world premiere of the mega show Queen Relived
by Queenie of the band Queenie led by Michael Kluch was supposed to take place
at O2 Arena in Prague. Up until now, despite the complicated limitations related
to the coronavirus, things looked very promising. But after all, the producer,
organizing team and representatives of the arena were forced to cancel these
shows in both September and December! We have agreed with O2 Arena that the new
dates for all three concerts will be set in exactly one year from today, namely
on September 3rd, 4th and 5th, 2021.)
In the past weeks, we have had numerous and very demanding meetings with the
representatives of O2 Arena, the Chief Hygienist of the Czech Republic and the
Prime Minister. After the presentation of detailed safety measures, everyone was
willing to allow this absolutely unique show, which had already had to be
rescheduled from spring, to happen this time. Thanks to the fact that the arena
offers spacious premises, many entrances and separated sectors, 44-meter high
ceilings and air conditioning system with the option of use without the internal
circuit, we were able to propose a really safe way of organizing our
performances.
The approved security measures regarding separation of the audience into
sectors for up to 400 people, providing proper entrances and separating them
from the staff allowed us to achieve the required attendance. But unlike at
other events, there can be no standing audience during a music production.
„We have 5000 people with standing-room tickets in two days and we do not
want to disappoint them. We would have to arrange seats right in the floor area
for 3000 of them, move some into different seated sections and send the rest
home, and we really cannot do that. It would not be ethical, and neither would
be seating the audience in the first rows in front of the 2-meter high stage,
not to mention that a large part of our show would take place on the bridges in
the center of the hall – that is, behind them. Even the compromise suggestion
of dividing the standing audience into six separate groups, with a separate
entrance into the hall and to the respective area for each group, did not pass.
We really can't accept the option without the standing part of the audience. As
even after Tuesday's meeting of the Security Council nor after the the Prime
Minister’s intercession we were not allowed to have at least part of the
audience in the standing section, we, together with the O2 Arena
representatives, have decided to postpone the concerts to the aforementioned new
dates,“ explains Michael Kluch, the frontman of Queenie.
Holders of tickets for May 15th, 2020 (September 11th, 2020) will
enjoy the premiere of the show on September 3rd, 2021, holders of tickets for
May 16th, 2020 (September 12th, 2020) will see the concert on September 4th,
2021 and holders of tickets for December 21st, 2020 will come to the show on
September 5th, 2021.
„We kindly ask the audience to understand the situation, which we are
not to blame for, and to remain tolerant. All other detailed information will be
published on FB, IG and the website www.queenie.cz, as well as on the website of O2
Arena. Thank you for your patience and support, which we greatly appreciate, and
thank you also for all the positive feedback. It means a lot to us,“ add
the frontman Michael Kluch and the band Queenie, producer Martin Zoubek, and the
team of O2 Arena.