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The “First Ones to Close and Last Ones to Re-Open”: Music Venues, COVID-19 and the Handling of the Crisis

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The “First Ones to Close and Last Ones to Re-Open”: Music Venues, COVID-19 and the Handling of the Crisis. / Kuchar, Robin; Frey, Maxine; Gooß, Julia et al.
In: Journal of World Popular Music, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, 22.06.2022, p. 170-196.

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Harvard

Kuchar, R, Frey, M, Gooß, J & Mertens, T 2022, 'The “First Ones to Close and Last Ones to Re-Open”: Music Venues, COVID-19 and the Handling of the Crisis', Journal of World Popular Music, vol. 9, no. 1-2, pp. 170-196. https://doi.org/10.1558/jwpm.23354

APA

Kuchar, R., Frey, M., Gooß, J., & Mertens, T. (2022). The “First Ones to Close and Last Ones to Re-Open”: Music Venues, COVID-19 and the Handling of the Crisis. Journal of World Popular Music, 9(1-2), 170-196. https://doi.org/10.1558/jwpm.23354

Vancouver

Kuchar R, Frey M, Gooß J, Mertens T. The “First Ones to Close and Last Ones to Re-Open”: Music Venues, COVID-19 and the Handling of the Crisis. Journal of World Popular Music. 2022 Jun 22;9(1-2):170-196. doi: 10.1558/jwpm.23354

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