- Journalists complain about restrictions on Adele's show
No press photos from Adele's Munich concerts - contrary to usual practice, photo and video journalists are not allowed. This has caused significant outrage among the media. "This ban is completely unacceptable," criticizes the chairman of the Bavarian Journalists' Association (BJV), Harald Stocker. Instead, media outlets are receiving selected images from the organizer, "which mocks the work of journalists."
Moreover, a flood of images from the concerts is still expected on social networks. "These actors are making big profits from the uploaded photos and videos of visitors, while media, which are supposed to contribute to democratic opinion formation, can only partially fulfill their journalistic duty," Stocker complained.
Usually, photo and TV journalists are allowed to take their own recordings during the first three songs at large concerts. However, they are not even allowed at Adele's concerts - instead, media outlets are supposed to be given a link to selected material. The reasoning is thin: "There was a multiple exchange with the management, now it's final because that's how it's always been done with Adele shows - regardless of when and where," Live Nation, one of the two organizers, told several media outlets.
Adele will perform ten times in August in an arena built especially for her, along with an attached mini-fairground on the grounds of the Munich trade fair. A total of 730,000 spectators are expected. The city expects more than half a billion euros to flow into the region through the mega-shows. The municipality could have used its house rights to enforce press photography, Stocker criticized. The BJV has been demanding for some time that public carriers of event venues include a press freedom clause in their contracts with tenants and contractual partners.
Adele's strict policy on press photography at her Munich concerts has led to controversy, with Harald Stocker, the chairman of the Bavarian Journalists' Association (BJV), calling the ban "unacceptable." Despite the restrictions, there's anticipation that numerous images from the concerts will circulate on social media.
