The iHeartRadio Music Festival is popular since it began nine years ago. It has been a major music festival among the fans of music. The calendar of the festival is fixed every year as it is held every September. The event goes on for back to back two nights. In fact, it takes place in the third week of the month.
There are some big names from the music industry that has already performed at iHeartRadio Music Festival in the past such as Fleetwood Mac, Harry Styles, Bon Jovi, The Weeknd, Pink, Bruno Mars, and Jack White. The meeting point for fans from around the world remains the same, Las Vegas.
The event began at MGM Grand Garden Arena and march towards T-Mobile Arena in Nevada. Of course, considering the current circumstances, the 2020 event is going to be different and face many issues. Obviously, there won't be 18,000 fans screaming for their stars but there will be fans who will enjoy the event virtually.
The event is planned to stream on iHeartRadio stations and a mobile app by cwtv.com called the CW app. There are several performances enrolled for the event such as Kane Brown with Khalid, Miley Cyrus, BTS, Keith Urban, Usher, Coldplay, Thomas Rhett, and so on.
The show will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest and the performances will be filmed from Nashville and Los Angeles. It will be available for the fans to view the stream on Sept. 27 and 28. Although the performances will be recorded on Sept. 18 and 19.
iHeartMedia's president of entertainment enterprises, John Sykes revealed the course of action that will ensure that everything happens under the safety measures. For instance, the filming will allow only limited staff members and crew.
In fact, the stage will be sanitized with proper precautions before the next artist steps on the stage. Sykes further explained that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic makes the team change things on a regular basis.
It has become challenging for the television and radio industry to revive and connect the stars back with their fans. Since the iHeartRadio Music Awards got canceled due to the pandemic, the company got an idea to stream the event after they aired Living Room Concert in March, which turns out to be a success.
Sykes told that his team has figured out a way to ensure that all the artists are safe and yet manages to convey live concert experience.