UK Music Venues To Trial You Check’s Digital Health Passport To Reopen Live Music Venues Safely

The platform by London based start-up ‘You Check’ was originally developed in mid-2019 as a secure ticketing/ID verification system to reduce problematic secondary ticketing issues and public security concerns surrounding fraudulent ticket touts.

During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, ‘You Check’ has focused primarily on enabling Live entertainment venues to re-open and prosper in the wake of the sector’s recovery; now securely connecting its technology with track and trace software.

The ‘Digital Health Passport’ – the system’s foundation; will allow venue door staff and ingress operations to quickly verify an attendee’ name, age, ticket and important test result in one place as well as providing a crucial communication link between promoters and their full audiences, beyond the primary ticket buyer.

Working closely with the Music Venue Trust (MVT) who through research have declared more than 400 grassroots music venues are at imminent risk of being closed permanently and the trials will take place at London’s 100 Club and Bristol’s 250 capacity Exchange. The plan is for the March 2021 shows in London and Bristol to be at 25 per cent capacity, two sets of tests with the same people and to build up from there at venues across the country.

”With Covid-19, the incubation period is two to five days. For the honeymoon phase after the test, it’s the shorter the better, which means you’re good to go to a show for 48 hours” Fred Krefting, founder and COO at ‘You Check’  added of the upcoming trials “It’s important to work alongside government when running these pilots and we’re grateful to the DCMS for giving us the go-ahead.”