Audience with hands raised at a music festival and lights streaming down from above the stage. Soft focus, blurred movement.

Barcelona held an experimental concert for 5,000 people

March 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Yes, vaccinations are being administered, but COVID and its variants aren’t going away quietly. Yet people crave normalcy so much that they’re willing to take part in all sorts of experiments.

Yesterday (March 27), there was a live music event featuring a band called Love of Lesbian in Barcelona with 5,000 people. Tickets, which cost between US$27 and US$35, were grabbed within hours. Purchasers were then directed to one of three venues in the city where they received a same-day COVID test. If they passed–they got a text message saying yea or nay–they got to go to the show.

Fans could mingle but everyone still had to wear masks.

Reports say everyone had a good time. If there’s no indication that these kinds of events will cause any kind of COVID issues, we could see more of then.

Meanwhile, there was a silent disco on a nearby beach. (Via Sean)