5K People Attended Concert In Barcelona, No Social Distancing

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The show on Saturday by Spanish band Love of Lesbian has the special permission of the country’s health authorities. While the rest of Spain is limited to gatherings of no more than four people in closed spaces, the concert goers will be able to mix freely, although face masks are mandatory.

People with heart disease, cancer, or those who have been in contact with someone infected by Covid-19 in recent weeks were asked not to sign up. Ticket-buyers chose between three venues in Barcelona where they must undergo a quick antigen test on Saturday morning. Those with negative results get a code on their mobile phone validating their ticket for the show at the city’s Palau Sant Jordi starting at 7pm.

Organisers say it is the first commercial event of this size held in Europe during the pandemic.

 

The show is sold out. The tickets, ranging from €23-€28 (£19.70-£24), include the cost of the test and the high-quality face mask that is obligatory except when eating or drinking at designated areas.

The concert is backed by local authorities and by experts from Barcelona’s Fight Aids and Infectious Diseases Foundation, which also organised a case study around a smaller concert of 500 people in December. 

 

Sources:

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/27/barcelona-rock-concert-same-day-covid-screening-love-of-lesbian

 

So, basically this is also an experiment on how they can do concerts again after pandemic. 

From what I gathered, this concert require same day antigen test result, (which kits were included with your ticket), and result will be sent by text, and only negative result can enter the venue. (I guess those whose result is positive will get refund then? ) 

And certain high risk people are still unable to attend, for their own safety.

 

What say you? If this becomes the norm for awhile, will you go through these steps to attend shows by your faves?

[PhantomOfTheDance 13,795]

lesbians better stop being messy bottoms. we are not like the gays

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i am hoping this will work out though. it seems they put up enough precautions but i'm pretty concerned about the outcome

 

[gag 22,449]

"Spanish band Love of Lesbian"

 

The band is 5 old men

[Dutch 95,714]

Oh we are doing the same tests as we speak:

 

 

 

[RudraCNG 15,511]

I don't like that band but I'd have attended the show if it was one of my faves (and if I had the money lol). I think it's positive they do experiments like this since there's a lot of people who can't work bc lack of concerts (and I don't mean artists, but technicians, ticket sellers, facility personnel, etc.).

[Andreu 37,216]

Hope this thread doesn't end up full of boomer-minded people who will drag it before reading that it was an experiment and whatever, like it happened on the newspapers' twitter posts

 

[alsemanche 97,825]

I think they did a similar test with some festival in spain a couple of month ago and it went well no? 

[Andreu 37,216]

6 minutes ago, alsemanche said:

I think they did a similar test with some festival in spain a couple of month ago and it went well no? 

yes, the same people who are doing this experiment did a similar thing in December in another Barcelona venue with 500 people. So now basically they are doing the same on a larger scale.

[bionic 50,111]

Whatever gets the world back open and operational again