5,000 attend rock concert in Barcelona after Covid-19 screening

Performance recalls pre-pandemic times at Palau Sant Jordi concert hall in Barcelona on Saturday night

• Coronavirus – latest updates
• See all our coronavirus coverage

If one overlooked the white face masks dotting the tightly packed crowd of music lovers, it was almost like pre-pandemic times in Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi concert hall Saturday night.

Five thousand rock fans enjoyed a real-as-can-be concert after passing a same-day coronavirus screening to test its effectiveness in preventing outbreaks of the virus at large cultural events.

Continue reading...

from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2NYuMwc