“If I had not been vaccinated already, I really would have thought twice about coming here,” mentioned Cristina Delgado, a health care provider. But Ana, her sister, who was additionally vaccinated as a result of she works in well being care, felt in another way. “I was going to come whatever, because I want to save culture and return us to normal life,” she mentioned.
Inés Villasuso, a 24-year previous nurse, additionally mentioned that “it would have been better to get everybody tested again later, to have scientific evidence that can really convince the authorities that such a big event can be held safely.” But she and her twin sister, Eva, agreed that the live performance outstripped their expectations. “It felt like living a total dream,” Eva mentioned.
In an interview earlier than the live performance, Julián Saldarriaga, a member of Love of Lesbian, mentioned that the band’s choice to carry out had obtained very broad assist, but in addition generated “some criticism, from people who have called us irresponsible or who say that we only care about money.” But for his band, he mentioned, “we really saw this as an opportunity to take part in the recovery of culture.”
Rather than that includes a supporting act, the live performance was preceded by a collection of movies about Covid-19, proven on the large stage display and interspersed with hits from the distant previous — like “Come Together” and “Here Comes the Sun,” by The Beatles — whose themes warmed up the group.
To adjust to the security protocols, on Saturday, concertgoers visited one in every of three smaller Barcelona music venues to get a speedy antigen take a look at for Covid-19. The price was included within the €23 ticket worth.
Christiana Guldager, a photographer, mentioned that she cried earlier than her take a look at on the Razzmatazz nightclub. “I’ve been dancing so often in that place that it made me feel very emotional to find it instead converted into a mini-hospital,” she mentioned.
