Photography Aditya Chinchure, via Unsplash.comMusic / NewsMusic / NewsGerman scientists are putting on a concert to see how coronavirus spreadsLive music is back, sort ofShareLink copied ✔️July 23, 2020July 23, 2020TextDazed Digital Are you missing live music? Do you want to go to an indoor concert surrounded by other, real concertgoers? Do you want to aid science in understanding how the novel coronavirus spreads? Then this is just the ticket for you. German scientists are putting on a concert to see how COVID-19 spreads at large indoor venues, The Guardian reports. They will be recruiting 4,200 healthy volunteers between the ages of 18 and 50 to see German singer Tim Bendzko perform at a stadium in Leipzig next month. Concertgoers at the Restart-19 simulation will be equipped with a wearable tracking device that transmits data on each person’s movements and their proximity to other crowd members every five seconds. They will also disinfect their hands with fluorescent hand sanitiser to help researchers identify what surfaces are used the most, and therefore pose the most risk to people, and a fog machine that will be used to visualise the potential spread of the virus through aerosols. All concertgoers will be required to test negative for COVID-19 two days before the event, and show proof at the door, to ensure the safety of the participants. They will also be outfitted with a face mask. “We are trying to find out if there could be a middle way between the old and the new normal that would allow organisers to fit enough people into a concert venue to not make a loss,” the experiment’s coordinator, Stefan Moritz, head of clinical infectious diseases at the University hospital in Halle, told The Guardian. Over 1,000 volunteers have already registered through the project’s website. The concert will be held August 22, with the researchers planning to present their findings by October. Despite safety concers, English concerts are technically allowed to resume next month, though how feasible this will be practically or financially is up for debate. Lollapalooza’s co-founder Marc Geiger isn’t expecting concerts to return until 2022. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREK-pop has an AI problemCoals are kickstarting Poland’s dream pop sceneOnMeet the creatives turning up the heat in Lagos with Burna Boy and OnEvilgiane’s camera roll from his tour with Snow StrippersFinnish alt-pop star Pehmoaino: ‘Art helps us survive this dark country’10 great albums you may have missed in the last three monthsLamb is making ‘electronic lyrical’ music that sounds like no one elseArabic shoegaze duo Kiss Facility speak a language deeper than words‘Nazis can’t dance’: Photos from London’s House Against Hate protest rave5 tracks you can’t miss from March 2026ADL: The best and worst tracks on Yeat’s new album‘A cig in one hand and an inhaler in the other’: Fcukers know how to partyEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy