The science of our return to live music

Experimental events are paving the way to large shows and festivals in the post-COVID world, but what are these experiments really measuring?

Finally, it looks like live music and festivals are slowly coming back in some parts of the world. Earlier this month a large annual festival returned to Wuhan, which is now COVID-free, and last week’s Eurovision Song Contest. in Rotterdam was able to happen live again with limited audience members and a strict testing regime for musicians. But how safe…