https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Musicians on stage, spotlights flooding the arena and 5,000 fans dancing ecstatically: live music was back in Barcelona on Saturday, as a clinical trial sought pandemic-safe ways to celebrate mass events. https://www.thelocal.es/20210328/in-photos-5000-fans-attend-gig-for-covid-trial-in-barcelona Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:49:21 +0200 in-photos-5000-fans-attend-gig-for-covid-trial-in-barcelona Barcelona’s two main music festivals - Primavera Sound and Sonar - may have just been cancelled, but organisers will be holding a trial concert with an audience on Saturday instead, with masks and negative PCR tests required from concertgoers. https://www.thelocal.es/20210326/barcelona-to-hold-covid-trial-concert-with-5000-people-as-big-festivals-get-cancelled Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:21:30 +0100 barcelona-to-hold-covid-trial-concert-with-5000-people-as-big-festivals-get-cancelled A Spanish singer died after she was hit by an exploding pyrotechnic while performing in stage in Madrid on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190903/spanish-pop-star-killed-on-stage-by-exploding-firework Tue, 03 Sep 2019 12:29:27 +0200 spanish-pop-star-killed-on-stage-by-exploding-firework The former Beatle will play a concert at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in the Spanish capital on June 2nd. https://www.thelocal.es/20160314/paul-mccartney-to-play-madrid-in-new-world-tour Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:09:30 +0100 paul-mccartney-to-play-madrid-in-new-world-tour Madrid's city hall stands accused of gagging free speech after cancelling a concert by Basque thrash rockers Soziedad Alkoholika on grounds that they could "incite public disorder". https://www.thelocal.es/20150310/basque-rock-group-banned-from-playing-madrid Tue, 10 Mar 2015 13:06:00 +0100 basque-rock-group-banned-from-playing-madrid