Metal Fans Mosh at First U.K. Live Music Festival Since Pandemic
An attendee crowd surfs on the first day of Download Festival on June 18.
Photographer: Joe Giddens/PA via AP
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London (AP) -- Thousands of heavy metal fans were camping, singing — and even moshing — on Saturday at Britain’s first full music festival since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The three-day Download Festival, taking place at Donington Park in central England, is one of a series of test events to see whether mass gatherings can resume without triggering outbreaks of COVID-19.