PARIS, June 22 — Social distancing and face masks were largely forgotten as thousands of French people danced and partied well into today in the first big blow out since the coronavirus lockdown. The annual midsummer Festival of Music usually brings millions of people out onto the streets across...
People queue up before attending the screening of the film ‘Les Parfums’, June 21, 2020 in Paris, following the reopening of movie theaters with the easing of lockdown measures. — AFP pic
And despite emergency measures which ban gatherings of more than 10 people, thousands thronged the trendy Canal Saint Martin and the Marais districts of Paris late yesterday to dance and sing along to bands and DJs. Disgraced politician Patrick Balkany — whose lawyers persuaded a judge earlier this year that he was too ill to serve a five-year jail sentence for money laundering and tax evasion — was also spotted dancing in the street without a mask in the chic Paris suburb of which he is still the mayor.
Although none of the usual big set-piece extravaganzas were held beyond what French electronic music legend Jean-Michel Jarre had billed as the world’s first live virtual “avatar” concert, many felt the authorities had been too lax.
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