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For the average whiskey fan, the words “bottled in bond” mean high proof. But the phrase is much more complicated than just a whiskey with higher alcohol content. Championed by Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr., the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 was created to make an official designation for whiskey quality standards.

So what does this all mean? To receive the title of “bottled in bond,” the whiskey must adhere to a handful of rules. It must be produced at only one distillery during one distilling season. Then the juice has to be matured in a federally bonded warehouse for a minimum of four years. Finally, the whiskey has to be bottled at 100 proof, or 50 percent ABV. While the act was initially created for bourbon specifically, it’s been extended to all American whiskeys.

If you’re new to bottled in bond whiskeys, we want to help you find a few bottles to try. That’s why we decided to list a few of our favorites (with tasting notes) below.

George Dickel Bottled in Bond

ABV: 50%
Distillery Name: Cascade Hollow Distilling Co., Tullahoma, TN (Diageo)
Average Price: $41.99

The Story:

Tennessee whiskey is dominated by Jack Daniel’s, but it’s another brand that’s not-so-quietly gaining a cult following. George Dickel’s newest offering is a 13-year-old bottled in bond whiskey. Distilled in 2005, this 100-proof offering was created to be bold, complex, and shines in your favorite cocktails or as a sipper on the rocks.

Tasting Notes:

You might assume that a 100-proof whiskey might have an overpowering ethanol aroma, but the first nosing this expression brings forward are hints of charred oak, sweet honey, and toasted vanilla. The first sip yields hints of Christmas spices, more woody oak, and sweet sticky toffee pudding. The finish is dry and pleasing with just a single flourish of peppery spice at the end.

Bottom Line:

This whiskey is bold, robust, and stands up well in a whiskey sour, Manhattan, or old fashioned.

Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond

ABV: 50%
Distillery Name: Heaven Hill, Bardstown, KY
Average Price: $42.99

The Story:

Heaven Hill makes some of the most well-known brands in the world, including Henry McKenna, Old Fitzgerald, and Elijah Craig. But it truly shines with its seemingly simple Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond. This whiskey pays homage to the brand’s original bottled-in-bond offering from 1939. Like all bottled-in-bond whiskeys, it’s 100-proof. But this small-batch whiskey is made using Heaven Hill’s proprietary bourbon mash bill while being aged for seven years.

Tasting Notes:

This highly complex expression starts with aromas of toasted caramel, sweet butterscotch, and subtle cinnamon. The first velvety sip yields notes of brown sugar, leather, and just a hint of peppery spice. The finish, while long, is full of hints of vanilla, cinnamon sugar, and dried fruits.

Bottom Line:

This whiskey, while high in ABV, is so mellow that you’ll want to sip it neat (or on the rocks) while you sit in a comfortable chair, reading a good book.

1792 Bottled in Bond

ABV: 50%
Distillery Name: Barton 1792 Distillery, Bardstown, KY (Sazerac)
Average Price: $44.99

The Story:

This award-winning, high-rye bourbon is made in small batches at 100-proof (as the Bottled-in-Bond Act designated). The official website claims it’s “well aged”, but there’s no age statement (although we know it’s at least four years old). First released in 2017, this bold, balanced bottle should find a spot on your bar or in your liquor cabinet right now.

Tasting Notes:

While nosing a glass, you’ll be met with hints of sweet vanilla, subtle peppery spice, and charred oak. There’s more peppery rye in the first sip, but it’s surrounded on all sides by dried cherries, caramel, and toffee. The finish is long sweet and chocked full of cinnamon, honey, and subtle corn sweetness.

Bottom Line:

This is a bottle to be savored. Share some of the cheaper bourbons with guests, but save this one for yourself.

Old Forester 1897

ABV: 50%
Distillery Name: Brown-Forman Distillery, Shively, KY
Average Price: $47.99

The Story:

The second expression in the Old Forester Whiskey Row Series (the others are 1870, 1910, and 1920) 1879 is so named for the aforementioned Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897. This award-winning offering is an homage to Old Forester’s history as the first bottled bourbon in America. It’s also a throwback to the type of whiskey made at that time. It’s rich, bold, and not to be missed.

Tasting Notes:

The first nose brings forth rich, charred oak along with dried cherries. The first sip yields sweet vanilla, honey, and subtle fresh corn followed by a pleasing peppery warmth. The finish brings back more of that woody oak from earlier along with gooey toffee and just a single hit of smokiness at the very end.

Bottom Line:

Since this bottled-in-bond whiskey was made using the techniques of the late 1800s, we believe you should mix it into a drink from that era such as a boulevardier.

Old Grand-Dad Bonded

ABV: 50%
Distillery Name: Jim Beam, Clermont, KY (Beam Suntory)
Average Price: $21.49

The Story:

You might assume that the “old grand-dad” on the iconic bottle was just someone’s grandpa. But, in fact, the image is that of Basil Hayden who famously taught his son and grandson how to distill whiskey (among various other accomplishments) and was rewarded by having his image used for this brand and his name used for Basil Hayden’s. It should come as no surprise that both brands are Jim Beam products. Old Grand-Dad is one of Jim Beam’s “Olds” collection that also includes Old Overholt.

Tasting Notes:

This is one of the cheapest whiskeys on this list. But cheap doesn’t necessarily mean bad. You’ll notice this on the first nosing when you are greeted with scents of sweet corn, charred oak, and toasted caramel. The first sip brings you a hot kick of cinnamon-sugar followed by rich vanilla and butterscotch. The finish is lingering and full of warming heat with a zing of white pepper at the very end.

Bottom Line:

While this bottle is a bargain at around $20, it’s best suited as a base for a cocktail than as a sipper. But, if you find yourself with any mixers, Old Grand-Dad will definitely keep you warm this fall.

Rittenhouse Rye Bottled in Bond

ABV: 50%
Distillery Name: Heaven Hill, Bardstown, KY
Average Price: $27.49

The Story:

This award-winning rye was aged for four years before entering a bottle. It was created to pay homage to Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, a park created by William Penn to be a warm and inviting place to gather away from the dingy city. Well, this rye is also warm and inviting, but is also spicy from the rye content (which is only 51 percent). This is a rye whiskey that belongs in your collection. There’s a reason it’s a favorite of bartenders and drinkers alike.

Tasting Notes:

While nosing this whiskey, you’re first met with the ever-present peppery spice associated with rye whiskey. But since this is a fairly low rye whiskey, it’s more subtle than most. It quickly evolves into more complex aromas like sweet honey and rich vanilla. The first sip brings you more vanilla, toasted wood, cacao, and just a hint of bitter espresso. The finish is long, warming and full of cinnamon, dried cherries, and rye spice.

Bottom Line:

This is a great beginner rye because of its low rye content. But, it’s also bold enough to go back to again and again.

The Los Angeles Lakers have pulled ahead in their opening round series against the Portland Trail Blazers. After the Blazers won Game 1, the Lakers have picked up wins in each of the last two, including Saturday night’s main event. Behind the team’s standout 1-2 punch of LeBron James and Anthony Davis, L.A. came out on top, 116-108.

Was it always easy? Absolutely not — Portland, particularly its backcourt, put up one heck of a fight. But the Lakers were ultimately too much, reminding everyone why they were the 1-seed in the Western Conference. Here are three takeaways from the performance.

LeBron James: The Maestro

Imagine, for a moment, ever being as in control of something is LeBron James is a basketball game. James has not always quite looked like himself in the Bubble, but on Saturday night, James had one of the best games that he’s had during this entire weird project in Disney.

James was a colossus on Saturday night. His 38 points were the most that he has registered so far in the Bubble, and he accrued 12 rebounds, eight assists, and two steals. While eight turnovers left plenty to be desired, as did his 12-for-17 mark from the free throw line, he still made the Lakers better far more often than he did anything else.

The important thing, though, is that LeBron James was LeBron James. He was not outgunned by Damian Lillard, and the Lakers did not look like they were being led by a person who is 36 years old. Anthony Davis being on the Lakers means that James does not need to be at his absolute best every single night — there is something of a margin for error with him, and when Davis is able to pull his weight, James can afford to be just a tiny bit off, because just a tiny bit off for LeBron James means he is still putting forth a superstar performance.

That wasn’t the case on Saturday. He was LeBron the all-time great, the guy with a case for being the greatest basketball player to ever live.

Anthony Davis Came Alive

Anthony Davis had a really, really not impressive first half. Davis is one of the most imposing players in the NBA, and yet by the time the two teams entered the locker room at the conclusion of the second quarter, Davis had six points and five rebounds. He showed of the some impression distribution, but it wasn’t the kind of dominant performance that Davis is capable of producing.

Then, the second half started, and Davis was magnificent. By the time the game concluded and the Lakers found themselves on top, Davis had scored 27 points, hauled in 11 rebounds, and doled out five assists. For good measure, he blocked three shots and registered a pair of steals. He did not hit any shots from three, and his free throw shooting left plenty to be desired (5-for-12 on the night), but on the whole, he bounced back from a suboptimal first half and put forth quite the performance.

Any plan that the Lakers have to win a championship this year requires Davis being at his best in 16 wins this postseason. That was not the case early on in the game, but great players find ways to make their impacts felt on games even when they have a rough stretch. Like a relief pitcher, sometimes you just need to have a short memory and be able to figure out how to work past the mistakes that occur when you are not at your best. Davis did that, and as a result, the Lakers took a 2-1 lead in this series.

Portland’s Bench Needs To Do Something

Damian Lillard (34 points, seven assists, five rebounds) was great. C.J. McCollum (28 points, eight rebounds, four assists, two steals) was great. And in the third quarter, Carmelo Anthony (20 points, six rebounds, four steals) caught fire. As for the rest of the Blazers, things could have gone a bit better.

Jusuf Nurkic and Hassan Whiteside both battled, but their combined numbers on the night: 18 points, 15 rebounds, one block, 7-for-15 shooting. They were ok, but if Portland wants to win, they need to be better than that. But what the team really needs is for their bench to give them a whole lot more than what they gave on Saturday night.

Terry Stotts used four players of the bench: Wenyen Gabriel, Mario Hezonja, Anfernee Simons, and Gary Trent Jr. That group more or less gave Portland nothing. Trent had a pair of shots, while Hezonja hit one, and that was basically it. The Blazers have long been a team that was always going to be carried by what their starters can do, particularly their superstar guard combination. That doesn’t mean they can afford to get nothing from the bench — think, during the seeding games, of how much better Portland looked when Trent caught fire from deep. He obviously doesn’t need to do that every game, but being able to give them that extra floor spacing is huge. As for the rest of the group, they have to find ways to have any sort of positive contributions in the minutes they have. On Saturday night, that was not the case.

The Oklahoma City Thunder cut their deficit against the Houston Rockets in half on Saturday night, picking up a 119-107 win that put their opening round series at 2-1 in Houston’s favor. Chris Paul had an excellent game, but one moment that occurred in overtime has drawn the ire of a number of individuals from his former team.

Paul was being checked by Ben McLemore. In an attempt to get past the Houston guard, he shot his right arm out and, well, this happened.

The Rockets were visibly displeased with the officials’ decision to not review what appeared to be Paul hitting McLemore below the belt. As a college student at Wake Forest, Paul once infamously hit an opposing player below the belt, and as he claimed after the game, he did not do this to McLemore on purpose.

Paul was correct: Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni was not happy about the referee’s lack of a look into all of this. D’Antoni spoke to the media after the game and was confused as to the lack of a review on this one.

The sentiment was shared by James Harden, who was careful to say that while he did not know if this was malicious, he really wanted to know why the referees did not look into what happened.

The Rockets and Thunder will square off against one another in Game 4 on Monday afternoon. The game tips off at 4 p.m. EST on TNT.

In what will go down as one of the best games of the first round of these NBA playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder took down the Houston Rockets, 119-117. It was a scintillating, back-and-forth affair, but ultimately, the Thunder were able to come out on top to cut their series deficit down to 2-1.

Oklahoma City has been waiting for a game like this all series — all three of their standout guards were fantastic, and James Harden got slowed down just enough that he could not fully impose his will on the game. As a result, the Thunder are not one game away from going home. Here are three takeaways from this heavyweight battle.

En Garde Guard(s)

Oklahoma City has built its team around a trio of guards: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chris Paul, and Dennis Schröder. All three were, in one way or another, fantastic on Saturday night.

Schröder had the most productive game of the bunch, coming off the bench and ending the game as Oklahoma City’s leading scorer. While he struggled from deep, going 2-for-10 from three, the Umlaut scored 29 points on 10-for-23 shooting. He pitched in five rebounds, five assists, and a pair of steals for good measure. He’s been one of the league’s best reclamation projects this year, going from an empty calories player in Atlanta, to an ok but not outstanding member of the Thunder’s roster last year, to a legitimately dangerous sixth man. If Oklahoma City goes on to win this series, his play off the bench will be a major reason why.

Gilgerous-Alexander stuffed the stat sheet as well. He scored 23 points on 9-for-18 shooting and recorded seven rebounds, six assists, and four steals. When he was relied on at the end of regulation to come up big, Gilgeous-Alexander was as cool, calm, and collected as ever, hoisting up a corner three and getting nothing but net.

And then, there is Paul, who despite being 35 is still incredibly good at finding ways to impose his will on games. He is Oklahoma City’s metronome, masterfully dictating the tempo of games. Down the stretch of this one, the ball was put in his hands and he delivered, as evidenced by his 26 points on 11-for-20 shooting, six rebounds, and five assists. When the team needed a bucket at the end of regulation, he dissected the Rocket defense and found Gilgeous-Alexander for the above triple. And in classic Chris Paul fashion, when it was dagger time, he did this.

Oklahoma City’s guards are unreal. They need to impose themselves against these small-ball Rockets, and for the first time all series, all three were locked in.

The Luguentz Dort Show

One guard from Arizona State imposed their will on another guard from Arizona State. Surprisingly, this did not mean that James Harden had a monster night and toyed with Luguentz Dort, the rookie who has been thrust into a role as the team’s most physical perimeter defender. Instead, this happened.

Dort is 6’3, 215 pounds, and totally unafraid to mix things up. Calling him a subpar offensive player right now is accurate — nine points on 3-for-10 shooting and 0-for-6 from three — but he’s willing to battle and impose his will. This was evident in the eight rebounds he pulled down and the three blocks he registered, and even more evident in how unafraid he was to battle against Harden.

If you are checking Harden and you go into games thinking that you’re going to completely shut him down, you’re going to get demoralized. Dort never wavered, he did whatever he could to make Harden work for everything, and as a result, Harden had a not great game that played a role in the Thunder coming out on top.

Anyway, speaking of Harden…

James Harden’s Not Great Games Are Still Insane

Harden fouled out with just over four minutes left in overtime. He went 3-for-13 from three and connected on 44.4 percent of his field goal attempts on the night. He got pushed around by Dort, whose strength and athleticism has made him the team’s dedicated Harden stopper. His team collapsed after he fouled out for the first time this season, leading to the Oklahoma City win.

And yet despite all of this, Harden scored 38 points, doled out eight assists, and hauled in seven rebounds.

Listen, I understand that the way the Rockets play inherently leads to Harden putting up big numbers, but it is still extremely hard to do this sort of thing in an NBA game. He’s reached the point where his nights where he’s just a little bit off are still remarkable, and if Houston goes on to win this series while Russell Westbrook is sidelined, it will be because Harden keeps carrying the Rockets.

The Batman panel capped off the DC FanDome event, and it was worth the wait. Finally, we’re seeing director Matt Reeves’ fresh take on the events leading up to Bruce Wayne transforming into a masked vigilante. The Robert Pattinson-starring film resides in a different universe than the DCEU, like Todd Phillips’ Joker (which did take a stab at rewriting Batman’s origin story in, uh, a not-so-great way) that starred Joaquin Phoenix in an Oscar-winning role. Will The Batman bring the same accolades for Pattinson? One can only hope, and this is a whole new look for Gotham. Yet as Matt Reeves stressed during his panel, please don’t think of this as an origin story.

Thank goodness, because we’ve heard that origin story many times already. There was plenty of reason to expect a different take on The Dark Knight than we’ve ever seen previously, and from the looks of the trailer, that suspicion has been confirmed. And I’m not simply referring to Pattinson’s refusal to get buff like every Batman-playing actor who came before him. As Reeves revealed before the trailer’s release, he mostly wanted this film to feel “grounded,” and it sure looks like we’re seeing that above.

Grounded, violent, and layered as hell? Check, check, and check.

Between the secret-concealing new Batsuit and Fast and Furious-style Batmobile, it’s clear that a massive amount of effort went into making this movie feel grounded and authentic, even if it’s painting outside the comic-book lines. We’ll see how successful the entire project turns out when The Batman arrives on October 1, 2021.

Saturday gave us a look at The Suicide Squad movie, complete with a new cast of characters as part of DCFandome. Later that night, we also got a video game based on that cast of characters given a big task: destroying the Justice League.

Rocksteady — which made the Batman: Arkham Knight games — showed off a teaser trailer of a Suicide Squad-based game called Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League with a four-minute animation that revealed a major villain for the bad guys, an extremely evil Superman.

Billed as a continuation of the Arkham universe, the cinematic shows some chaos in Metropolis and the Suicide Squad reluctantly taking care of business. There’s the typical humor of the series and, of course, Harley Quinn.

Will Arnet was the host on Saturday to give fans a first look at Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League. Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn, Deadshot, and King Shark were all shown in the cinematic, and though we didn’t get any actual game footage in the teaser, a member of the Rocksteady staff hinted at the various ways each member of the squad will use their abilities in the game. The footage showed plenty of combat, but none of it came from the perspective players will have come the game’s 2022 release date.

Making an open world action-adventure shooter a compelling reality is extremely difficult task, but the actual format of Kill The Justice League is ambitious: Every member of the Squad is playable, but it’s also a 1-4 player co-op game. That alone might be enough to lure Arkham Knight fans into the Suicide Squad universe, and hopefully we’ll learn much more about how Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League plays in the months to come.

The easiest way to improve any piece of entertainment these days? Make it LEGO, apparently. That’s what Disney will attempt to do with the infamous Star Wars Christmas special, the latest use of the building set in a mashup of entertainment properties.

There are plenty of LEGO sets these days that feature TV shows and movies, and even Schitt’s Creek might get a LEGO hotel to call it’s own. But White Stripes-ing movie scenes is often a fun experiment in how the film translates to, well, plastic. In the case of Knives Out, even the movie’s director Rian Johnson was a fan of the work one animator did.

A movie fan and animator who goes by the name Joebor1777 on YouTube and Twitter has transformed a number of different scenes into LEGO form. But his video of a pivotal scene (spoilers coming) in Knives Out — Ransom revealing he’d been removed from the family’s fortune and subsequently telling the rest of the family off — was an immediate hit with Johnson, who quickly retweeted it on Saturday.

It’s a great scene as filmed by Johnson, but you have to appreciate the lengths that Joebor1077 has gone to get the characters right and, yes, getting Chris Evans an appropriate-looking sweater. It’s a great reminder to, well, watch all of Knives Out again and get excited that Daniel Craig is reprising his role whenever it’s safe to make movies again.

The Miami Heat are on the verge of a sweep. The Heat and the Indiana Pacers squared off in Game 3 of their first round series on Saturday afternoon, and despite the Pacers showing some serious guts to rally back from as many as 20 points down against their Eastern Conference foes, Miami came out on top, 124-115. With the win, Erik Spoelstra’s bunch took a commanding 3-0 series lead.

The Heat seemed poise to cruise to a win based off of a dominant first half. The team had a 75-56 lead at the half, in large part due to the fact that Miami shot 11-for-20 from deep in the first 24 minutes — the point total and the number of made triples were both a single-half record in franchise playoff history.

Darn near everything worked for Miami in the first half, something that was exemplified at the end of the second quarter when Goran Dragic darted into the lane and beat the buzzer with a layup that just barely made it out of his hand.

That hot shooting disappeared in the third, though, and ironically enough, that led to a scintillating quarter for the Pacers. In what was a wonderful team effort, Indiana began the frame on a 12-2 run, locking Miami down on one end and taking advantage of their chances at the other. By the time the quarter came to an end, Indiana’s once-gigantic deficit was reduced to only four, and the Heat took a 94-90 lead into the fourth.

Whatever Spoelstra said in the huddle prior to the fourth appeared to work. The quarter was defined by the Pacers looking ready to get over the hump — 94-92, 98-95, 111-109, 114-112 — but the Heat figuring something out. Their best shot may have come on the possession following that last aforementioned score, with Malcolm Brogdon drilling a triple to put Indiana within arm’s reach.

But unfortunately for the Pacers, Bam Adebayo is quite hard to keep off of the glass. The Heat missed back-to-back shots, but Adebayo reeled in both, eventually making his way to the free throw line and drilling them both. On the following possession, T.J. Warren had a contested layup, but was met at the rim by Jimmy Butler.

Despite a shot clock violation on the next Miami possession, Indiana couldn’t score, and from there, the Heat just ran down the clock, with Butler, Dragic, and Jae Crowder baiting the Pacers into fouls and getting eight points in the final 40 seconds from the free throw line.

Four players on the Heat scored at least 20 points. Butler led the way, going for 27 points, eight rebounds, four assists, three steals, and a block. Despite a tough shooting night (5-for-16 from the field), Butler was tenacious in getting to the charity stripe, where he went 17-for-20. Dragic dropped 24 and pitched in six assists, Adebayo had a double-double with 22 points and 11 boards, and Tyler Herro provided 20 points off the bench.

For the Pacers, Brogdon was superb, scoring a career-high 34 points, dishing out 14 assists, and hauling in seven rebounds. Warren had a productive day at the office — 23 points, six rebounds, five steals, two assists — while Oladipo scored 20 points, albeit on 21 shots. If Indiana has any hopes of a comeback, their All-Star guard will have to find the form that made him one of the best players in basketball prior to the quadriceps injury that cost him a year of action.

Game 4 will take place on Monday evening. Things are slated to tip off at 6:30 p.m. EST on TNT.

Zack Snyder recently released a short teaser for the Snyder Cut of Justice League, and during Saturday’s DC FanDome event, a teaser trailer materialized. In other words, it’s all happening for the not-so-little fan campaign (and Snyder, who stepped away from completing the film due to a family tragedy with Joss Whedon taking over the theatrical cut) that persuaded HBO Max to make it so after years of waiting.

Previously, Snyder let viewers know that his cut is “an entirely new thing,” not to mention an installment that won’t affect the DCEU, continuity-wise. From the looks of this trailer, he’s delivering on those promises. Among other things, we get a better look at Superman’s Black Suit in motion. We’ve got more Darkseid, an upgraded Steppenwolf, and plenty of shots of Batfleck, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, and The Flash.

If you’re a fan of the latter two heroes, you’re in luck with this cut. Prior to unveiling the trailer, Snyder revealed that Cyborg is “the heart of the movie,” and he’s excited to flesh the character out more onscreen. There’s certainly going to be room for that here, and with more of The Flash as well, given that the film will be over four hours long.

We knew this thing would probably be dark as well as epic, and setting the trailer to Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” certainly sets that mood. The Snyder Cut panel happened following reveals about Wonder Woman 1984 (a new trailer) and The Suicide Squad (the new roles played by Pete Davidson, John Cena, Idris Elba, and more), so let’s just say that the stage was sufficiently primed for the returning Snyder.

It’s worth nothing that HBO Max is referring to this (in press materials) as “the Director’s Cut of Justice League,” but yep, fans are gonna keep saying “the Snyder Cut.” Look for the cut in 2021 on HBO Max.

Much of the world has been deprived of concerts the last five months because of the still-ongoing coronavirus pandemic. While the United States continues its work on lowering cases of the virus to a number worth considering a return of concerts, Germany believes they are in a comfortable enough position to conduct some experiments regarding a potential return to indoor concerts.

The German government is testing the spread of coronavirus for indoor concerts through a research study. In the study, 4,000 people between the ages of 18-50 were called to participate and attend one of three concerts by singer Tim Bendzko. According to TMZ the purpose of this study has been defined as a way “to investigate the conditions under which such events can be carried out despite the pandemic.”

Each volunteer is provided with face masks and must wear tracking devices to track whether they are socially distancing and how close they interact with people if they do not. Another device is used within the study to show how aerosolized particles spread. The first concert in the study occurred Saturday in Leipzig, Germany where 2,000 people attended.

The Minister of Economics and Science offered a statement on the study saying, “As long as there is a risk of infection, major concerts, trade fairs and sporting events cannot take place. This is why it is so important to find out which technical and orginisational conditions can effectively minimise the risks.”

You can see a video from one of the concerts above.

(via TMZ)