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Video has emerged of a busker in Barcelona playing ‘Eternal Flame’ Bangles as violent anti-lockdown rioters rage around him and launch missiles at police
Protests began in the Spanish city over the weekend as authorities declared a six-month state of emergency and instituted a nationwide curfew
Amid mounting violence, broadcaster Clara King released a moving video yesterday (November 2) of a street pianist performing as rioters raged around him
Busker Peter William Geddes performs the Bangles’ 1988 hit, Eternal Flame, as police vans howl in front of him and rioters toss what looks like molotov cocktails, a few feet from his piano
Curfew in Barcelona last night The juxtaposition of the man at the piano playing « Eternal Flame » from The Bangles and the scene that takes place behind them is something imageTwittercom / 9buhxS0xe9
As Peter plays his electric piano in Plaça Nova, an ancient plaza in the heart of Barcelona, a car is on fire behind him and a volley of explosions can be heard off camera
« The juxtaposition of the man at the piano playing ‘Eternal Flame’ from the Bangles and the scene behind them is something »
Twitter users were moved by the footage, with one comparing the video to the group continuing to play as the Titanic sank in 1912
« For some reason it reminds me that they keep playing music as the titanic fell, videos like this will be looked back 100 years from now trying to figure out the madness of the pandemic « John O Sullivan said on Twitter
The video was shot on October 31 as violence erupted in the city, but busker Peter said he was not nervous to continue playing
Violent anti-lockdown protests took place in Burgos, Madrid, Vitoria, Valencia, Málaga and Santander over the weekend in Spain, with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calling for an end to « violent and irrational behavior »
Spain’s national nighttime curfew was implemented from October 25 in an attempt to combat the spread of COVID-19, with residents of the country unable to leave their homes between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.
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World news – GB – Busker calmly plays ‘Eternal Flame’ as fires and anti-lockdown rioters take place rage around him in Barcelona – vidéo
