Spain authorities announced new rules pertaining to nightclubs and outdoor venues of Ibiza in the context of COVID-19, with the intention, it seems, to change the tourist profile of Ibiza to be less of a party island. For indoor spaces, the rules state that only venues with a stated capacity of 300 or less are allowed to open for the season and will only be allowed to open at one-third capacity, and the people inside will have to be seated. The decree approved by the Balearic government - which will last for five years - outlaws pub crawling, party boats and "perilous practices" such as jumping from balconies. Establishments in the zones that sell alcohol will need to close between 9:30 p.m. and 8 a.m.

A great essay in Electronic Beats about electronic music as a platform to gain freedom: "Nightclubs bear a long legacy of being one of the very few spaces in society where Black and Brown people are able to freely express themselves, where they are able to, for a few short hours, reclaim the bodies that are systematically regulated, attenuated, and deliberately destroyed by the state... Freeform dancing, the process of trusting an innate, rhythmic impulse that shirks a set of codified behaviors, becomes a powerful gesture of resistance".