CULTURE

Sit-down gigs, dis-dancing, Zoom raves — are these the last day of disco?

By now it should have been the height of hedonism in Ibiza. But as nightclubs pivot to pandemic-safe partying, will the fun survive? Devoted raver Kate Spicer investigates

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The Sunday Times

Ibiza, mid August, is the destination for the jet set and the Easyjet set alike. The “yoof” are getting battered at Playa d’en Bossa, the kids from reality television get their sexy dancing pouts on at Ushuaia, O Beach is wall-to-wall footballers and over at Chiringuito it’s crammed with faces and big money. Later on, after a billion gallons of rosé, at DC10 they’ll all rub up against each other like an enormous haul of sparkly, sweaty, smiley sardines — and it’s only Monday. Just writing that last sentence fills me with such a mournful melancholy for the friends, lovers and completely random strangers I have found in the throes of an epic good time on that beautiful island.

But with many clubs closed, and