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Traveling Virtually

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I went to a concert during the pandemic but from the safety of my home. It was loud and exciting, and I didn't even need a ticket. I watched a live concert of Halestorm performing at the Mohegan Sun arena using my phone and Virtual Reality (VR) headset.  The concert itself was better than one other VR concert I went to last year, Avenged Sevenfold performing on top of Capital Records ( Live from Capital Records ). That concert was good but it was too quiet, it felt more like a studio performance. There were not any fans to pump the band up.  But if I want to enjoy the band with a live audience, I can just go back to Rock Allegiance where they blew my mind opening their set with Nightmare.  Seeing Halestorm in VR on YouTube ( A Virtual Reality Concert With Halestorm ) was a unique experience, it felt like I was on stage watching them. I got different views of the concert: the video would switch to the crowd, Lizzy standing in front of the crowd and me facing th...