People paid $25,000 to watch The Chainsmokers perform with the CEO of Goldman Sachs during a pandemic
Here’s a string of words we hoped never to write: The Chainsmokers and Goldman Sachs’ DJing CEO may have just helped worsen the coronavirus pandemic by playing a show in the Hamptons sponsored by FuckJerry’s tequila company.
Safe & Sound, the eerily named concert in question, was held on Saturday night with the nominally admirable goal of raising money for charity. The tickets went as high as $25,000 each and required attendees to sit around their cars, which were separated from one another in order to follow social distancing guidelines. This didn’t seem to work all that well. Videos uploaded over the past few days show lots of people, pumped all the way up by The Chainsmokers and Goldman Sachs’ David “DJ D-Solo” Solomon, throwing personal and public safety to the wind. Delirious and intoxicated by the artistry of two bros and a middle-aged investment banker playing bland electronic tracks, the crowd dances together, basking in the youthful glow of one unforgettable night spent listening to shitty music while possibly spreading a deadly virus.