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Music In The Skies? Southwest Bringing Live Concerts: Report
At 35,000 feet in the air, some passengers may have live concerts on their Southwest flights.

Southwest Airlines wants to improve the flying experience and one thing fliers will see more of in the future is in-flight concerts in the skies. According to Billboard, Southwest teamed up with Warner Music Nashville to to continue the concerts, called "Live at 35."
The concert experiment reportedly launched in 2011 and Billboard claims the popularity "has only grown" over the past six years though people reacting to the news did not seem excited at the prospect. To announce the news, passengers on a recent Nashville to Philadelphia flight were given a live performance by artist Devin Dawson.
Dawson posted the video of his performance to Twitter. Some of the passengers recorded the performance on their phones and others had somewhat confused looks on their faces. You can judge for yourself by watching the video below.
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"You know, some people don't really enjoy flying; some people get very nervous and don't like it," Dawson told Billboard. "I hope that something like this [performance] is just a cool surprise for some [passengers] that helps them forget about their everyday woes, and I'll just play a couple of songs to make them smile."
You can watch Dawson's performance below:
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I checked the “Sing ALL ON ME at 35,000 feet in the air” box off the bucket list. Thank you @SouthwestAir #liveat35 https://t.co/SCK1U1PQ0K pic.twitter.com/0lYoSd7frU
— Devin Dawson (@zdevin) October 26, 2017
Here's what some people had to say about the in-air concerts:
everyone: "please add leg room" southwest airlines: https://t.co/HknS5kqf4a
— Lindsay Fuce (@lindsay_fuce) October 27, 2017
Man, it's bad enough when people sing in the subway. Now I gotta listen to some frustrated singer-songwriter on @SouthwestAir? NO! pic.twitter.com/052p8BBjnG
— jefeto (@jefetogreen) October 27, 2017
Southwest Airlines is adding live concerts during flights. https://t.co/flG7W84idE pic.twitter.com/m7ol1hAucL
— Andrew Hair (@andrewhair) October 27, 2017
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