It’s official: Going to concerts makes you happy

Researchers in Australia have discovered that those who regularly attend live music events have a higher average sense of wellbeing

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Regularly seeing music live can have a positive effect on mood and increase happiness, researchers in Australia have discovered. Surveying a random sample of 1,000 Australians, Melissa K.

Weinberg and Dawn Joseph of Deakin University in Victoria, Australia, found that the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) – defined as participants’ level of satisfaction with their standard of living, health, achievements in life, relationships, safety, community, connection, and future security – of those who attend live music events or go out dancing were “significantly higher” than…

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