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How Going to Concerts Helps You to Live LongerCatching a gig just once every two weeks could expand life expectancy by up to nine years! It's probably best to take the findings with a grain of salt, as the study was commissioned by a telecom company that sells concert tickets. But still, there's plenty of scientific evidence that music can give your health a boost.
Going to Concerts & Living Longer? The Possible LinksThe study found that spending just 20 minutes at a live gig can increase feelings of wellbeing by 21 percent. The same study looked at other wellness activities, including yoga and dog walking, but neither compared to singing aloud and grooving to a live band. Live music seems to improve widespread markers along the happiness spectrum. Some findings include:
Regular gig goings tended to score the highest levels when asked about their happiness, contentment, productivity and self-esteem. It's probably best to take the findings with a grain of salt, as the study was commissioned by a telecom company that sells concert tickets. But still, there's plenty of scientific evidence that music can give your health a boost. 8 Other Ways Music Improves Your HealthMusic minimizes pain and anxiety when you're under the knife. A meta-analysis of 81 studies found that playing music significantly decreased anxiety and pain for adult patients in surgery. (2) Music reduces stress. Music is an effective therapeutic tool for people dealing with trauma and PTSD symptoms. (3) Music gets your creativity going. When you need to get your inspiration on, throw in a pair of headphones. But just make sure the music's upbeat. A study published in the journal PLoS ONE found that listening to happy music can trigger higher levels of creativity compared to working or brainstorming in silence. (4) Music improves sleep. Looking for insomnia cures? Struggling to fall asleep at night? One study found that listening to classical music helped students improve their sleep quality when compared to listening to an audiobook or listening to nothing at all. (5) Music makes you run faster. When male long-distance runners listened to music during a 5-kilometer run, they improved their running performance and went even faster. (6) Music improves memory recall. If you're learning another language, music can help. A study of adults learning Hungarian found that those who sang the phrases they were learning recalled them with much higher accuracy than those who spoke the same phrases or spoke them in a rhythmic way. (7) The findings could have implications for neurogenerative diseases like dementia.
Music helps ease depression. A study of 251 children ages 8 to 16 discovered that receiving music therapy improved self-esteem and decreased in depression symptoms over those children who received standard therapy. (9) What to Do If You Can't Get to a ConcertAre your gig-going days past you? Not so fast! Even going to a show once or twice a year can be a fun treat that may reap real health benefits. But there are plenty of others ways to get more music into your life:
Final Thoughts on Going to Concerts & Living Longer
Although the study looking at concerts' potential life-extending benefits should be taken with a grain of salt because a telecom company that profits from ticket sales led the research, there are many other well-documented benefits of music, including a lower risk of depression, road rage, PTSD symptoms and improved creativity and sleep. 
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