Will live streaming gigs save the music industry?
Musicians tell us how they are finding innovative ways to get around the pandemic and perform live to their fans.
It's a very real problem - the BBC's arts editor Will Gompertz tells Ed Butler of the frustrations of performers like Beverley Knight (pictured) having to perform to half-empty auditoriums in order to ensure social distancing.
Two singer-songwriters tell us the novel methods they've taken up during lockdown. Dent May describes his first live-stream performance from his own home, while Laura Marling put on a live staged performance for a limited ticketed online audience. The brainchild behind Laura's, music promoter Ric Salmon of Drift Live, says he thinks the concept will prove more than just a quick fix for Covid-19.
(Picture: Beverley Knight performing to a live audience at the London Palladium; Credit: Andy Paradise/BBC)
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