Artist: Baxter Dury

Venue: Royal Albert Hall [Online]

Date: 17.4.20

In the early days of the first COVID-19 lockdown there were no gigs. Venues had to close their doors. Artists and audiences had to stay at home and live music was no more. However, musicians are an innovative breed and quickly adapted, using online tech to collaborate and stream live performances to their homebound fans.

This live session (streamed from Baxter Dury’s home) took place on the evening when I was originally very much looking forward to seeing him play at Brudenell Social Club. It was also my first ever virtual gig. Simply not the same but at the time we took whatever live music we could get. Hats off to all of the artists who kept music alive in those long lockdown days.