The Covid-19 pandemic engulfing the globe has put everything on hold. Shops, bars and restaurants are closed, schools are shut, and millions have been urged to work from home in unprecedented scenes.
Governments across the world have enforced these measures to reduce the spread of the killer bug, which has so far claimed the lives of 465 people in the UK and almost 20,000 people worldwide at the time of publication.
Like his peers, one of the major responses enacted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to put a halt to large gatherings of people with immediate effect, meaning gigs and festivals – the lifeblood of any music scene – were put on hold.