Sir Elton John enlisted some of the biggest names in music to perform live from their homes in a televised concert to raise money for the coronavirus relief effort.

The hour-long, advert-free living room concert saw performances from A-listers including Billie Eilish, the Backstreet Boys, Alicia Keys, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Sam Smith, Demi Lovato and Mariah Carey.

It came soon after President Donald Trump announced he was extending the voluntary national shutdown to April 30. The US now leads the world in known coronavirus infections and by late Sunday afternoon had more than 137,000 Covid-19 cases with more than 2,400 deaths.

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