The coronavirus crisis has shone a light on how precarious the life of the jobbing pop musician really is. Since the collapse of physical album sales that came with the advent of downloads and streaming, most have depended on the touring life and all that goes with it, from ticket sales to the T-shirts and tote bags sold at the merchandise stand and the performances at record stores that help to shift vinyl albums and CDs. What happens, then, when your entire tour gets cancelled, as has just happened to pretty much every tour in the world? And what can we do to make it better for them?
“Perhaps it just hasn’t hit me yet, but I’m having a perverse reaction to the apocalypse,” says