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There were so many losses to the COVID-19 pandemic this year â and live music may not the most important, but it certainly was one of the most deeply felt.
What was expected to be one of the biggest and busiest years ever was canceled, with the industry taking a $30 billion hit, according to the trade magazine Pollstar. Consider that this year s highest grosser, Elton John s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, took in $87.1 million before things shut down in mid-March. By contrast, P!nk raked in $215.2 million the year before.
Live music did not disappear, however it just moved from physical venues to platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and Zoom and services such as Nugs.TV, Mandolin, Topeka Live, StageIt and others. Artist played from their homes and home studios, and as the weeks wore on became more creative in their presentations. It wasn t a perfect substitute, but the best helped fill a painful void.