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Macy Gray (left) and Cyndi Lauper at the benefit concert
Love Rocks NYC on March 12. After local government banned
mass gatherings, the concert was livestreamed without
an audience, raising $3 million for charity God’s Love We
Deliver, which delivers meals to the medically ill.The Dropkick Murphys livestreamed
their annual St. Patrick’s Day set —
which they performed in Derry, N.H.
— on March 17 after canceling their
six-show tour of Boston venues due
to coronavirus-related concerns.
The decision reflected an ever-
growing trend of musicians around
the globe playing virtually to fans in
absence of in-person concerts.Tori Sparks livestreamed a performance from her
balcony in Barcelona on March 21 in an effort “to
do something to give back in these dark times,”
she later wrote on Instagram.John Legend,
alongside wife
Chrissy Teigen and
their daughter,
Luna, during his
#TogetherAtHome
Instagram live set
in Los Angeles on
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