To “deal with the ennui” of social distancing, Chris will be
staging live shows on Instagram from her Ferber recording studio in
Paris. “Guests and weird concepts included,” she adds.

Curated in collaboration with Lady Gaga, this virtual concert series by Global Citizen
features sets from a who’s who of headline artists such as Chris
Martin, John Legend, Alanis Morissette and Lizzo, and raises money
to support frontline healthcare workers and the World Health
Organisation.

The Death Cab for Cutie lead singer will be playing a series of
daily YouTube gigs from his home studio in Seattle. A
highlight includes his new song, Life
in Quarantine.

A virtual version of MTV’s famous Unplugged
series, these sessions see artists such as Wyclef Jean, Yungblud
and JoJo perform a handful of stripped-back versions of their
greatest hits and discuss the inspiration behind each song from the
comfort of their own pads.

Having made its name by staging secret gigs and intimate
concerts by emerging artists, Sofar
Sounds has now launched the daily Listening Room livestream to
support independent musicians through the pandemic. Viewers can
donate to artists directly or to the Sofar Global artist fund.

Billboard has begun live-streaming performances
from musicians’ homes, with each artist donating proceeds to
charity. It’s a diverse line-up featuring Skip Marley, Melissa
Etheridge, Meghan Trainor and Kenny G. Past episodes are available
to watch on demand.

Streaming his first live set on 13 March, the producer is now
treating viewers to sets five nights a week, including the
country-themed Thomas Wesley Show and Coronight Fever raves. All
past shows are available online, too.

Okay, it’s not quite a concert, but Miley Cyrus has been
livestreaming with guests such as Reese Witherspoon, Hilary Duff
and Selena Gomez in a bid to “stay LIT during dark times” while
highlighting the work of healthcare heroes. WARNING: hear the intro
tune once and it will be stuck in your head forever.

While the Grammy Museum‘s doors remain shut, its website
is hosting previously unreleased content from its back catalogue,
featuring artists as diverse as Kenny Rogers, Kool and the Gang and
the late John Prine.

This free, weekly online
singing event brings together hundreds of people from around
the world in a bid to spark joy and human connection. Register
online in advance. No singing experience required.

As the 150-year-old concert hall closes its doors, the Royal Albert Home series sees artists such as
Alfie Boe and Rufus Wainwright present sessions from their homes to
yours. Past performances are archived on the Royal Albert Hall
website to watch as and when.

Each concert will be available up to midnight on the day of
broadcast, and then uploaded to streaming site Stingray Classica
(which is currently offering a free 30-day trial). LSO Play also lets you experience this world-leading orchestra
like never before, by offering different camera angles as well as
masterclasses and stories behind the musicians.

The famed Tenor performed a Music for Hope concert from Milan’s
historic Duomo Cathedral on Easter Sunday, and it’s now available
to watch on YouTube. In conjunction, the Andrea Bocelli
Foundation has started fundraising to purchase medical equipment for
hospitals in Italy, one of the countries hardest hit by
COVID-19.

“Music has the undeniable power to comfort, uplift, connect and
inspire,” reads Carnegie Hall’s website. In this vein, it has launched the Live
with Carnegie Hall series, featuring artists, excerpts from past
performances and BTS stories on Facebook and Instagram.

The Nightly Opera Stream series takes an encore HD
presentation from the Met’s past 14 years of cinema transmissions
and makes it available online for 23 hours. So far, shows have
included Bellini’s Norma and Macbeth by Verdi.

Not a series or a livestream, but probably the reason you read
this article. Please enjoy this short clip of Sir Anthony playing the piano to his cat,
Niblo.

The National Theatre is posting a show from its
production archive on YouTube every Thursday at 7PM. Its calendar includes
Jane Eyre, Treasure Island and Twelfth Night.

The best-loved performances from the “wooden O” are being
streamed on its YouTube channel every week for six weeks, beginning
with Hamlet on 6 April. You can also take a free virtual tour of the theatre. All the world’s a
stage, after all.

As part of the #OurHousetoYours series, ballet and opera
performances are being streamed live and then made available on
demand on The Royal Opera House’s Facebook and YouTube channels,
with a line-up including Così fan tutte, Peter and the Wolf, and
The Metamorphosis inspired by Kafka’s novella.

Bob the Drag Queen, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race
season eight, will be hosting the likes of Tina Burner and Gould
Cummings in a weekly show streamed through Instagram and Twitch, among various platforms.

Billed as a “virtual festival of the arts”, Culture in
Quarantine will broadcast across several BBC platforms
including Radio 4, BBC Sounds and iPlayer, featuring guides to
closed exhibitions and museum collections, broadcasts of new plays,
a virtual book festival and a puppet show from Margaret Atwood.

Authors such as Marian Keyes, Caroline Criado Perez and Melissa
Hemsley are among the line-up the publisher’s At Home series
(livestreamed on Facebook), which sees writers discuss
the books they’re reading during lockdown and taking questions from
readers. All talks are saved on Penguin’s YouTube channel.