Photos: Return of live music to London inspires artists
Step by step — and note by note — London's many musicians are getting back to work and preparing to perform new music under new public guidelines. The return of live music in the city that produced bands from the Rolling Stones to the Spice Girls is reigniting the creativity of some of London's many musicians and songwriters after 14 months of silence.
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Musician Iacopo Bertelli, front, stage name Jack Milwaukee, and Francesco Perini, stage name Pearz, at keyboards, play live on stage in front of a socially distanced crowd at the Moth Club in Hackney, London on May 30. Jack Milwaukee told AP his inspiration to create new music was reduced to zero during the pandemic but returned once the road map for reopening was clear.(Alberto Pezzali / AP)
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A sign attached on the entry door to the Moth Club in Hackney asks patrons to sanitize hands upon entry in London on May 30.(Alberto Pezzali / AP)
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A hand sanitizer station is placed at the entrance of Moth Club in Hackney, in London on May 29. The return of live music in the city that produced bands from the Rolling Stones to the Spice Girls has reignited the creativity of some of London's many working artists after 14 months of silence.(Alberto Pezzali / AP)
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People wearing face masks enter the Moth Club in Hackney, prior to a live show on stage, in London on May 30. Working artists started playing again across London on May 17, but to small, socially distanced crowds.(Alberto Pezzali / AP)
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