North and Midlands bear the brunt of gig cancellations

Data compiled by events guide The List suggests Wigan – where the live music scene represents a quarter of the town's events – will be disproportionately affected by gig cancellations and music venue closures due to the pandemic.

Research based on over 45,000 live events and more than 600,000 scheduled performances has found that other towns and cities in the Midlands and North of England have also been more seriously affected than others, with Leeds, Leicester, Dudley, Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester coming in behind Wigan.