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When bad things happen, concerts usually follow.
After 9/11, there wasAmerica: A Tribute to Heroesand the Concert for New York.
Concerts are the perfect vessel for that shared experience.
Theyre the equivalent of a visit to secular church.
Artists across genres have beenregularly streaming performanceson Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and other platforms.
All of these efforts have provided comfort and joy at a time when both are in short supply.
That means multiple musicians were able to be onstage together at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
It also means an audience was present.
In other words, its a concert TV audiences havent seen, broadcast to us from the Before Time.
There is no COVID-19 talk during the show, hosted by Prince super-fan Maya Rudolph.
Like any tribute concert, the nostalgic factor runs high.
Sometimes it runs high on multiple levels.
Leave it to Prince.
