IMHO..

Extended covid lockdown is the final purge,
culling any remaining working class musicians, singers, actors, artists, etc..

Accelerating the complete take over of all future best available creative opportunities,
by affluent public school educated young showbiz and Arts scene wannabes...

PRS and similar 'official' bodies
are helping deliver the coup de grâce to any surviving financially stricken walking wounded...

[Note: remember that's just an IMHO...]