The last 12 months have been, if nothing else, a year of extremes.
Although the first three felt like a year – the usual January blues maximised and extended to an intolerable degree with lockdown for a whole season – as the spring arrived, society began to slowly re-awaken.
But it wasn’t until late July that music fans could finally get to a full-blooded, cheek-to-jowl sweaty gig. Sadly, some real heavyweights didn’t live to see them, with the sad passing of Charlie Watts, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and Don Everly amongst the fallen.
Live4ever’s Best Tracks list was compiled by our editor Dave Smith – read the full end-of-year Tracks retrospective feature right here.
