Top shows this week include livestreams from Rufus Wainwright, Jimmy Eat World and ascending country star Morgan Wallen

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Tours are cancelled. Festivals are taking summers off. Club gigs aren’t happening. And yet, ironically, music fans are able to see their favourite artists perform more than ever, thanks to virtual tours and unlimited online itineraries. “Special times need special artistic ideas,” Rufus Wainwright posted on his website recently. He was referring to a series of shows in which he performs every song from his pop-album catalogue, from the first track off his 1998 self-titled debut to the last song from last year’s well-receivedWhile the awkwardly titled Rufus-Retro-Wainwright-Spective continues this week, rockers Jimmy Eat World kick off a similar series with the first of the three shows devoted to an album from the past.

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