Cher is supporting U.K.’s live music scene amid calls for the British government to offer financial assistance to industry workers amid the Covid-19 crisis.

The Woman’s World hitmaker and celebrated actress has enjoyed a career spanning over 50 years, but taking to Twitter she confessed it might never have happened if it wasn’t for the U.K.’s support of Sonny and Cher.

Lending her support to the #LetTheMusicPlay campaign, which calls for Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden to intervene and save the industry, Cher wrote: “Today we’re bringing attention To UK’s LIVE MUSIC Industry.

Along with a bunch of emojis, she added: “Take a Min & remember The 1st. Concert You Ever saw,..what it meant 2 you & How it changed Your Life. Share your PICTURE’S & STORIES, would love to see & Hear them.”

After naming British acts, including The Beatles, Elton John, David Bowie, and George Michael among her favourite live performers, the star added: “Sonny and my career couldn’t have happened without UK’s Live Music Industry… When no one ‘got us’ England did.”

More than 1,500 British artists, including Bananarama, Duran Duran, Gary Numan, UB40, Hue and Cry, and Wet Wet Wet have signed a joint letter to the government, warning the future is “bleak” for hundreds of thousands of workers in the sector.

To coincide with the initiative, artists have pledged to post videos and photos of their last live gig under the hashtag #LetTheMusicPlay on social media.

You can show your support by writing about the last gig you went to before the coronavirus shutdown – don’t forget to use the hashtag #LetTheMusicPlay and tag @RetroPopSite and we’ll share our favourites!