'Covid wedding rules: `no singing, no dancing, no jokes in the speeches'
It included the following:
'Bands clearly will have to be issued with a playlist of Covid-compliant songs, guaranteed not to induce singalongs Anything by Leonard Cohen is likely to make the green playlist.'
it seems Mr Shrimsley never attended one of Leonard's later concerts and heard the crowd sing along to 'So Long Marianne' and 'I'm Your Man' .... or 'Save the Last Dance for Me' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvSMhgqh7JU

Sorry not to post a link but I don't subscribe to the FT so can't get to it on-line.