2020 PRETTY VACANT
Veteran roadie Skippy Monk has become a 21st century Bob Geldof in order to help colleagues through Covid crisis.
In his 33 years as a lighting roadie, Nigel ‘Skippy’ Monk has seen many changes but nothing like the change forced upon the live music industry by the novel coronavirus.
Straight to the top: Nigel ‘Skippy’ Monk.
“What’s better today is that there’s more training, whereas we just fell into [crew work],” he reflects, having started himself by using his role as a quantity surveyor to jump into vans and help out at gigs. “Although that doesn’t mean common sense is any better! Watching the amount of hours people work is more of a priority now.”