Despite the short-term success of these socially distant models, new developments in other parts of the world seem to indicate that they will not necessarily work as long-term solutions for the events industry. Thank you Bonnaroovians for your patience as we continue to navigate through these unprecedented times together, organizers mentioned in a statement. According to a post from the band, Nearly all of the band and crew have also tested positive and are at home recovering with their families. Williams has announced that tickets to his June 26th concert by punk outfits Teenage Bottlerocket, MakeWar, and Rutterkinwill cost $18 for vaccinated individuals and $1,000 for the unvaccinated. The "Piano Man" singer announced Wednesday that his upcoming show at the Garden has been rescheduled for Aug. 24 due to safety concerns for his band, crew and fans. This decision is made with the health, safety, and well-being of our famoe.ly as the top priority. For more information on the re-tooled Beanstalk: At The Drive-In festival, head here. This week the rules changed yet again, as California officials said that beginning June 15 outdoor events could return to full capacity, with attendees urged, but not required, to show proof of vaccination or a negative test results. Health officials in Riverside County, CA where bothCoachellaandStagecoachfestivals take place have confirmed the two major music events will no longer happenas scheduled in April 2020. Just hours after announcing a 2022 North American tour,Foo Fighterscanceled a stop in Minneapolis, MN after the venue refused to enforce the bands COVID safety protocols. The 10-day rally and music festival, held in South Dakota last month, drew well over 400,000 attendees to the sleepy town of Sturgis with a year-round population of around 7,000. New dates for the shows have yet to be announced. Even as vaccines are widely available and venues commit to enhanced safety measures, the threat of COVID still looms for those both on and offstage. Grohl appeared unphased by the assemblage, remarking onstage Tonight were gonna play until the cops get called or I fucking collapse. Among the live debut of manyMedicine At Midnighttracks, the band also took onQueens Somebody To Love. The announcement came just hours before the band was set to kick off a two-night run at MSG. It will not be the same parade were used to. It is our sincere hope these new dates will work for everyone, and we will resume our plans to Rock and Roll on a worldwide scale in 2022. Right now, many states still have capacity and distancing limitations in place for large events, though those restrictions are being rapidly rolled back as we approach the summer. Bily Joel announced on social media. The band explained in a post to the bands Facebook. We encourage everyone to get vaccinated so we can see you in the pit,Williams has also been targeted with attacks from anti-vaxxers. As of now, we can assume that all March 2020 shows and festivals have been canned. Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 5:00 p.m. Ticketholders of all 2020 postponed performances should hold onto their original tickets as new show date information for 2021 will be announced soon. Rickey is home resting and responding well to treatment. Sure, its not quite the onslaught of summer tour announcements that we typically see this time of year, but the fact that so many bands are announcing new shows is a stark change from last March, when virtually all shows were canceled overnight. The instrumental ensemble stated that multiple members of its touring party tested positive for COVID or had close contact with individuals who themselves tested positive within the past 2448 hours. They hate having to take these steps but the safety of the audience and touring crew has to take priority. Click here to take action and contact your state legislators and help save the backbone of the live music industry before its too late. New dates have yet to be announced, though the bands noted that the 2021 dates will take place at the same venues initially scheduled for 2021. - BY OVERWHELMING DEMAND, BILLY JOEL'S MONTHLY RESIDENCY CONTINUES WITH 93rd SHOW AT MSG AUGUST 29, 2023 TICKE. TheFoo Fighters have canceled all of the dates as part of their 2020 Van Tour in celebration of the rock outfits 25th anniversary this year. Affected shows include last Fridays scheduled performance in Philadelphia, PA (2/4) and Saturdays concert in New York, NY (2/5), as well as New Haven, CT (2/7); Boston, MA (2/8); and Burlington, VT (2/10, 2/11). With these urban festivals still on the other side of the summer concert season, most appear to be planning for full capacity crowds. Phish is set to begin its summer tour on Wednesday in Arkansas, which lags behind the national average for vaccination rates and is currently experiencing an outbreak of new cases. As the groups statement noted, We have decided to cancel our show tonight at Summer Camp due to a COVID exposure internally. On Saturday, CaliforniasGrateful Shredtook to social media to address the growing number of attendees of a recent run of shows in California who contracted COVID. This move seems like it was mostly focused on efforts to retain the festivals scheduled 2020 lineup, so its hard to say whether it gives any indication as to the viability of concerts and festivals in the second half of 2020. All 2020 & 2021 tickets will be honored for Cali Roots 2022. Organizers atBunbury Music Festivalannounced today that this years gathering has been canceled. As a statement from the band noted, This is a hugely frustrating development for the band who are devastated with this unlucky turn of events. Newsome stated, The prospect of mass gatherings is negligible at best until we get to herd immunity and we get to a vaccine. This echoes sentiments from bioethicist Zeke Emanuelpublished inThe New York Times Magazine where he predicted that, realistically, large scale gatherings would not return to 2021. This nation is divided beyond anything Ive ever seen; from whos wearing masks or not to whos treating folks with common dignityor not. The announcement from organizers notes that the festivals headlinersOysterhead,Joe Russos Almost Dead, andThe String Cheese Incidentwill be on the 2021 lineup. At that point we will get the next update from the Icelandic government in regards to being able to hold our shows and will make a final decision., The update continued, We are in constant contact with our event partners at Harpa and are hopeful, based on current global trends and the Icelandic health authorities, that this latest wave will have run its course by February and we will be getting back to a sense of normalcy. We cant wait to get back out there with you all. Rage Against The Machine will commence our tour at such a time when we are confident it will be safe for our fans. As we approach Halloween weekend, typically one of the biggest weekends of the year for live music, the cancellation picture remains in flux as coronavirus numbers increase around the country and the world. As the month of March begins and whats usually the beginning of summer festival season draws closer, were seeing a lot of movement on the cancellation/postponement/announcement front. While the originally-set Olympic games mark one of the latest-scheduled 2020 events to get the axe due to COVID-19, the thought process behind the Olympics postponement was surely heavily influenced by the nature of the Games, which bring people from virtually everywhere in the world to a small, somewhat confined location. All 2020 ticket holders will be automatically refunded to their original payment account. The 50th-anniversary edition of Roskilde Festival, scheduled to take place at Animal Showgroundsin Roskilde, Denmark on June 27th-July 4th, has been canceled, event organizersannounced on Monday. Please contact the initial point of purchase for specific information about refunds.. Your support means the world to us as we navigate these difficult times. Organizers at festivals including Northwest String Summitand Governors Ball have announced rescheduled dates for their planned 2021 and 2022 events. As organizers noted in the 2021 cancellation announcement, Voodoo Music + Arts Experience will take a pause in 2021 and will return to City Park for an epic Halloween experience in 2022. Even as all other large scale festivals cancelled, the LOCKN team held their ground and even sent out safety measures to ticketholders last month. The String Cheese Incident has canceled the first leg of the bands 2020 Summer Tour. While people had different things to say about the topic, the theme was the same across the board and fell in line with what weve been finding over the last few weeks in our Cancellation Tracker: Most of them are now looking past 2020 and into next year. It is likely, with the escalating vaccination rollout, that any safety measures issued in February would likely change by August. The next BottleRock is now slated to take place on May 2930th, 2021, with 2019 headlinersDave Matthews Band,Red Hot Chili Peppers, andStevie Nicks signed on to perform. When the pandemic hit in March, the event was rescheduled for September 9th11th. Given that the festival was scheduled for the last weekend of June, it appears that no large-scale festivals will take place until July at the absolute earliest. Furthermore, Thursday afternoon also saw a COVID-related announcement from the Arizona-based jam quartetSpafford. This is the statement I never wanted to write, but its what the current Covid climate has required us to do.. The string of shows, which was originally scheduled for January 12th15th, will now take place on April 6th9th, according to a statement from the band on Instagram. The band, however, has not given up hope regarding smaller-scale shows this summer. 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A statement shared to the bands social media pages on Friday morning reads. All Broadway theatrical productions will remain on hiatus until next year, as producers are now offering refunds and exchanges for tickets purchased for shows through January 3rd, 2021,Billboard reported on Tuesday. It wasnt all bad news, however. Even still, bands continue to forfeit 2021 tour dates by the day. Concert venues, along with movie theaters and bowling alleys, will be allowed to reopen at 50 percent capacity and must also abide by social distancing restrictions. Big love from the Bad Boys of Boston. We are extremely sorry, but safety has to be first and foremost. The 2021 edition of Outside Lands will take place at Golden Gate Park on August 6th-8th, 2021, with performances fromThe Strokes, Lizzo, Tame Impala, Tyler, The Creator, Vampire Weekend, J Balvin, Kehlani, Khruangbin, The Soul Rebels, ZHU, and more. This comes after several weeks of individual lineup announcements, includingSharon Van Etten, Delta Spirit, The Ballroom Thieves, Watkins Family Hour, and Barrie. We regularly share best guesses for what we expect in the coming months, with a mutual understanding that specific parameters and timelines will change as the pandemic changes. On the west coast, event organizers are similarly attempting to navigate the ever-changing rules with regard to vaccination for concert-goers. Absent some material change, from a medical perspective, in the world at large.. David Crosbyhas announced the postponement of his spring/summer run of shows with The Sky Trails Band, which was scheduled to begin on May 14th and continue until June 21st. With the new reopening push, concerts at Red Rocks, which holds more than 9,500 people when full, will be able to welcome up to 6,300 guests per night until the full-capacity reopening on June 21st. In a statement releasedon Sunday night, Doja Cat informed fans of her positive result and that she would cancel all of her remaining appearances on the tour, including Philadelphia, PA (12/13); Washington, D.C. (12/14); Atlanta, GA (12/16); and Miami, FL (12/19). Masks will be mandatory for all guests and staffs, and all concession areas will remain closed throughout the evening. Thursday, March 19th, 2020, 12:00 p.m. We dont see that as a viable model to ramp back up [considering the] fixed cost, Rapino said during the call. Meanwhile, while inside the grounds, social distancing guidelines will be enforced by social distancing ambassadors.. We saw a similar story play out with Foo Fighters last month when the band, which was set to reopen Los AngelesThe Forum with a fully-vaccinated engagement, canceled the show due to a positive test within the bands organization. With two part testing, concertgoers, staff, and performers were tested for COVID-19 three days before the festival, as well at the front gates of the event. So its probably important to stay alive before you start questioning your liberty.