This week saw both Roger Water and Rage Against The Machine postpone their stadium tours until 2022. Though this is unwelcomed news for fans of John, it comes as no surprise. This compounded upon Mondays announcement that drummer Bill Kreutzmannwould not make the journey abroad. The event was set to open to the public on August 20th at New York Citys Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Were likely to see this phenomenon occur everywhere over the coming weeks and months as bands and venues begin to once again test the touring waters but planned full-capacity events remain out of the question. Now that venues are technically able to open to 100% capacity, many renters fear that the bank could clamp down on the mortgage holders who in turn will ask tenants for the full rent amount. We know you are too. These drive-in shows have already gone on successfully in various European cities, and American acts (likeMarc Rebillet) are already following suit. Masks will be made available for those needing one. [Updates]. 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. For further information, please visit your point of purchase. Maybe we were naive, but the COVID crisis seemed manageable at that point. Billy Joel reschedules Charlotte concert again - WRAL.com The quartet noted in a social media post that someone within the groups circle turned in a rapid COVID test. For more information, head here. UM explained that it remains in constant contact with its Icelandic partners and noted Iceland is being proactive and controlling case numbers by keeping their current event capacity restrictions through February 2. Full tours, shows, and festivals continue to be announced for the second half of the year as vaccination numbers continue to climb. The Peach, one of the last remaining early-July events that has not been canceled or postponed, noted in the message that within the next two weeks, [fans] will receive a comprehensive update on the status of the festival. While still officially scheduled to take place from July 2nd5th, The Peach informed fans today that they are indefinitely suspending the scheduled April 30th payment for their ticket layaway program. Three weeks ago, Lollapalooza took place in Chicago with testing/vaccination protocols and welcomed an estimated 400,000 people throughout the weekend. Read the full statement below and head to Mtley Cres website for more information. A flurry of New Years concert cancellations landed in the week leading up to the holiday, with Phish, My Morning Jacket, Umphreys McGee, Dopapod, Lettuce, Spafford,Pink Talking Fish,The Infamous Stringdusters, Jeff Tweedy, and TAUKall scrapping year-end performances. The 2020 edition of Boston Calling Music Festivalhas now been officially canceled. What weve done is say, Hey, folks, were going to give you the choice. It will not be the same parade were used to. Please be aware of the latest COVID-19 entry protocols for Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden on December 20, 2021: New York City requires all guests . just make sure you keep doing your part in the meantime: wear a mask, follow public health measures, and get vaccinated when its your turn. It wasnt all bad news today, however. Little by little, live music is returning. Now, as the live music industry begins to take its first breath of air with socially distanced drive-in concerts, the band has pushed the Austin run of shows to January 21st23rd, 2021. While Labor Day Weekend has come and gone without the customary slew of big end-of-season concerts and festivals, bands like Umphreys McGee,Lotus,Dark Star Orchestra,Kitchen Dwellers,Andy Frasco & The U.N., and many more hit the stage for socially distant drive-in concerts this weekend. We will be spreading people out on the 80+ acre campground. On the other side of the country, a new development at Red Rocks Amphitheatrewas spurred byThe Avett Brothers, who are set to headline a three-night run at the Morrison, CO venue July 9th11th. Originally announced on January 7th of this year, the 2020 edition of the Manchester, TN festival was set to take place onJune 11th14th, 2020. Read the full statement from Summer Camp organizers below. Following a second night at3Arena,The Last Domino? The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment this week shared with Colorado live music industry leaders a framework for reopening in 2021. 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. Aside from the serious health concerns, there are numerous other factors that have destroyed any possibility of the Gathering taking place this year.. This is very difficult for me, the former The Beatles drummer said in a statement. Wednesday, December 29, 2021, 12:00 p.m. Wednesday brought official tour cancellations/postponements from Tedeschi Trucks Band, Deftones,James Taylor andJackson Browne, and Barenaked Ladies, to name a few. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); When the concert COVID-19 concert cancellation cascade started in early March of 2020, we started compiling a list of all the scheduled shows, tours, and festivals affected by the outbreak. This years festival was set to feature additional performances from The Beach Boys, Patti Smith,Goose,Phoebe Bridgers,Cage The Elephant, Billy Idol, Reignwolf, Gang of Youths, Lord Huron, Dirty Heads, The Growlers, Grouplove, Dr. Dog,The Dirty Knobs with Mike Campbell,Liz Cooper and The Stampede,and more. In a similar vein to Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Summerfest will be split into three consecutive weekends. Over across the pond, thousands of young people convened for an illegal rave at an airfield outside of Bath in England. Masks will be mandatory for all guests and staffs, and all concession areas will remain closed throughout the evening. The festival will now accept a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of the event in place of proof of full vaccination. Stay tuned for more details very soon. The full-day virtual music marathon will predominantly feature new live performances captured during the ongoing lockdown by 60+ artists. In the best interest of everyones health and safety, Dave Matthews Band will perform this weekends shows in an alternate format. While likely a prudent move on BUKUs part, this is a less-than-encouraging development for the cancellation threshold. This past weekend sawLCD Soundsystemscrap its remaining three shows of a 20-concert residency atBrooklyn Steeldue to rising cases. ET. Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 4:00 p.m. Production company BangOn! We are also working expeditiously on new experiences and opportunities to bring you music and create community as we ride these waves of change. We much think out of the box and pivot with the times but we promise to keep the music alive and to continue to deliver the Borderland vibe. "Your tickets will be valid for the new rescheduled show date on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 and will not need to be exchanged.". Out of a similar abundance of caution, the band postponed the Boston show as well as an August 10th show in Ohio. Originally, organizers had postponed the event to October 2nd4th, 2020 in the hope that the situation surrounding live music would calm down by then. That three-night run atOxbow RiverStagewill now take place September 3rd5th, 2021. Onward & upward.. Tickets for The Strokes performance at Barclays Center with Mac DeMarco and Hinds on April 6th are on sale now. Bunbury, which takes place in Cincinnati on the shores of the Ohio River, had planned to wait out the initial stay-at-home order, which was due to expire on April 6th. Did you encounter any technical issues? As you know, Covid-19 severely impacted the 2020 season and many of last years events were rescheduled to 2021 dates. Live music fans can likely expect this trend to continue as long as cases continue to rise. I miss touring and miss all of you. The band explained in a post to the bands Facebook. All original tickets will be honored at the rescheduled performances, the statement continued. This past year has been incredibly challenging and awash with losses, but also full of unexpected blessings. Be safe and take care of each other.. But we have a strong commitment to help our businesses plan for the upcoming months, and so regularly share information.. we feel uneasy about choosing a future date to hold this event. Slowly but surely, however, were starting to see some more optimistic moves. Wednesday saw more venues enacting updated COVID safety policies with I.M.P. New dates are being worked on at this time and information will become available the moment its able to be shared. As the cancellation announcement notes, As a result of the current exponential growth of new COVID cases in New Orleans and the region and the ongoing public health emergency, we must sadly announce that the 2021 edition of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, scheduled to take place October 8 17, 2021, will not occur as planned. Despite the postponement, the band shared the updated GroundUP lineup, which features many of the original artists. Now, watching this new wave, I realize we are still in the fight and I must do my part. If you were at any of these events, please get a test and if youre feeling sick, stay home. All the guidance to date references fixed and pod seating, limited entertainment time frames, and limits on radius and distance of attendee from place of residence to the event. 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. We will continue to update you on his condition.. So sorry to announce that we are postponing the rest of the shows on our USA tour due to a positive Covid result this morning. "Over the years, jumping off the piano, landing on a hard stage certainly didn't help," he shared in the interview. While cancellations remain the theme, some 2021 festivals are pushing forward with COVID-conscious measures in place. The announcement from organizers notes that the festivals headlinersOysterhead,Joe Russos Almost Dead, andThe String Cheese Incidentwill be on the 2021 lineup. We will be announcing a few slight line up changes within the next couple of days if not sooner..! Billy Joel in Concert (RESCHEDULED for June 26, 2021) Sat Jun 20, 2020, All Day Notre Dame Stadium (View on map ) Due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the upcoming Billy Joel concert at Notre Dame Stadium has been rescheduled from June 2000 to June 26, 2021. Realistically were talking fall 2021 at the earliest.. While cases soar, the promising new vaccine trials have prompted U.S. event organizers to look toward a post-pandemic future for live events in North America. Saturday, September 5, 2020, 3:30 p.m. In announcing the December show back in August, a press release noted that the concerts would continue as long as the demand continues.. We are following all of the proper guidelines. All tickets will be honored for the new date so hold onto yours! The decision comes as the states late-2020 COVID-19 spike continues to dip and other facets of everyday life begin to return (indoor dining in New York City, for example, will resume this coming weekend). Bob Weir and Wolf Broshave canceled all tour dates for the remainder of 2020. With vaccines continuing to make their way into arms and COVID-19 case numbers dropping, the live music industry is poised for a reawakening in the second half of this year. The Strokesannounced on Friday that they would be postponing their New Years Eve performance at Brooklyn, NYsBarclays Center. Still, with events beginning to cancel over COVID-19 concerns once again, its clear were not out of the woods just yet. Over Labor Day Weekend, the band was forced toperform without drummerCarter BeaufordandbassistStefan Lessardafter both were exposed to the virus ahead of the bands run atThe Gorge. That wasnt all that happened on the digital front, asTrey Anastasio BandsaxophonistJames CaseylaunchedAux Chord: A Live Streaming Venue. 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. In that same vein, Phoebe Bridgers just announced an updated fall tour schedule that maintained roughly the same dates as her previously announced trek but moved all indoor shows to outdoor venues. For further ticket information, contact your point of purchase.. However, due to changing circumstances beyond our control, it has become difficult to resume performances at the same scale and timeline as previously planned. Keep an eye on our concert, tour, and festival announcement tracker for the latest updates. The dates remaining are a result of examining whats feasible & keeps the many moving pieces in a touring operation of our size safe & secure. Read the festivals official statement here. As the band noted in an announcement, When it comes down to it, ensuring the health and safety of those in the audience and onstage is of the utmost importance to us, and there were no guarantees this would be the case given the current state of COVID-19, and a fully indoor tour. Billy Joel is postponing his Jan. 14 Madison Square Garden show for a second time due to the spike in Omicron variant COVID. And late last week we matched our single day high for new positive Covid cases. The cancellations impact his shows in Muncie, IN (10/23); Philadelphia, MS (11/6); Peoria, IL (11/11); and Louisville, KY (11/13). While these updated policies appear to be the safest route forward for many venues and artists, others are choosing to once again push shows. This marks the fourth time Broadway theaters have extended the pause on all shows since the initial shutdown on March 12th, and comes as New York City begins to reopen some businesses while many parts of the country are experiencing a dangerous resurgence in COVID-19 cases. This would include Lollapalooza, currently slated to take place July 30thAugust 2nd in Chicago, which has so far made no announcements regarding cancellation or postponement. Lettuce, who just had to cancel a set aSummer Camp Music Festival due to a positive case in the band, announced on Monday that the bands upcoming sets atHot August Music Festival andTedeschi Trucks Bands LOCKN Farmevent have also been canceled. . As tours continue despite the surging delta variant, various bands and events have issued updated safety guidance and vaccine/testing/mask requirements for upcoming shows. All tickets will be honored for the rescheduled date and details regarding refunds will be offered when the new date is announced, the band wrote in a statement posted to Instagram. Copyright 2023 L4LM | Website by Computer Courage, concert, tour, and festival announcement tracker, called off a run of four New Years shows, cancel the remainder of the Rockettes season, amended its previously announced vaccine requirement, require proof of vaccinations at all U.S. venues, will now accept a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of the event, aiming to address the concern over indoor shows, push its five-night September run at New Yorks, cancellation of shows last week in Ohio and Kentucky, announcing that all patrons and venue staff at all of its U.S. venues must be fully vaccinated, present proof of full vaccination or a negative test within 48 hours, virtually eliminate the risk of serious illness and hospitalization, Plan B: selling two-thirds of the seats to the vaccinated. and Umphreys McGee, was originally set to celebrate its 20th anniversary over Memorial Day weekend back in May. Operators of Morrison, COsRed Rocks Amphitheatre announced today that concerts will resume at the venue with a state-approved 2,500-person limit, roughly one-quarter of the venues full capacity. Check back for more updates on COVID-19 concert cancellation timeframes as the situation continues to unfold. While some have remained hopeful for a return in 2020, with some even rescheduling performances to this summer, each passing day pushes that line further away. With mass gatherings seemingly already deemed unsafe in New Orleans through February 2021, music fans thoughts may drift toNew Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, scheduled to take place in late April/early May following its postponement and eventual cancellation in 2020. Download Festival was set to feature a hard rock lineup with headlining actsKISS,Iron Maiden,System of a Down,Korn,Deftones, and many more. According to the announcement, all of the events top tier headliners (moe., Umphreys McGee,Joe Russos Almost Dead) have agreed to perform the new August dates, although due to the unavoidable schedule conflicts, a small number of artists on the 2020 lineup poster may change. Now, much like in 2020, organizers are looking instead to the fall. Of note, the initial postponement of Bonnaroo back in March was one of the developments we highlighted in the first entry in this Concert Cancellation Tracker. The next High Sierra is now set to take place in the summer of 2022. After a few dates north of the border, Rage will then head across the Midwest before going back to Canada, and then the East Coast. BIG SomethingandToo Many Zoozwill also team up for a joint tour May 28th30th that will be comprised solely of drive-in and pod concerts in Virginia and North Carolina. Organizers forJam Cruise have announced that their planned voyage in early 2021, the 19th edition of the event, has been postponed until 2022. The last two rescheduled dates will see the Biscuits hit theFilmore Silver Springin Silver Spring, MD (10/2, 10/3). Ticketmaster is reportedly developing a framework for event organizers to require and verify negative tests and/or vaccine status for ticket-holders. Within its announcement, however, High Sierra issued some good news: The festivals updated initial lineup for 2021 will feature scheduled 2020 headliners like Joe Russos Almost Dead,Ziggy Marley,The Disco Biscuits,Lettuce, and more in addition to newly added acts like Dr. Dog,Marco Benevento, and more. These measures will go into effect on August 19th when JRAD plays Cleveland, OH and remain in practice until further notice. A number of artists from this years lineup are also expected to return in 2021 as well, but the announcement didnt go into detail. The list of Omicron-related New Years concert cancellations continues to grow.
