The cancellation of the April festival was all but a certainty as large events across the country (and the world) have been halted through the month. 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. [UPDATE 9/4/21]: With bassistStefan Lessard and drummerCarter Beauford out due to positive COVID-19 tests, the band played with the lineup throughout Fridays show at the Gorge. In a recent Rolling Stone feature, music venue owners and operators in Texas and Mississippiwhere all COVID-related restrictions have been liftedlargely stated that they would not take their governors recent blanket statewide reopenings to heart. Now, more and more, were seeing artists and promoters abandon plans for 2020 entirely as were seemingly no closer to the light at the end of the tunnel now than we were when this all started. For all you SCampers who are holding tickets, we want to thank you. Copyright 2023 PopCulture.com. Today, My Morning Jacket,Governors Ball,Pilgrimage Music Festival, and more added new safety protocols for upcoming events. Bob Weir and Wolf Broshave canceled all tour dates for the remainder of 2020. The love and hope you share with us continues to push us. That said, work has already begun on the presentation of next years Jazz Fest during its traditional springtime period. This survey comes several months afterThe New York Times Magazinepublished a roundtable discussion with bioethicists discussing a time table for public gatherings. Postponements arent the only things getting announced in the Fall, either. As coronavirus lockdowns continue worldwide, Munich, GermanysOktoberfest, which takes place annually at the end of September and beginning of October, has been canceled for 2020. The all-star Central Park show was intended to celebrate a return to normalcy for the city, but unforeseen obstacles remain ever-presentin this case, Mother Nature. As the announcement from the band notes, While various larger festivals have officially shifted to 2022, many others have announced late-summer and fall dates with relative confidence. The new run of shows are set to commence on November 5th, 2021. Widespread Panics September Beacon run, for instance, may have fared differently if it had been slated for an outdoor venue, as was the case with We Love NYC. We are all ready to get together again and share that special spirit that lives at Jazz Fest. Announced last month, the bubble concerts were an innovative solution that would have allowed hundreds of fans indoors for a concert by the psych-pop rockers. Elton Johnhas postponed the remainder of his North AmericanFarewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, citing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Executives atGoldenvoice andAEG Presents are reportedly planning to reschedule the dates for Coachellaand likely Stagecoachfor the third time to the fall of 2021. TheHELLA MEGA stadium tour featuringWeezer,Green Day, andFall Out Boy has been postponed until 2021. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasioconfirmed on Monday that this years edition of the annual Macys Thanksgiving Day Paradewill go virtual. This past weekend sawLCD Soundsystemscrap its remaining three shows of a 20-concert residency atBrooklyn Steeldue to rising cases. Both of these postponements seem to indicate that the acts are calling 2020 live shows a wash. Dont betoo discouraged, though. In an interview on CNBCsSquawk Alley on Monday, Live Nation presidentJoe Berchtoldexplained, In the key U.S./Western European markets, it continues to be our expectation that by next summer, were back with our major outdoor showsour amphitheaters here in the U.S., festivals globally. Look out for an email from SeatGeek with instructions and contact information.. With this announcement, a band as prominent as Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit have given fans their best guess at when we will all be reunited. Respect one another, and arrive Home safely.. RATMs 2021 tour dates will now kick off on June 3rd at Don Haskins Centerin El Paso, TX before the band makes its way through New Mexico, Arizona California, Oregon, and Washington. Otherwise, tickets for the canceled festivals will be honored with refunds or admission to next years event. Our team spent the last 48 hours working through every possible scenario to not only make sure that the experience would be as great as possible given the current guidelines, but to make sure the event was safe in every way. Information for Rooster Walk ticket roll-overs/exchanges/refunds will be shared in the coming weeks. 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. 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). Some of the local [governments] can do reasonable regulations, but you cant say no after six months and just have people twisting in the wind.. All tickets purchased for the 2020 event will be valid for the 2021 event, however, refund options are available as well. For more information, head here. While its too early to forecast attendance numbers, we understand that reduced capacity early in the season may mean some artists reschedule or cancel shows, so we anticipate some movement in the calendar ahead. Those shows will now occur on February 27th and 25th, respectively. Scientists in Spain confidently declared that a concert experiment that drew 463 participants to an indoor venue produced no new infections of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19). It was a bit of a confusing day in the music industry on Thursday as two large revelations seemed to indicate opposing realities for the coming festival season. Saturday, September 25, 2021, 5:00 p.m. The group was the first band to perform atMadison Square Gardensince the pandemic began in March 2020, and also reopenedThe Forumin Los Angeles, even after a positive COVID test within the band organization slightly delayed the concert. The disruption of the massive event on Central Parks Great Lawn, while not COVID-related, is oddly metaphorical of our current situation with regard to live music. The researchers said the following to add some perspective,This is enough to have paid each of the estimated 462,182 rally attendees $26,553.64 not to attend.. Considering how many other festivals have rescheduled for August/September, the Resonance postponement could prove those movements futile. Originally, organizers had postponed the event to October 2nd4th, 2020 in the hope that the situation surrounding live music would calm down by then. The mandate, similar to those issued in France and Italy last month, will start on August 16th, with enforcement set to begin in earnest via the new Key to NYC Pass on September 13th. While we are sad to go another year without the festival, we have set our sights on 2022 mark your calendar for Memorial Day weekend. A flurry of concert and festival announcements from around the music world this week appear to inspire hope for the coming season. This past weekend, July Mini Fest(formerly known as Herd Immunity Fest) took place at Ringle, WIsQ&Z Expo Center. Tickets for the original dates will be honored at the rescheduled dates. 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. Pub rocker Elvis Costellorecently moved a show from the stadium to nearbyFirst Avenue. This is the statement I never wanted to write, but its what the current Covid climate has required us to do.. Check out some photos of the socially distant show here. Out of an abundance of caution and concern for the safety of the band, crew and most of all the fans, Saturdays show at the Los Angeles Forum is being postponed to a later date. In the Philadelphia area, Ardmore Music Hall announced a full slate of full-capacity, indoor shows starting in the fall. While Rage has announced they will remain on the Coachella lineup, whether or not that festival takes place as scheduled in October remains to be seen. After initially moving theirHotel California Tourto the fall of 2020, theEagleshave rescheduled the string of dates for September and October 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Details will be sent to ticket holders via email over the coming days. This announcement also comes after the event was forced to cancel a portion of its events in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unitcanceled two and postponed five January tour dates on Tuesday due to a breakthrough case of COVID-19. Marc Rebillet has announced the Drive-In Concert Tour, which is scheduled to take place this summer, throughout June and July. Mom and Dad have been fully vaccinated now, and we hope by September that any of you that want it will have had the chance (and we want to encourage you to get a vaccine when its your time).. Despite continued tour cancellations, inventive solutions to the ongoing mass gathering issue continue to pop up. No updated lineup or further COVID-19 safety protocols have been released, nor was any public statement given regarding the status of ticket-holders who cannot make the new dates. Some inspiring news out of the Northeast today with a pair of announcements from New York City and Atlantic City, respectively. During this difficult time we also respect the fans who want their ticket money back. ET. While some had held out hope that the event would be able to go on as planned on its usual December 36 dates, officials said they had little choice given the continued uncertainty over the pandemics course, international travel restrictions and quarantine regulations across the country and abroad. As Deftones noted in the postponement announcement, After much contemplation, weve made the decision to postpone our summer tour with Gojira one more time. As the bands announcement notes, In the hope that conditions improve in the coming weeks, the band intends to proceed with the November 2021 and all 2022 dates as planned. The announcement noted that information on the rescheduled September dates will be available soon. 2020 ticketholders have the option to retain their tickets for next year, and should have received email instructions from organizers on how to request refunds. While yet another postponement may seem disheartening, this latest postponement shows some promise with regard to how event organizers are approaching this still-uncertain year. The cancellation comes after Ohio GovernorMike DeWineextended the states shelter-in-place order until May 1st. On Tuesday another large festival, PepsisGulf Coast Jam, canceled its Labor Day Weekend event in Panama City, FL due to mounting COVID concerns in the area. At the time the 2020 Jazz Fest was canceled, festival organizers aimed to host the next event in the spring of 2021. In New York, where ticketed events areonly just being phased back in after a year of empty stages, the famedBeacon Theatre just announced its first new 2021 shows including a five-night run byWidespread Panic in September. As the band explained in its announcement, Unfortunately, someone in the immediate family of a band member, who is vaccinated, has tested positive for Covid and we can no longer travel to NY. The remaining block of seats will be available to unvaccinated people who prove negative COVID test prior to attendance. Today,Deftones and Gojira postponed their highly anticipated 2021 outing, which had already been postponed from 2020. Affected shows include tomorrow, October 8th, in Milwaukee, WI, Saturday (10/9) in Kansas City, MO, and Sunday (10/10) in Cedar Rapids, IA. Head to the Red Rocks Amphitheatre website for 2021 season ticket info. While most large-scale Broadway productions wont return until September,Bruce Springsteen will reprise his long-running show for 31 full-capacity encore performances at theSt. James Theatre starting later this month. This week, the ongoingAllman Family Revivaltour made the call to cancel a show in Tulsa and move four west coast shows to 2022 after a multiple people on the loaded tour lineup tested positive for the virus. The 2020 edition of LOCKN Festival, originally scheduled to take place on June 19th21st in Arrington, VA, has been postponed until the Fall. While most of those rescheduled dates still stand, the venue noted that reduced capacity early in the season may mean some artists reschedule or cancel shows, so we anticipate some movement in the calendar ahead. Organizers also noted that it is still too early to tell what the summer will bring and that this planning will be a rolling process with many factors based on our communitys progress in driving down Covid numbers.. Eddie Vedderwas forced to postpone a pair of California dates on hisEarthlings Tourdue to positive COVID-19 cases in his touring party. After much listening, discussion, and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision not to build Black Rock City in 2020. Billy Joel performs at Eden Park on December 3 in Auckland, New Zealand. While the industry has gone to great, inventive lengths to survive in the age of social distancing, it has been clear since the beginning of the pandemic that live music would not be able to return to any semblance of the old normal until the coronavirus is effectively contained via a vaccine. State officials toldDelaware Online, Event organizers are aware they will need a formal plan approval from the agency before the event takes place. The show by the alt-rock outfit was meant to reopen the famous arena with its first full-capacity event since the pandemic began, much like Foo Fighters did forMadison Square Gardenlast month. The cancellation will be a huge blow to the local economy, as the massive beer and Bavarian culture event annually brings thousands of travelers to the German city and generates more than one billion euros for local businesses each year. Rocklahoma plans to return in 2021, rather than attempting to reschedule for later in the fall. Ticket-holders will have 30 days to respond if they . Rooster Walk Music & Arts Festival, which was set to return Pops Farmin Martinsville, VA this May after being canceled in 2020, has again been canceled, organizers announced on Friday. For fans hoping to catch concerts this year, the new guidelines are better than the alternative. The study takes a different approach, looking at the areas that sent the most people to the rally and how case trends changed after the event rather than direct contact tracing. Citi Field, which is currently being used as a city-run mass vaccination site, will also aim to prepare the stadium for in-person fans ahead of theMLBs opening day in April. This update comes as the states latest Executive Order only eases the restrictions on certain gatherings from 10 to 50 people. Beanstalk: At The Drive-Inwill adhere to state social distancing guidelines in an effort to provide fans with the live music experience they crave while keeping their health and safety in mind. With uncertainty around the status of live music in early 2021, Genesis has now decided to start the tour on Wednesday, September 15th, at Dublin, Irelands3Arena. Fans should note, however, that BSO has temporarily suspended ticket sales for the 2021 Tanglewood Popular Artist series until organizers have more information about the status of the 2021 schedule. Stay safe, get vaccinated, and go out and support the various musicians beginning to play smaller, distanced shows near you. 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. There was no mention as to what next years lineup might be compared to the planned 2020 lineup with the cancelation announcement. Over the weekend, organizers of LOCKNannounced that the festival will ultimately be pushed back to October 1st3rd, 2021. To care about people being safe is very bad apparently, Williams said. This should not come as a surprise, as most large-scale events have already been canceled through the end of June. Previously purchased tickets will be honored for these rescheduled dates. All of us at Red Rocks are excited to see what 2021 will bring as we emerge from the challenges of the pandemic. As far as touring, it will be nice to be back in the saddle again, see yall next summerGeddy up!. Joe Russos Almost Dead has also announced a handful of postponements and outright cancellations, as well as the implementation of the same health and safety measures that are going around. If you are flu-symptomatic, stay home. In light of these results, researchers concluded, Attending a live music concert staged with a series of security measures that included a negative antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 done on the same day, was not associated with an increase in COVID-19 infections., The study concluded, Hopefully this data will pave the way to save live concerts during the COVID pandemic.. The 35-date tour was set to run from early July through early September and feature support on select dates fromGary Clark Jr.,The Marcus King Band,Yola, and more. 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. Wed advise you to check in on any upcoming show youre planning to attend to see if they have announced new safety guidelinesoh yea, and get vaccinated. The Disco Biscuitshave detailed several rescheduled shows from the bands recently postponed 2020 spring tour, offering a light at the end of our proverbial quarantine tunnel. Treys main project, Phish, has yet to comment on its scheduled summer tour, which is set to begin in mid-July. Our company has worked hard to resume preparations for the BTS Map of the Soul Tour, knowing that all fans have been waiting eagerly and long for the tour, the groups label,Bighit, wrote in a statement. This list of 20 North American tour dates pales in comparison to the mammoth international tour that the Americana outfit announced in February, however it marks a light at the end of the tunnel. They look forward to seeing you upon their return.. The festival was originally slated to occur on April 2nd5th at Ventura, CAs Ventura County Fairgrounds, but was one of the many live music events affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. He added that the prospect of a 75%-plus capacity re-opening in the largest U.S. markets was within sight.. This is the second time it's been pushed back. 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 ticketing giant is also developing its SmartEvent System to help venues better prepare for the return of live events. While most large-scale events appear to be looking beyond the first half of the year,InsomniacsElectric Daisy Carnival (EDC), one of the largest EDM festivals in the U.S., is still aiming to take place on its scheduled dates in late May. The three-day eventat Miami, FLs North Beach Bandshell has moved from its originally scheduled dates of February 11th13th. In Colorado, where smaller shows have been going on for several weeks, a new spike in cases has pushed the state back to Phase 3 of its reopening plan, a step in the wrong direction with regard to the viability of full live shows in the near future. Organizers for San FranciscosOutside Lands Music Festivalhave confirmed the cancelation of the 2020 summer event, and instead are looking ahead to 2021 with next years lineup and dates shared on Wednesday. Tuesday saw more cancellations from The String Cheese Incident, who axed shows in St. Louis, MO as well as a headlining slot at Backwoods At Mulberry Mountain later this month in Ozark, AK. As the days have gone by, we have tried to navigate these ever changing times the best we could, always holding on to hope. 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. Saturday, September 5, 2020, 4:30 p.m. Read the full note from Widespread Panic about the new guidelines in place for the Asheville shows here. It was to mark and celebrate the roots of our festival by looking forward to the future.. Ticket purchasers can request a refund HERE before April 19, 2020. And well work with all the local public health authorities. In a post to the events Facebook page on March 31st, organizers said that they would continue to announce artists despite the uncertain future that lies ahead. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has given businesses including bars, movie theaters, concert venues in 64 counties the green light to reopen this Friday (June 5th) as part of the states Phase 2 of the reopening process. Please allow up to 14 days for this process to take place.. This is precisely the kind of ordeal that most major festival organizers and concert promoters are hoping to avoid by continuing to cancel and postpone shows, even as smaller events start coming back in COVID-conscious models. The sports world and the music world are in the same boat these days, as both athletes and musicians remain in isolation with their futures uncertain, and it is likely that the eventual returns of both the sports and live music industries will follow similar trajectories. Folk troubadour Todd Sniderwas also forced to cancel four concerts after multiple positive COVID tests within his touring party, or as he put it germ warfare has won for now. The singer-songwriters shows in Jackson, MS (2/15); Fayetteville, AR (2/16); Little Rock, AR (2/17); and Birmingham, AL (2/18) are canceled for now, though he noted we will be working to reschedule these shows as soon as possible and will be back out on the road soon. Snider is set to return to the road on March 9th at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre in Bloomington, IN to kick off thePickinGrinninTellin StoriesTakin Requests Tour. In the bands announcement, Widespread Panic assured fans that tickets purchased for the original dates will be honored at the corresponding rescheduled shows. Ticketholders for the 2020 event are encouraged to head to the festival website for more info on refund options and the 2021 bling faith tickets. One of the highest-profile tours of the now-decimated summer 2020 concert season has finally thrown in the towel. Today, the venue announced 30 more spring and summer showsthough this batch will only welcome a limited capacity of 100 per night and will be seated and socially distanced. As far as Nashville, we are looking for a make up date from the July rain out and though this is not COVID related, to make them wait makes me sad, as well. Though fans are starting to see medium and even large-scale events return for summer and fall 2021, the mega festivalwhich sees a daily attendance of 125,000 peopleis opting to move to spring 2021 in the hopes of going on sans restrictions. I think this will be very, very important to the industry. Today, the band released a note urging fans to have a good measure of caution and common sense as the show gets back on the road. TAB had already been without its usual horn trio throughoutthe tours first six shows,with Hartswick and trombonistNatalie Cressmanjoined by stand-inCochemea Gastelum(and, for one night, Natalies dad,Jeff Cressman) in place of regular saxophonistJames Casey, who isundergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer. Forecastle Festival will be taking a pause in 2021 and will return stronger than ever in 2022. Specifically, the state has a goal of reaching 70% vaccination by the start of summer. Tuesday, September 1st, 2020, 4:30 p.m. Amid a surge in cases, France today closed all schools and may be facing a third national lockdown as hospitals become overwhelmed. Please stay safe.. Milwaukee, WIs annual summertime festival was originally scheduled for late June/early July but was postponed to early September at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak back in March.