Rolling festival / tour / concert / event cancellations due to COVID-19 thread

Fennesz (who is here right now) just canceled the rest of his US tour.

I called the Blue Note jazz club an hour or so ago to verify whether the Christian Scott show I was planning to see tomorrow night was still happening. They told me it was, but that was before NY Governor Cuomo announced that gatherings of 500+ were banned, and gatherings below that number would have to reduce their attendance by 50%. (The Blue Note holds ~150 people.) I just emailed the publicist to take me off the guest list.

Yes just pulled out of their 'Cruise To The Edge' in Miami and some early tour dates, gigs are one thing but a Prog cruise with loads of old dudes all trying to shake yer hand is just asking for trouble.

― Maresn3st, Thursday, March 12, 2020 7:33 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

covid or no i get an anxiety attack even thinking about this

Horse Lords tour just canceled

Decibel Magazine Tour canceled

been spending the last week and half postponing a west coast tour that was to begin next week, and I can't tell you how hard it was. by march 1st it was clear to me the shows were not a good idea, but it took a week for the rest of the band to stop weighing the situation (varying degrees of financial hardship incurred), and even this weekend we kept getting feedback like 'all commercial venues still expecting you, smaller & mid-sized concerts still safe'. and I'd look at that text, then look at Italy expanding it's quarantine, and crunch the numbers and see SF at 10-14 days behind Italy

no one wants to over-react, but until better data starts coming in, we no longer know what over-reaction is. flattening the curve means social distancing for... twelve months? unthinkable, as recently as last week.

silver lining, I had a ton of concert and festival tickets that I'm about to get refunds on, so unexpected influx of cash to pay my taxes with.

First postponement for a ticket I held: Even As We Speak have deferred all their UK shows. 🙁 The postponement of Cologne Popfest makes the remaining dates no longer viable. Plus who knows what may transpire in next two weeks. Full statement on their Facebook page.

Decibel Metal and Beer Fest postponed but not cancelled.

xp ah I was thinking of going to see EAWS in London soon, OTOH gigs are kind of painful for me at the moment and I already have one coming up so probably not so bad

Guessing Limpe Fuchs on Saturday night in London will have less than 500 people in attendance so I may go, then again it only takes one carrier doesn't it

Nice post by Big Thief
#hippies

Yes' 'Cruise To The Edge' now postponed, Curved Air fans in apoplexy.

Is it any use me doing a sort of 'punter's pledge' saying I won't claim refunds on any cancelled upcoming shows I have tickets for?

Big list of global cancellations at the Graun:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-culture-arts-films-gigs-festivals-cancellations

Record Store Day bumped to June.

Well at least something good came from this

Yes, take that, already-teetering-on-the-brink-of-bankruptcy indie record stores hoping this event will help cover their rent for six months

I do hate that indie shops are going to suffer, absolutely, but this just underscores how absolutely stupid and short-sighted it was to turn the entire record store industry into two days a year worth of exclusives that essentially exist only for flippers.

Seattle libraries had already cancelled programming and author events for March; as of 6pm all libraries are going to close for at least a month. This is going to have a major impact on homeless patrons: it's 3°C with snow mixing with rain today, and sub-zero night temperatures forecast over the next five days.

Some cinemas and rock venues are staying open but selling 50% of capacity for now; two seats-and-tables jazz venues are closing down for the month.

record store day is a farce and fuck it

more Seattle venues and nightclubs on staying open / closing down

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/03/11/43118987/seattle-music-venues-respond-to-the-new-social-distancing-rules

I do hate that indie shops are going to suffer, absolutely, but this just underscores how absolutely stupid and short-sighted it was to turn the entire record store industry into two days a year worth of exclusives that essentially exist only for flippers.

― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, March 13, 2020 5:07 PM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

The windfall is not from the limited edition junk, though, but from the tremendous amount of non-RSD store stock sold when people inevitably bundle used items with new. RSD is lame and probably a pain in the ass for most stores, but I don't think you'll find a single remaining shop owner who doesn't count on that day in a big way to stay afloat. But yeah, fuck it, viva la spotify

shut the fuck up

Dude, I didn't say fuck record stores. At all. I'm glad the day helps them! At the same time, I think it's clearly dangerous that it has evolved into the two days that force record stores to survive. And the stupid exclusives list is a big part of why it evolved in this direction.

(botched my wording there, meant to say "two days that solely allow" them to survive)

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-03-13/coronavirus-live-nation-aeg-concert-industry

I was so looking forward to seeing Wire tonight. Cancelled in Boston/Cambridge.

Strange.

was excited to see shellac tomorrow but i imagine it's going to get cancelled. even if it weren't i don't know if i'd go. do the right thing, steve, and turn that PT cruiser back towards chicago...

At this point maybe we should just list the shows that are still on

Corey Haim - solo theramin

shit I actually forgot he had died.

Apparently Shellac is actually still playing tonight in Madison.

Pro-Pain are defiantly insisting they're starting their US tour.

I guess there's no chance of 250 people giving a fuck about Pro-Pain in 2020

in the entire US

shellac cancelled mpls finally. slightly bummed but i don't think it would have been fun anyway

No specific need to update this thread now that everything except Reverend Horton Heat shows are cancelled, but the axing of Melbourne International Comedy Festival is going to bankrupt dozens or hundreds of people in one go.

The Exploited also taking a defiant stance: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/reverend-horton-heat-exploited-coronavirus/

punk's gonna die

Can’t stop the blues: https://variety.com/2020/music/news/blues-awards-canceled-replaced-by-webcasts-1203540420/

Welcome to Rockville cancelled

Maryland Deathfest lineup moved to 2021

brutal year for music

That ucr link upthread is funny, suggesting at a glance the Reverend Horton Heat was exploiting the virus.

Anyone watching #IHeartConcertOnFOX right now?

Dead Can Dance officially pushed their Americas tour to 2021, was just a matter of time

I saw Billie Eilish with her brother. They killed it like you would expect. This is sort of neat

I would have been seeing The 1975 in two weeks for the first time

Demi Lovato looks healthy, good for her

Mariah was a great closer*

(*my autocorrect initially made this “cougar”)

I'm listening to/watching Keiji Haino doing an organ grinder performance at Zebulon from last year. Streaming only, I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk6y2OnhwUo&feature=youtu.be

Neko Case cancelling the rest of her tour with AC Newman.

That’s a weekend of sold-out shows for them. Damn.

This weekend’s shows are unfortunately postponed due to illness. New dates will be:
Fri Jan 14 - New York, Irving Plaza
Sat Jan 15 - Boston, The Royale

— Guided By Voices (@_GuidedByVoices) September 9, 2021

Not able to confirm that this is COVID related, to be transparent, but not great news.

Just noticed today that Dinosaur Jr are no longer on the Riot Fest line up, and their home page tour section has many dates listed as postponed. Bummer. I feel bad for Ryley Walker, as that would have been an excellent bill. I wasn't ready for indoor shows yet, and didn't get tix for their separate Chicago show.

Sorry, y’all pic.twitter.com/z3BWdO67HB

— clipping. (@clppng) September 13, 2021

Faith No More now too:

pic.twitter.com/7vFtlB34lP

— Faith No More (@FaithNoMore) September 14, 2021

Just whiplash to see these cancellations coming in between new tour announcements (Mastodon/Opeth tour for one).

That's not due to covid though. Patton is struggling with mental health issues.

A statement from Mike Patton pic.twitter.com/uUIZdlefAm

— Ipecac Recordings (@IpecacRec) September 14, 2021

thanks for that, sorry. i hadn't seen Patton's separate release and the first tweet linking the FNM announcement said it was from COVID and i jumped the gun.

accidentally posted this in the wrong thread:

Dead and Company cancelled their two Florida shows coming up next month. Official reasoning being "routing and production logistics", but I won't be surprised to lean that is has more to do with DeSantis and his anti-vaccine proof stance. They've been pretty big on proof of vaccine requirements at their shows and vocally concerned about Delta. Considering they are still managing the "routing and production logistics" are still getting them through North Carolina and Georgia, it's hard not to read between the lines about why only the Florida shows got scratched.

Judas Priest cancelled rest of US tour, though NOT due to COVID, but due to Richie Faulkner's ticker problems (he's my age!!! ;_;)

This was the thread I was actually looking for, but as mentioned in the other thread, Sturgill Simpson cancelled a bunch of shows (including his Webster Hall residency) due to ongoing vocal issues. He had COVID last year so maybe it's long-term effects?

North America 2021 - An important message to our fans pic.twitter.com/P492jPH8WW

— Dead Can Dance (@DCDmusic) September 20, 2021

Update on our North American 2021 Tour Dates pic.twitter.com/fmAMz9eHRM

— Dead Can Dance (@DCDmusic) September 29, 2021