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

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.

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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

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

Ah well.

R.I.P. Alan Merrill (of the Arrows, etc.), who co-wrote "I Love Rock 'N' Roll": https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52089768

Is his tour still going ahead, though?

guilty lol

Posted this in the wrong thread, but primavera sound are still insisting they are going ahead, just postponed till... summer. In fucking barcelona.

xxp I’m resisting the idea of creating a separate thread for music-related COVID deaths; think this one will do as a catch-all (and can hopefully soon be retired).

probably best to confine to the standard RIP thread for a multitude of reasons (easier searching, extant need filled, we don't need another COVID thread polluting answers for people who are having a hard time dealing)
Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020

Thanks, I’ll just refrain from posting obits then, rather than be forced to visit ILE.

There is also a "famous sick and dead ppl Covid cases" thread on ILE you could bookmark and thus use without returning to the board - I'm avoiding it so can't link.

Rolling COVID-19 Notably Infected and/or Fallen Thread

It's looking like mid-Fall is the new target for getting touring/large-ish shows going again? The big area indie venue has started announcing shows for then, including a rescheduled date w/a noted ilxor.

Said ilxor being Esteban Buttez of course.

I should clarify this is in America. Ymmv.

seems like too soon, there's zero chance I go to a concert or even a half-empty bar until I've got a positive antibody test or been vaccinated and I can't see either of those things being available (to me anyway) by October

Psycho Las Vegas is in August and already moved back a year