As far as touring, it will be nice to be back in the saddle again, see yall next summerGeddy up!. 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. 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.. We are extremely sorry, but safety has to be first and foremost. Buy Tickets for Colorados Premier Outdoor Venue, Who is Gorgon City? Doja Cat will appear at several music festivals in 2022, includingHangout Music Festivalin Gulf Shores, AL on May 20th22nd. 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. Occasionally, the amphitheatre may be closed to the public on a non-concert day for a private function such as a rehearsal. Hip-hop groupThree 6 Mafia announced a live performance at Louisville, KYsRupp Arena on December 11th. My team are working hard to reschedule dates, the Australian rocker wrote in an Instagram post on Friday. ET. A venue seating chart can be viewed below: Some artists do allow fans to bring in cameras and/or recording equipment. Now, they say theyre spending their retirement paying for it, McDonalds is making changes to its Big Mac and other burgers, DeSantis says lawmakers will reassert control of Reedy Creek, jokes about building prison, A 94-year-old CT resident got an eviction notice. The rest of the band and crew are all safe and healthy with negative test results, said Spafford in a statement. 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. We have waited just about as long as we can to see how current trends and progress with the pandemic may affect our ability to hold the event. It is appreciated, that for whatever reason, those planning on attending the shows may not feel comfortable doing so, so by moving the tour we can alleviate some of those concerns and in turn that will allow the band and the crew to prepare with less unpredictability and create a show that both the band and fans alike will treasure and enjoy.. Wednesday, January 19th, 2022, 4:00 p.m. The protocols mirrored what has since become an industry standard: attendees must provide proof of full vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test to enter and are encouragedthough not requiredto wear a mask. Lotusalso announced the cancellation of its four shows scheduled forUnion Transferin Philadelphia, PA (12/29, 12/30), andMr. Smalls Theatrein Pittsburgh, PA (12/31, 1/1). Service animals are permitted and admitted, however each service animal must remain with its owner and be restrained. im so sorry i know a lot of you spent a lot of money to be here and my guilt and sadness right now are unmeasurable. Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of the festival, spawned from the popularPBSconcert program. With the imminence of the tour, and the pandemic lasting much longer than we anticipated, we came to the realization that uncertainty still remains in different markets througout the country. I cant handle 5,000 right now. Red Rocks at sunrise, near Denver. Since the entire Fall Out Boy organization is vaccinated, per the bands statement, it is likely that the positive case was not severe and the band could be cleared to return to the tour as soon as negative testing requirements are met once again. The article, The Fall of Autumn: Live Performance Producers Are Giving Up on 2020, checks in with everyone from orchestra producers to theater impresarios to independent venues to executives from promotion giants like Live NationandAEG. The tour was initially slated to resume on 9/30 in State College, PA and continue through the Southeast. Photo ID may be required at any time within the venue. While cases continue to spike around the U.S., recent coronavirus vaccine developments have event production giantLive Nation looking toward next summer with newfound optimism. Dave Matthews Band will finish its two-night run in New York tonight, November 13th, sans Coffin once again. SCIs bassistKeith Moseleymade the announcement on the bands Facebook on Friday, sitting on the front porch of his home. is the smallest event listed in this roundup of announcements, it appears that organizers have elected to postpone the festival once again hoping that, by next summer, staff will not have to plan around any pandemic-related safety precautions. The lengthy summer tour would have seen the band perform the music featured on A Farewell to Kingsthe first Rush album bassist/singerLes Claypoolever heardin addition to original material out of the Primus songbook. The move, de Blasio explained, was a clear message to unvaccinated New Yorkers. As cancellations dwindle and announcements increase, the main hurdle for live musics return from the pandemic is navigating the uncertain waters of post-pandemic concerts. Colorado GovernorJared Polisannounced at a press conference on Monday that the state will allow outdoor concerts to resume beginning on Thursday, June 18th. In a lengthy post to the events Facebook page, organizers laid out an incentive for fans to hang onto their tickets. The acoustics are legendary. Hollywood Bowl, for example, has announced three different reopening plans in the space of a month. All patrons will be expected to follow strict social distancing guidelines. 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. By August, it appears The Caverns will be back in full force with underground shows by Melvin Seals & JGB,Keller Williams, and more. On Tuesday, California GovernorGavin Newsomeannounced that he was eyeing June 15th for a statewide reopening, a move that would include music venues. Even late-summer event cancellations have begun to roll in, seemingly legitimizing a report byThe New York Times that we may not see any large gatherings until 2021. Fans with tickets to the previously announced 2020 dates are encouraged to hold on to their tickets as they will be honored for the new dates, said a post to the bands Facebook. 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. Meanwhile, the bands sold out three-night run in Chicago, originally rescheduled from April 2nd4th, is still set to occur August 20th22nd. In 2020 we need human connection and Immediacy more than ever. It is located on Red Rocks Park Road (Entrance 2). Refunds will be available at the point of purchase, the tweet stated. The large-scale, pop-friendly festival will still take place atThe Woodlandsin Dover, DE. As states begin to loosen lockdown restrictions, were seeing artists, promoters, and venues scramble to meet social distancing guidelines and still host live shows. Though it is not inherently live music per se, the announcement out of New York City this week that Broadway will reopen in September comes as a major boon to the industry that has not seen any performances since last March. 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. Tickets will be refunded at point of purchase. Today also brought the official cancellation ofFirefly Music Festival, originally set to take place from June 18th21st. Another local club,3rd & Lindsley, will enact the requirements on a show-by-show basis based on the artists wishes. The band, led by brother and sister pair ClydeandGracie Lawrence, was slated to perform in Fort Collins (11/4), Denver (11/5), and Boulder (11/6) this week but has been forced to cancel after two members tested positive for COVID. The festival, originally slated for July 30thAugust 2nd, was one of the last remaining hold outs of the summer festivals. The 2020 edition of Louisville, KYs Forecastle Festivalhas been canceled. Spaffordplayed in front of a live audience during a performance at Mesa, AZs Digital Drive-In on Sunday night. The highly contagious variant is disrupting shows abroad as well as in the U.S.King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have canceled their Timelandfestival initially scheduled to take place in Tallarook, roughly an hours drive north of Melbourne, Australia over New Years weekend. While this is something of a symbolic win, its nonetheless encouraging to see the Mother Church get (some of) her congregation back after nearly six months. You can check out the full updated list of impacted shows below. Two major cancellations came from the U.K. today in the forms ofDownload FestivalandIsle Of Wightboth pushing to 2021 amid health concerns. Tickets for this year will roll over to next year. Were also starting to see the cancellation of some drive-in shows as positive tests pop up within touring crewsanother wrinkle of COVID-era touring that seems somewhat unavoidable as the virus rages on. While the June dates of the event keep it in line with the overall cancellation threshold, this is the first time weve seen an event pivot to the increasingly popular drive-in model rather than canceling or postponing. The state of California also announced the requirement of proof of vaccination/negative test to all indoor gatherings of more than 1,000 people, lowering the threshold for the requirements from the previous cap of 5,000. Suwannee Hulaweenhas officially been canceled for 2020, organizers announced today. The concert will be limited to 15% of the usual capacity, including a max of 3,152 patrons plus event staff, a model that seems financially unsustainable in the longterm. Dave Matthews Bandhas announced the rescheduling of its summer tour. As for touring bands, many appear to have their sights set on late summer and early fall to resume full-fledged touring. The initial run of 2020 North American performances as part of the classic rock bands final tour began back on February 1st and was scheduled to continue through the summer and into fall, but the arrival of COVID-19 in mid-March shut the tour down indefinitely. Pending no further setbacks, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit will next head out for a two-night run at Ovens Auditoriumin Charlotte, NC (1/21, 1/22) with a supporting set from Adia Victoria. Dark Star Orchestra also announced that their annualDark Star Jubilee, originally scheduled to take place in Thornville, OH on May 22nd24th, has been pushed to next May. The venues normal capacity of 900 was reduced to 500 subjects who were allowed to attend, 463 of whom showed up. On the massiveHELLA MEGA TOUR, a multi-band stadium trek featuring Weezer,Green Day, The Interrupters, andFall Out Boy, the latter act this week had to pull out of two dates (August 4th at New Yorks Citi Field and on August 5th Bostons Fenway Park) after a member of the bands organization tested positive for the coronavirus. For more information regarding iHeartRadioJingle Ball Tourrefunds, head to the events official website. He added that the prospect of a 75%-plus capacity re-opening in the largest U.S. markets was within sight.. Everyone, please take care, Vedder wrote in an announcement on Facebook. Tickets for The Strokes performance at Barclays Center with Mac DeMarco and Hinds on April 6th are on sale now. Earlier this week, The Recording Academy announced that its annualGrammy Awards broadcast, which was scheduled for January 31st, has been pushed to March as the virus situation continues to worsen in Los Angeles and surrounding areas. It is the governor who has said, Open our businesses up for 100%, right or wrong.. After a full year of waiting, its hard to argue with an events decision to wait a few more months instead of risking the stress of another EDC situation just to end up with fall dates anyway. We want nothing more than to be playing shows right now. Just a few weeks ago, we were optimistic about where our business, and country, were heading. The 2021 edition of Jazz Fest had been scheduled to take place in late April/early May following its postponement and eventual cancellation in 2020. As vaccination distribution increases, we are witnessing restrictions being lifted around Plumas County, the state of California and the country at a really encouraging pace. The show will mark KG&LWs last Australian show in 2022 before they head out on a lengthy world tour for the remainder of the year. For Widespread Panic, the continued reality of COVID transmission hits quite close to home, as frontman John Bell is likely still recovering from his recent bout with the virus. As of now, most events and tours set to take place during this late-summer timeframe have not commented on their status. The model has since been decried by local public health officials as inaccurate. The cancellation is the latest to push the threshold of the ongoing wave of event shutdowns into the early summer. ET. Many of the new guidelines also recommend masks at events regardless of vaccine status. It does appear, however, that Phil and his wife Jill Leshare interested in a lease extension for the neighboring Beach Park, another site of outdoor concerts by Terrapin Crossroads, where the Leshes have reportedly already invested over $200,000. See the bands post for a full list of dates. STS9also called off a run of four New Years shows at Atlantas The Eastern due to the ongoing surge in new cases. This makes the realities were facing disappointing, but unfortunately necessary. All of us at Red Rocks are excited to see what 2021 will bring as we emerge from the challenges of the pandemic. The 2020 edition ofTrondossa Music & Arts Festival, theWidespread Panic-hosted event originally scheduled to take place on May 16th and 17th, has been officially canceled due to the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus. Drop off points for rideshare services are located at Trading Post, Upper North Lot, and Upper South Lot. Leftover Salmonpostponed its New Years run in Crystal Bay, NV, citing a positive COVID-19 test in the bands touring party. While the general outlook on the second half of the year appears to be increasingly hopeful and vaccine eligibility is steadily opening up to more and more people, the pandemic is not over yet. This follows Jingle Ball Tournews regardingDoja Cat from earlier in December, who had to pull out of stops in New York, NY, and Boston, MA after several members of her touring party tested positive for COVID-19. Researchers entered into the experiment with the hypothesis that a live concert performed under safe conditions would not be associated with an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, which has thus been proven. Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre (@RedRocksCO) March 16, 2021. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment this week shared with Colorado live music industry leaders a framework for reopening in 2021. The announcement from organizers notes that the festivals headlinersOysterhead,Joe Russos Almost Dead, andThe String Cheese Incidentwill be on the 2021 lineup. The statement from organizers noted that they will continue to explore possibilities for dates later in 2021 or, failing that, will look to May 2022 for the next Hangout. The New York Timesalso points to slagging ticket sales for the musicalwhich opened to critical success in late 2019, fetching 15 Tony nominationsas a supplemental reason for its closing. The concerts originally scheduled for January 13th22nd at the Manhattan theater will now take place on July 21st25th, with all tickets honored on the respective dates. In a roundtable discussion inThe New York Times Magazine regarding when and how the economy will restart following the health crisis, bioethicist Zeke Emanuel expressed significant hesitation toward the viability of large-scale events in late 2020. Canceled stops include shows in Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas, and Texas. Slowly but surely, however, were starting to see some more optimistic moves. Lots of action on this front once again today as the live music worldnow largely back on the road or preparing to head outcontinues to confront the realities of this most recent surge. If were in a state that we cant utilize 100% of the things that are out there to keep people safe, and youre dealing with artists that have to travel all over the country, I think were in big trouble, he said. Last week brought the postponement of a large-scale show by Foo Fighterswho were set to reopen Los AngelesThe Forum, due to a positive test within the bands organization. The effected shows in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire have been pushed to fall 2022. They hate having to take these steps but the safety of the audience and touring crew has to take priority. Billy Joelalso had to make adjustments to his tour schedule on Wednesday afternoon, pushing his January 14th performance at New York Citys Madison Square Garden to August 24th. For those keeping track, since the last Bonnaroo took placelast summer, the festival has officially announcedfour different dates for the next installment. 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