We are all in this together, and we all – individually and as a whole – have to make our best efforts to be as responsible and proactive as possible moving forward to combat and stop spreading Covid.”Ĭounting Crows have postponed shows due to a member of their touring party contracting Covid, and Lynyrd Skynyrd have cancelled their tour after guitarist Rickey Medlocke was diagnosed with the virus.Įarlier this week, Michael Bublé postponed his US tour until October, and dates in Argentina, Brazil and Chile will also be rescheduled. Even if the performers, crews, staff, and promoters do their best to ensure safety on and behind the stage, that doesn’t ensure the safety of the audience as a whole. Speaking to Billboard, frontman Fred Durst said: “The system is still very flawed. Other artists cancelling US concerts this week due to the pandemic include Limp Bizkit, who cancelled their August tour. So it’s probably important to stay alive before you start questioning your liberty.” Isbell added: “I’m all for freedom but I think if you’re dead, you don’t have any freedoms at all. Speaking on MSNBC, Isbell said of the live music industry: “The problem is they’re just getting so much pushback from some of the governors of certain states who want to kowtow to their political base, and try to make people think their freedom is being encroached upon.” Texas governor Greg Abbott has resisted the mandating of mask wearing and social distancing, despite a spike in Covid hospitalisations that has required him to allow the state’s department of health to recruit medical staff from outside Texas.
If the venue won’t allow that, we won’t play.” On Monday, Isbell tweeted: “We’re now requiring proof of vaccination or a current negative test to attend all our shows, indoors or out. According to a band statement, Medlocke’s positive test forced the group’s withdrawal. The property also includes a historical marker that was placed in the front yard in 2018. The home is on the market for 629,000 and comes with eight lots, a fourplex home and a manufactured home. The band was set to co-headline the concert Monday night with Brad Paisley. The house in Jacksonville, Florida where Lynyrd Skynyrd rock legend Ronnie Van Zant and his brothers Donnie and Johnny grew up is now up for sale.
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Louisiana has one of the lowest rates of vaccine uptake in the US, and experienced 16,000 new cases last weekend.Ĭountry singer Jason Isbell has cancelled a concert in Houston, Texas, after the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion venue “was not willing to comply with the band’s updated health and safety standards”. Lynyrd Skynyrd has pulled out of the Pro Football Hall of Fame concert after guitarist Rickey Medlocke tested positive for COVID-19, Saturday, Aug.
The last of those events, New Orleans jazz and heritage festival, has been cancelled outright, with organisers citing the “current exponential growth of new Covid cases in New Orleans and the region and the ongoing public health emergency”. Nicks had been due to perform at festivals in California, Colorado, Texas and Louisiana. I want everyone to be safe and healthy and the rising Covid cases should be of concern to all of us.” She added: “These are challenging times with challenging decisions that have to be made.
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