As you all may know, the Coronavirus has made a huge impact on the whole world, but I think it’s really important as a rising professional in the music industry to know how this virus is impacting the business.
The specific sector that is taking a big hit is the concert industry.
Due to the outbreak of the virus, live event/music organizers have been canceling or postponing conferences, tours, and festivals – leaving them with the loss of millions of dollars. This is a massive amount of money to lose for any industry.
We can only hope that this outbreak will soon be contained not only for the music industry – but for the whole world.
Here’s a list of all the postponed/canceled events so far:
January –
1/24 Mercedes-Benz Arena closed
1/26 The My Love Andy Lau World Tour Hong Kong 2020 canceled
1/27 Suchmos canceled all show dates
1/28 Leon Lai, Miriam Yeung, and X Ambassadors canceled shows
1/30 NCT Dream and the Boston Symphony Orchestra canceled shows
1/31 The Keep Spinning tour, TWICE, and the C.E.A Fest canceled
February –
2/2 GFriend performed without an audience, WINNER, and AKMU canceled shows
2/4 Jolin Tsai, The National Symphony Orchestra, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra canceled shows
2/5 Chinese New Year Celebration concert canceled
2/6 Taeyeon canceled all shows
2/9 Ode to You World Tour February and March dates canceled
2/13 Stormzy postponed Asia tour dates
2/14 Khalid postponed Asia tour dates
2/20 Ruel’s Free Time World Tour Asia leg postponed
2/23 Mabel canceled her Milan show
2/25 The Korean Times Music Festival postponed, and The Bay Strikes Back show canceled
2/26 New Order cancels Tokyo and Osaka shows
2/28 Green Day’s Asia tour postponed, and Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals Japan tour dates canceled
2/29 Avril Lavigne’s Asia leg of her world tour canceled
March (As of March 10th)–
3/1 Set It Off canceled show dates in Asia
3/2 Wolf Parade canceled European and U.K tour dates, Lacuna Coil’s Asia and Australia tour dates canceled, and The National’s Tokyo shows canceled
3/3 Maluma’s show in Milan was postponed
3/4 Ultra Music Festival in Miami canceled, Slipknot’s Asia tour canceled, and the Michael Schenker Fest canceled
3/5 Louis Tomlinson’s Milan show canceled, Queen and Adam Lambert’s Paris show postponed, and Tomorrowland Winter in France canceled
3/6 SXSW Festival canceled
3/7 A-ha canceled Japanese tour, Ciara’s USO Fort Hood show postponed, and the Old Dominion pulled out of the Country Country festivals in the UK
3/8 Richard Marx postponed European tour
3/9 Madonna’s Madame X Tour canceled, Pearl Jam’s North American tour postponed, Coachella and Stagecoach postponed, Kiss is stopping all fan meet and greets, Brett Michaels pulls out of The 80’s Cruise show, Marc Anthony’s Gala postponed, ASCAP Experience canceled, Ultra Abu Dhabi canceled, Mariah Carey’s Honolulu show postponed, and Yungblud cancels tour
3/10 Miley Cyrus cancels Australia show, RuPaul’s DragCon LA canceled, Pentatonix’s tour canceled, Zac Brown Band’s The Owl Tour postponed, Carlos Santana postpones tour, Sammy Hagar cancels South American tour, and the Planned Parenthood benefit concert canceled
Other artists such as Tove Lo, Dan + Shay, The Who, Lola Marsh, Pixies, and so so many more have postponed or canceled upcoming events.
If you are planning to attend an event or concert in the upcoming months, be sure to stay up to date with the news, to see if changes are being made! As well as updates on any of the above events, that you might have purchased a ticket for.
For real-time cancelation/postpone updates check Billboard's website!
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