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Garth Brooks Cancels Remaining 2021 Tour Dates Due to COVID-19
Garth Brooks thought his 2021 would be more “Learning to Live Again” and less “The Fever,” but COVID-19 had other ideas. Amid surging case numbers, the country music legend has cancelled the remaining five dates on his stadium tour. The news affects concerts scheduled in Cincinnati, OH, Charlotte, NC, Boston, MA, and Baltimore, MD. Additionally, a July show in Nashville, TN that had been rained out will not be rescheduled for this year. Tickets purchased through Ticketmaster will be automatically refunded. “In July, I sincerely thought the pandemic was falling behind us,” Brooks said in a statement. “Now, watching this new wave, I realize we are still in the fight and I must do my part. I have asked the wonderful cities of Cincinnati and Charlotte to wait too long and I don’t want to now d...
Los Angeles County to Require Masks at All Major Outdoor Events
It’s been said that live music is back, but for more and more major cities, that promise comes with caveats. Today, in an effort to combat spiking COVID-19 cases, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has issued a new order requiring attendees of any major outdoor event to wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status. This requirement goes into effect on Thursday, August 19th, at 11:59 p.m. As Variety points out, the easily-transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus is now predominant in L.A. County (though a vast majority of hospitalized patients have not been vaccinated). This news follows orders issued last month, which reinstated a mask mandate for most indoor spaces, including concerts, restaurants, gyms, and more. With this new order, outdoor concerts and music fe...
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Jim Jones And DJ Khaled Reveal They Had Covid-19 [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Beanz Smalls / Bernard Beanz Smalls, Some of your favorite Rap stars now personally know the seriousness of the pandemic. Both Jim Jones and DJ Khaled have admitted they caught Covid-19. As the country faces what seems to be round 2 with the Delta Variant some of Hip-Hop’s biggest names are glad to alive. According to Blavity DJ Khaled and what seems to be his entire family contracted the virus. Over the weekend the Miami native expressed his gratitude for a full recovery and made sure to thank everyone who assisted in anyway possible. “Fanluv, all our friends and family! Thank you for your calls and prayers!” he wrote. “God is the greatest! God love us and we love God! Thank you everyone! We the best.” On the caption he namedropped a co...
Drake Had COVID-19, Says It Made His Hair Grow “Weird”
Drake’s hairline started from the bottom, now it’s “weird.” But as he explained to fans dragging him on Instagram, his follicle foibles only began after he contracted COVID-19. The revelation came after Drizzy posted a pic of himself in the booth on his Instagram stories. A few commenters pointed out that the shaved heart above his left eye was looking a little rough, with some opining that the shape seemed less cardiovascular than testicular. Drake defended himself in the comments. “I had Covid,” he wrote, “That shit grew in weird I had to start again.” He added, “it’s coming back don’t diss.” Advertisement Related Video The superstar rapper offered no other details regarding his bout with the novel coronavirus. But it’s fair to wonder if a brief illness could be at least partially respon...
“Unmute Us”: Over 450 Dutch Music Festivals to Protest Government’s COVID-19 Restrictions
In the wake of the recent extension of a ban on music festivals in the Netherlands, over 450 festival organizers have planned a protest. After months of calling for clarity from the Dutch government, it seems their patience is wearing thin as they reportedly still have not received any guidance from officials about a timeline to host multi-day events. The catalyst was the demise of Tomorrowland, whose organizers were led on for months after the government indicated a favorable outlook for the festival’s 2021 edition. However, the iconic dance music fest was forced to cancel after its request for an event permit was abruptly denied by officials. ID&T, the nation’s largest festival production entity, recently took the Dutch government to court with the hopes of rece...
Korn’s Jonathan Davis Tests Positive for COVID-19, Band Postpones and Cancels Tour Dates
Korn singer Jonathan Davis has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the nu-metal band to postpone or cancel a number of shows on their current US tour with Staind. Over the weekend, Korn announced that their Saturday show in Scranton, Pennsylvania, was postponed due to a positive COVID case within the Korn camp. On Monday (August 16th), Korn revealed that the person who contracted COVID was Davis. As a result, Korn have moved six shows, including the Scranton gig, to late September and early October. Two concerts — August 24th in Darien Center, New York, and August 25th in Syracuse, New York — have been canceled outright due to scheduling conflicts. Advertisement Related Video The full statement from Korn reads as follows: “We really appreciate your patience as we work out the next steps ...
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Live Nation Updates COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement at Concerts
Live Nation is amending its COVID-19 safety protocols amidst the surging Delta variant. Going forward, the country’s largest concert promoter will require proof of a vaccine or a negative test result for all artists, crew, and attendees at US venues and festivals. “Vaccines are going to be your ticket back to shows, and as of October 4th we will be following the model we developed for Lollapalooza and requiring this for artists, fans, and employees at Live Nation venues and festivals everywhere possible in the US,” said Live Nation president and CEO Michael Rapino in a statement. Live Nation had previously said it would allow artists to choose whether they would enforce the proof of vaccine or negative test requirement. Now, the live music behemoth is taking the decision out of artist...
Remote Work Highlights the Real Problems with Paper-Based Processes
Image sourced from Pazo. Despite the rapid move towards remote work during the pandemic, even COVID-19 hasn’t been able to kill off paper in the enterprise. The result is that most businesses are facing the twin challenges of ensuring that remote employees manage hardcopy documents with due regard for security and making it easy for them to share documents with each other in remote or hybrid working environments. This is according to Robert Crowther, CEO of FCTEC, a specialist in digitisation and electronic content management solutions. He says that despite years of hype about the paperless office, paper has endured because there are still many business processes that depend on paper being signed and scanned to comply with legislation. What’s more, most businesses also have many important ...
AEG to Require Proof of Vaccination At All U.S. Festivals, Including Coachella and Stagecoach
AEG Presents announced today that it will be requiring proof of vaccination for entry into its owned and operated clubs, theaters, and festivals. In response to the nationwide surge in coronavirus cases due to the Delta variant, the global leader in concerts and live events announced the vaccination mandate will be in effect no later than October 1st, 2021. The new policy will be implemented at the company’s venues, including Webster Hall and Brooklyn Steel in New York, The Roxy and El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, and The Theatre at Resorts World in Las Vegas. Festivals adopting the mandate include Firefly Music Festival, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Coachella Music & Arts Festival, and Stagecoach Festival, among others. According to AEG, October 1st was...
Iron Maiden Singer Bruce Dickinson Tests Positive for COVID-19
A few days after halting his spoken-word tour due to a positive COVID-19 case within his “immediate household,” Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson has revealed that he has tested positive himself. The metal legend was infected despite being vaccinated, and affirms he would be in “serious trouble” had he not gotten his shots. The 63-year-old vocalist, who battled tongue cancer in 2015, told Rolling Stone that he took a COVID test earlier this week after feeling like he was getting a cold, and that it came back positive. “I thought, ‘Oh well, shit,’” he said. “I was kind of sneezing a bit. For a couple of days, I felt a bit groggy, kind of like the flu, and that was it. And I’m 63 years old. I’ve pretty much got no doubt that had I not had the vaccine, I could be in serious trouble.” H...
Lollapalooza Was Not a Super-Spreader Event, Chicago Public Health Commissioner Says
Lollapalooza was one of the first major music festivals to return since the pandemic began, meaning that for better or worse, it acted as a test case for how the live music industry might fare over the next few months. Although the festival’s execution of safety protocols raised some eyebrows, city officials like Chicago Department of Public Health commissioner Allison Arwady says that the massive event did not cause a major spike in coronavirus cases. “We are now 14 days past the first day of Lolla and we are continuing to investigate cases of COVID,” Arwady wrote on Twitter today. “There have been no unexpected findings at this point and NO evidence at this point of ‘super-spreader’ event or substantial impact to Chicago’s COVID-19 epidemiology.” Lollapalooza required attendees to either...
