COVID-19
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...
Dead & Company Announce Strict COVID-19 Guidelines for 2021 Tour
Dead & Company want to make sure the only dead people on their 2021 tour are on stage. John Mayer and the surviving members of the Grateful Dead have announced strict new COVID-19 guidelines, requiring ticket holders to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test taken within 48 hours of entry. That 48-hour window is tighter than the 72 hours allowed by other live events such as Lollapalooza or Bonnaroo. And the rules get even more restrictive for the General Admission Pit. Only vaccinated fans can partake in this part of the show, and those with just a negative test will be relocated to a non-Pit area. Since children under the age of 12 aren’t cleared for vaccination, that means that those younger kids will also not be allowed in the Pit. “Requiring vaccinations&nb...
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Chet Hanks Is an Anti-Vaxxer Despite His Parents Getting COVID-19 Last Year
Do you remember when COVID-19 went from being a scary infection to a worldwide pandemic? In the eyes of most Americans, it was right around when Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson both tested positive, meaning not even science-believing celebrities with all the money in the world could escape it. Thankfully US citizens can now get the vaccine for free to prevent serious illness from coronavirus. Yet that hasn’t stopped Chet Hanks, their infamous son, from making anti-vaxxer comments online despite his parents’ deadly health scare just last year. As Complex points out, the 31-year-old posted a video on Instagram pretending to use his influence — for some reason, Chet Hanks has more than half a million followers — to promote getting the COVID-19 vaccine. He then interrupted himself to say it was a jo...
Shots, Shots, Shots: Miami’s Club LIV Nightclub Offering Party Goers The COVID-19 Vaccine
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Thaddaeus McAdams / Getty Florida’s bonehead Governor Ron DeSantis is slacking when it comes to encouraging Floridians to get vaccinated. Miami hotspot Club LIV is stepping up big time with an unexpected promotion. Casamigos Tequila is not the only thing you can get a shot off when you party at LIV Nightclub. You can also get the COVID-19 vaccine. To help encourage younger Americans to get vaccinated against the highly contagious virus, the popular Miami destination has offered free COVID-19 vaccines to attendees outside the club. LIV, which is always frequented by Hip-Hop stars like Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, Diddy, Nicki Minaj, and many more, has begun running a pop-up vaccination site over the weekend as cases of more virulent and dangerous Delta Variant co...
Fred Durst Explain Limp Bizkit’s Tour Cancellation: “The System Is Still Very Flawed”
Over the weekend, Limp Bizkit canceled the remainder of their summer US tour, citing “an abundance of caution and concern for the safety of the band, crew and most of all the fans.” Now, Fred Durst has further expanded on the reason for the cancellation, citing the COVID-19 pandemic while still not going into specific details. Following their initial statement, both Durst and guitarist Wes Borland took to their Instagram Stories to announce that Borland did not test positive for COVID-19, as some reports had suggested. In a new statement issued today (August 10th) to Billboard, Durst explained, “In short, the system is still very flawed. 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...
‘I Am Legend’ Screenwriter Shoots Down Vaccine Conspiracy Theory
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alessandra Benedetti – Corbis / Getty Anti-vaxxers have been going crazy with conspiracy theories and using memes to convince people to refuse the COVID vaccines and instead take their chances with Tha Rona out in the jungle. But the screenwriter for I Am Legend has had enough of his film being used to push the wild conspiracy theories. Many people have begun to theorize that the vaccines would sooner or later lead to vaccinated people turning into zombies a la I Am Legend, and it’s gotten to the point where people actually believe the stupidity behind it. Hearing the nonsense and being spewed on social media and out in the streets, screenwriter Akiva Goldsman took to Twitter to respond to the conspiracy theory by stating the obvious, “Oh. My. God. I...
Jason Isbell to Require Proof of Vaccination at Shows: “If You’re Dead, You Don’t Have Any Freedoms”
Jason Isbell has a way with words, as he demonstrated on his 2020 album Reunions, and which he proved again on a new appearance on MSNBC. In conversation with Stephanie Ruhle, he explained his decision to require proof of vaccination at his concerts, saying, “If you’re dead, you don’t have any freedoms at all.” The quip came as part of a larger conversation about the resurgent threat of COVID-19 sparked by the delta variant. The singer-songwriter said he hadn’t received much pushback: “All the response I’ve gotten from people in the business has been positive, because they understand that we could go back to not working at all. And a lot of these smaller venues, they aren’t going to be able to reopen if they go through another round of shutdowns.” As he explained it, most venues ...
Slipknot’s Clown: “I’m Not Ever Going to Stop Wearing a Mask, COVID or Not”
Slipknot percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan says he will continue wearing protective face masks, even when COVID (hopefully) goes away someday. The metal musician notes that “people are filthy all over the world” as one of the reasons he will never stop masking up. Clown, of course, has been wearing a stage mask as a member of Slipknot for the past 25 years or so, but as he tells Forbes in a new interview, he’ll continue sporting a protective face mask off the stage for the rest of his life. “I’m not ever going to stop wearing a mask, COVID or not,” said Crahan. “I’ve been in this business 25 years, and people are filthy all over the world. So when I had to be in the studio and I was asked to put on a mask, it didn’t bother me, it was business as usual.” He added, “I mean I’m glad at least...
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Halts Spoken-Word Tour After Household Member Tests Positive for COVID
Bruce Dickinson has postponed the final two dates of his UK spoken-word tour after a member of the Iron Maiden singer’s household tested positive for COVID-19. The news broke via Iron Maiden’s social media accounts, which stated that a member of Dickinson’s “immediate household” had contracted the virus. Dickinson himself tested negative, but under UK government rules, he must isolate for the next 10 days. The scheduled shows tonight (August 9th) at the Birmingham Alexandra and tomorrow (August 10th) at Shepherd’s Bush Empire will be rescheduled, according to the official statement: “Due to a member of Bruce’s immediate household having tested positive for COVID-19, it is with great regret that the final two shows of his ‘Evening With’ tour cannot go ahead as planned tonight at the Birming...
Lynyrd Skynyrd Cancel Tour Dates Following Rickey Medlocke’s COVID-19 Diagnosis
Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Rickey Medlocke has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the band to cancel and postpone a number of upcoming tour dates. “Rickey is home resting and responding well to treatment,” the veteran rock band said in a brief statement following the news. Medlocke and his bandmates were slated to headline the Pro Football Hall of Fame concert alongside Brad Paisley in Canton, Ohio’s Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium on Monday night, but have withdrawn from the show. Instead, Jimmie Allen — who was originally set to open the concert — has extended his set to cover Lynyrd Skynyrd’s canceled performance. Advertisement Related Video In addition to the Pro Football Hall of Fame appearance, the country rock band have canceled upcoming tour dates of their recently relaunched fare...
2021 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Canceled Due to COVID Surge in Louisiana
The 2021 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been canceled due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in Louisiana. The popular annual event was one of many festivals expected to return this fall, but will now take place in spring 2022. The 2021 edition was set to be staged over two weekends from October 8th through 17th, and feature such acts as The Rolling Stones (who were added recently), Foo Fighters, Stevie Nicks, Dead & Company, Lizzo, Demi Lovato, Elvis Costello, and dozens more artists. The fest will now take place in 2022 over the two weekends from April 29th through May 8th. A full statement from festival organizers reads as follows: “As a result of the current exponential growth of new COVID cases in New Orleans and the region and the ongoing public health emergency, we ...
