The International Jazz Day 2020, an annual music event that is usually held on April 30 is the new addition to the list of events that were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The festival organizers, however, are looking at the possibility of pursuing the celebration with major protocol changes. To avoid gathering of crowds, the organizers persuaded artists do live performance in their accounts for their fans to watch. The live stream will be included in the festival according to Billboard.
This year's International Jazz Day is supposed to be held in Cape Town in South Africa. The organizers will release details about the proposed live stream and additional programming. Meanwhile, the organizers in almost 200 countries around the world who had registered in the event were urged to participate in the festival's virtual programming.
Jazz musician and UNESCO Goodwill ambassador Herbie Hancock released a press release urging the jazz community to help those in frontlines in battling the coronavirus.
Other Events Affected by the Coronavirus
Aside from the International Jazz Day, some concerts and music festivals were postponed or rescheduled to avoid any massive crowd that is now being banned to avoid the spreading of the disease. This includes the shows of Camila Cabello, Dua Lipa, and Billie Eilish; and events like Coachella and SXSW.
Here are the lists of other music events whose schedule was affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
1.) Josh Groban
Groban moved his Great Big Radio City Show in Manhattan from April 18 to October 5.
2.) The Rolling Stones
The legendary British band postponed their North America tour from May 8 to July 5. The places will be in San Diego to Atlanta. The rescheduled date is not yet released.
3.) Rage Against the Machine
The band postponed their reunion concert tour's first leg from March 26 - May 20. Their July and August schedules are not affected.
4.) Lynryd Skynyrd
The band announced that they will reschedule their March tours due to the virus, according to Deadline.
5.) Carnegie Hall
Due to the imposed quarantine rules in New York City, the Carnegie Hall cancels all of its events until May 10.
6.) Santana
Santana canceled its European leg of their tour titled Miraculous World. The tour was set to go to 13 countries from March 14 to April 5.
7.) Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam postponed their Gigaton Tour's first leg. The tickets that already released will be honored on the rescheduled date. They were supposed to have their first tour in Toronto on March 18 and in Frankfurt, Germany on June 23.
8.) Green Day
Green Day postponed its Asian leg of their Hella Mega Tour originally slated this month.
9.) Buckcherry
The band postponed all their March shows at the Rose in Pasadena, Canyon Santa Clarita and The Canyon Montclair. They haven't released a new schedule.
10.) Aaron Neville
Neville's concerts that was supposed to be done last March 13 and 14 were rescheduled from September 12 and 13 in Pasadena and Canyon Montclair.
