Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, Mike & Moonpies Dates Postponed
UPDATE (3-13-20 11:30 CDT):
Additional dates on the Sturgill Simpson / Tyler Childers tour have been postponed or rescheduled. Here is a full list:
Mar 13 – Hampton, VA – Hampton Coliseum – CANCELLED
Mar 14 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met – CANCELLED
Mar 15 – Washington D.C. – The Anthem – Rescheduled to May 17th
Mar 16 – Washington D.C. – The Anthem – Rescheduled to May 18th
Mar 18 – Toronto, ON – Coca-Cola Coliseum – CANCELLED
Read original article below.
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The amount of cancellations tied to the Coronavius outbreak can be dizzying to keep up with, even within the confines of the independent country and roots realm. But a few important cancellations are worthy of note.
Though most of the dates for the big Sturgill Simpson/Tyler Childers “A Look Look’n” arena tour are still moving forward, The Anthem in Washington, D.C. has just postponed both the sold-out show on March 15th, and the show on March 16th due to Coronavirus concerns.
“D.C.’s Mayor Bowser has just recommended that gatherings of 1,000 or more people be suspended until March 31,” the venue said on Wednesday (3/11). “After tonight, to be cautious, we are postponing all I.M.P. events scheduled at The Anthem. Shows will begin again April 1.”
There is no news at the moment of when the dates might be rescheduled. Saving Country Music has checked with all the other venues on the current Sturgill Simpson/Tyler Childers tour, and all other shows on the are moving forward as scheduled at this time.
However, the show at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH on March 20th says they are monitoring the situation. “We are monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in our community and are in continual contact with local, state and federal partners. Our top priority is always the health and safety of guests, fans and staff. At this time, this event is proceeding as planned. We continue to monitor the situation.”
The Nationwide Arena is the same venue the Zac Brown Band was scheduled to play on Friday, March 13th, but the event has been canceled along with the entire spring leg of Zac Brown’s current “The Owl Tour” due to Coronavirus concerns.
Mike and the Moonpies have been forced to cancel all the dates of their upcoming European tour due to the the Coronavirus outbreak. There are fourteen dates in all (see below). “The band is deeply disappointed about this news and currently working with Sedate Bookings to reschedule the dates in October and November 2020. Newly rescheduled dates include shows in Amsterdam, NL on October 29th at Paradiso and London, UK on November 22 at Omerara.”
Mike & the Moonpies Postponed/Cancelled Dates:
March 25 London, UK The Islington
March 26 Groningen, NL Der Aa-Theater
March 27 Malmö, SWE Folk å Rock
March 28 Stockholm SWE Bryggarsalen Konferens
March 30 Göteborg, SWE Pustervik
April 1 Oslo, NO Krøsset
April 2 Trondheim, NO Bar Moskus
April 3 Borlänge, SWE Broken Dreams Auditorium
April 4 Hultsfred, SWE Hotell Hulingen
April 7 Norderstedt, GE Music Star
April 9 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso
April 10 Schijndel, NL Paaspop**
April 11 Lint, BE Het Groot Verzet
April 12 Venlo, NL Grenswerk**
** – Cancelled
These are just some of the many cancelled tour dates in the country and roots realm. On March 10th, Goldenvoice announced that both Coachella, and its country counterpart Stagecoach will be moved to the fall due to Coronavirus concerns. Stagecoach will now take place the weekend of October 23rd. Rodeo Houston has also postponed the rest of the season that was scheduled to run until March 22nd. Similar to the cancellation of SXSW in Austin, it came via a decision by the mayor, not by the organization itself. However unlike Austin, the Houston area has numerous cases of Coronavirus tied to community spread.
Kane Brown, Cody Johnson, Jon Pardi, Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Chris Stapleton, Brad Paisley, and Luke Bryan were all scheduled to perform at Rodeo Houston in the coming days.
Some events still moving forward are Rodeo Austin, as well as numerous unofficial events tied to SXSW week in the Austin area. Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion at his ranch outside of Austin has confirmed they will be proceeding on Thursday, March 19th, along with many other unofficial events. Saving Country Music is currently compiling a directory of the unofficial SXSW events still moving forward relevant to the country and roots realm.
Beyond the SXSW time period, Old Settler’s Fest set to take place April 16-19 just outside of Austin says they are also planning to move forward, but are continuing to monitor the situation.
March 11, 2020 @ 6:38 pm
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March 11, 2020 @ 6:51 pm
I have a ticket to Sturgill & Tyler’s show in Southaven, MS on March 22 & I’d feel a lot better if it was postponed.
March 11, 2020 @ 7:51 pm
Jon Pardi is supposed to be here Tuesday to play our small private St.Patricks Day Pardi.
I hope it doesn’t get cancelled. It’s only 400 people at Joe’s On Weed. I’m not sure where the line is drawn anymore after the last few days. Is it possible every bar gig gets cancelled until further notice too? My favorite line in life long before this was “where do you draw the line at ridiculousness?” I guess we’re going to see. By the way I do video engineering/graphics for industrial trade shows/conferences for a living. 99% of all my shows other than small local ones have been canceled. Meaning zero income 🙁 But if there’s a bar open and a band playing Country I’ll be there.
March 11, 2020 @ 8:32 pm
Most counties and municipalities that are restricting gatherings are doing it by crowd size. Aside from Austin where many of the clubs and bars blocked out time to host official SXSW festivities and are now scrambling, bards might be the ones that fare the best through this. Then again, if everyone’s afraid to leave their house, it may not much matter. Perhaps bigger acts start playing small clubs with patrons getting their temperatures checked at the door, and then broadcast the show online. I really have no idea where this thing is headed. We’re in uncharted territory.
March 11, 2020 @ 7:52 pm
Trigger,
You might want to kill me for this…
Going to try and tie it in, segue to what is happening in the music industry economically, and economically around the globe.
Have been bothered the last few days, due to a seemingly endless mass hysteria campaign, and the fact that despite a pandemic now having been declared, Disney, U.S., remains actively untouched.
Oh, Chapek and Iger maintain that there are concerns, however …
This whole thing reeks of politics to me, & yes, here we go again, the billions upon billions of dollars that will be made in the pharmaceutical industry, on yet another vaccine.
Before anyone starts,
a large population of the medical field, know that the pharmaceutical companies are rampant with corruption, for the sake of acquiring more $$$$$.
Look up Fauci, Dr. Fauci, of the NIH, the late Edward (Ted) Kennedy, the Clintons, and Bill Gates, or more specifically, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.
Not going to argue this.
If people have questions, they are going to have to dig and do some research.
Although some bi-partisan relationships will be mentioned,
the quadrilateral relationship(s) of Fauci, Kennedy, Clinton, Gates, rather interesting, to say the least.
If history finds that corruption has led to the huge economic impacts of this very day, around the world, well then, i certainly hope we will learn, and not repeat.
March 11, 2020 @ 9:10 pm
You do you Di.
March 12, 2020 @ 7:31 am
I actually liked this reply. Not a system error. And I unliked Di’s post. That was a system error. Cheers.
March 12, 2020 @ 7:48 am
Di Harris,
I would ask that you please keep these comments on topic. The last thing I want to do is delete comments, and I believe in keeping this comments section open to a wide range of discussion. But overtly political threads can be polarizing and stifle the discussion or veer it off the road as opposed to foster it.
Thank you.
March 12, 2020 @ 9:43 am
Ok Trigger,
Sure will.
March 11, 2020 @ 7:54 pm
It would be cool to see some sort of donation based, streamed shows. Even super low key acoustic stuff, or just them hanging out. I don’t know, anything. I’d love to try and support Mike and the Moonpies especially during this. Guess it’s time to buy some merch.
March 12, 2020 @ 8:11 am
Stageit.com used to do a bunch of online shows from artists of all different mediums. Even getting to the mainstream jake Owen would do it. It doesn’t have to be a club either can just setup the connection and do it from a garage or room in the house. Craig Morgan was the last one I remember watching. Just may be a nominal cost and you can tip them as well.
March 12, 2020 @ 8:38 am
That would be cool. Could also even be as informal as streaming on Instagram or anything, and linking to a PayPal account.
March 11, 2020 @ 8:32 pm
Ohhh boy
March 11, 2020 @ 10:28 pm
It’s the right move.
Money ain’t everything.
Neither is good music.
And it’s good to see no commentary about people overreacting in the main blog like the SXSW posts. Every Tawainese and Japanese and Phillipino in my social circle has been spamming my feed with Wuhan virus updates for 2 weeks now so i’ve been known about the seriousness of this outbreak for awhile now.
Support your favorite artists in other ways, like on their social medias and on their online merch shops and keep those hands clean.
March 12, 2020 @ 3:05 am
Aw man. I’m destine never to see Mike & The Moonpies.
Have (had) tickets to the London show… I’m moving to Mexico City in May (where apparently no country acts play). What a bummer.
March 12, 2020 @ 4:45 am
Glad to see some semblance of sanity with regards to this. Looking back 100+ years to the last pandemic for precedents isn’t really helpful, other than to understand how bad the outcome can be–even in an era with exponentially less long-distance travel. What seems to make the most sense in all the clamor is a sort of multi-prong approach: travel bans, social distancing, disinfection, and personal hygiene; with the goal being to minimize/stretch out the peak of cases in order to minimize shortages of healthcare resources. Failing to deal with all the known factors doesn’t really kick the legs out from underneath the thing, and it unwisely ignores any lessons learned from China, Italy, etc.If it turns out that it puts more people into bars and clubs then that is a good thing in my book. Hopefully it will break the demand for all these high-priced arena shows where the money gets concentrated with the top artists and you get to try to hear the show from your distant seat over the din of the giant sing-along.Pay for local acts in bars/clubs in equivalent dollars is actually less now than it was 30 years ago. Maybe this will change that.
March 12, 2020 @ 5:25 am
Pretty sure our Governor is going to put the kibosh on that Nationwide Arena show sometime today. The Blue Jackets pretty much gave him the middle finger on his recommendation so he’s come out and said he’s going to require them to follow it. We are glad they are using the word “postponed” instead of “cancelled”
March 12, 2020 @ 6:30 am
Cody Jinks had to cancel his northeast shows this morning as well. Hoping to reschedule.
March 12, 2020 @ 6:32 am
I had tickets for Sunday’s Sturgill/TC show in DC that’s cancelled. Still hoping to see Whitey and Lucero at back-to-back shows in Chattanooga first weekend in April even though that one involves air travel.
March 12, 2020 @ 8:48 am
Me, too. Was leaning toward not going when I saw announcement. Not a young man, for starters. Still have my eye on a couple of Birchmere shows (e.g., James McMurtry, Molly Tuttle). We’ll see.
March 12, 2020 @ 9:33 am
It seems like the most common way the virus is spread may be by people who are infected and haven’t yet shown symptoms (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/mar/12/coronavirus-most-infections-spread-by-people-yet-to-show-symptoms-scientists ).
If this is the case, then waiting until your community actually has known cases would be far too late.
March 12, 2020 @ 10:38 am
I have tickets for Friday, March 13th. Does this mean concert or NO concert?
March 12, 2020 @ 10:43 am
If you’re talking about Hampton, VA, right now that show is still on. But I would check before you leave the house. Cancellations are being announced left and right throughout the music world.
March 12, 2020 @ 12:04 pm
I have tickets for March 20th Sturgill simpson amd tyler childers in toronto canada, any idea where i can check to see if it is cancelled or has it already been cancelled?
March 12, 2020 @ 1:10 pm
With LiveNation and AEG suspending all major tours (AEG promotes this one), there is a good chance there will be no more appearances on this tour. I am working to confirm this.
March 12, 2020 @ 3:36 pm
Toronto Sturg/TC show cancelled…. per Coca-Cola coliseum website. ????????????
March 12, 2020 @ 5:17 pm
St Louis show March 21 cancelled. Arena is trying to reschedule.
March 13, 2020 @ 6:17 am
As expected the Governor of Ohio ordered a ban yesterday on all gatherings of 100 people or more. So why isn’t the Columbus show cancelled yet???
March 14, 2020 @ 6:08 am
any word yet on the show March 28, in atx. I know the ACL live taping was cancelled on March 24 but I can’t find any news on the 28th at the Frank Erwin center!