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”Our hope is that our pro-active stance encourages people to do the right thing and get vaccinated.”

”Live events is one of the best prepared, best equipped, most experienced industries in America to manage and control large crowds in a rapid, organized fashion,” a letter to President Biden reads. ”Moving people in, out, and around a public gathering space swiftly and safely is the foundation of our industry.”

The 2020 edition of Coachella, which had been postponed from April to October due to the coronaviru and had already not seemed too likely to happen, has now been canceled...

'Bloomberg' reports that ”people familiar with the matter” say the festival is asking this year's acts to rescheduled for 2021.

While we've already see a socially distanced Arkansas show and drive-in concerts and festivals, it seems a return to large, crowded events like full-scale festivals, arena shows, or even packed club shows are still a ways away.

The 30-day window will begin May 1 and will only be available for shows that have already announced rescheduled dates. If something has just been ”postponed” with no new date, ticket holders will will get 30 days to request a refund once the new date has been announced.

”The network of what AEG owns makes it close to impossible to do a mass boycott of all venues/festivals which are tied to” AEG owner Philip Anshutz, who is known to donate to anti-LGBT and other right wing causes.

”We are currently working with the City of Seattle and Seattle Center, to create a new model for Bumbershoot,” organizers One Reel say in a statement.

Parent company AEG hopes to revive the festival next year in the place where it was originally envisioned: Queens' Flushing Meadow Corona Park.

Danny Wimmer recently announced the Sonic Temple (which replaces Rock on the Range) and Epicenter (which replaces Carolina Rebellion) festivals. Rock on the Range and Carolina Rebellion were co-owned by Wimmer and AEG, who have filed a lawsuit against him for ”stealing” the festivals...