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Treefort Music Fest Postponed As Coronavirus Outbreak Intensifies

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The five-day Idaho music festival will shift from original dates in March to take place in September
Onaje McDowelle
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Mar 11, 2020 - 1:06 pm

As the music industry continues to grapple with the widespread effects of COVID-19's spread, Downtown Boise's Treefort Music Fest has officially announced that the sprawling five-day fest will be pushed back from its original dates in March to a later date in September. Whereas the festival was originally set to take place from March 25–29, it has now been rescheduled for September 23–27 dates.

The news follows a domino effect of concert, event and festival cancellations and postponements that have taken place around the world as a result of the Coranavirus outbreak, including Coachella, SXSW and Ultra Music Festival.

On Wednesday (March 11), the multi-venue Idaho-based festival took to social media to announce its postponement.

"With support from The City of Boise and Central District Health, postponing the festival is the best option for the Treasure Valley, the far-reaching Treefort community and the individuals and organizations that support Treefort Music Fest," they wrote. "To all the amazing artists that are scheduled for Treefort 2020, we know how uncertain things feel and are doing all that we can to make sure you are supported; we will reach out to you as soon as we can and we can’t wait to see you in September.” Further, the festival promised to use the next six months to create an even better experience around the event."

Treefort's original lineup included GRAMMY-nominated headliner Calexico, as well as Chromatics and Japanese Breakfast. Other artists set to play the fest were Omar Apollo, Grouplove, Tennis, Peter Bjorn and John and others. Whether lineups are subject to change due to the festival's new dates has yet to be determined.

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Radiohead, Hinds, Arctic Monkeys & More To Have Special Releases For #LoveRecordStoresDay

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Albums from Flume, Black Pumas, Hinds, John Lennon and Yoko Ono also to take part in the initiative to support record stores in the U.K.
Jennifer Velez
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May 21, 2020 - 1:22 pm

Radiohead, Belle and Sebastian, Arctic Monkeys, Oasis and more will have special record releases for the United Kingdom's recently announced Love Record Stores day happening on what was to be the rescheduled Record Store Day 2020.

Several of the special releases will be made available at 9 a.m. local time at participating shops' websites. Flume's self-titled album, Black Pumas's self-titled album, Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool, Hinds' Leave Me Alone, John Lennon & Yoko Ono's The Wedding Album, are among records being sold during the initiative. The event's website said more special releases could be announced.

Love Record Stores day aims to support record stores after Record Store Day 2020 had to postpone its original date of April 18 to June 20 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Record Store Day was rescheduled again and drops are now happening on August 29, September 26, October 24. 

The event is partnering with record labels to feature limited edition records, they said on their website: "To ensure that this hugely important, annual opportunity to highlight the work of record stores remains active this summer, #loverecordstores is partnering with a wide range of record labels who have already pledged to make special, limited edition releases available via over 130 independent record stores’ online platforms on June 20th."

Love Record Stores day will also feature a variety of livestream performances and DJ sets. Rock singer, musician and The Charlatans vocalist Tim Burgess was named Love Record Stores 2020 ambassador.

"So pleased to be working alongside @LoveRecsStores so we can do our best to help independent record shops during these testing times," he tweeted.

 For more information on participating stores and record releases, check out the Love Record Stores day website.

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Guns N' Roses Reschedule North American Tour Due To Coronavirus

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The run of dates scheduled to kick-off July 4 has now been pushed back
Nate Hertweck
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May 21, 2020 - 11:41 am

Guns N' Roses are the latest big-time music act to be forced to change their summer plans, announcing they have rescheduled their North American tour. The string of dates was set to begin July 4 in Milwaukee, Wis., at Summerfest.

GN'R has also cancelled their 2020 European tour, which was set to begin May 22 in Lisbon, Portugal. 

"Thank you for your understanding during this time as we look forward to coming back together very soon,” the band wrote in a post.

The Not In This Lifetime Tour, which Guns N' Roses launched in 2016, has become the No. 3 highest-grossing tour in history according to Billboard Boxscore.

Fans can pick up a special edition t-shirt from the band's merch store with 100 percent proceeds from sales going to benefit the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund.

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Jazz Foundation Of America’s "#TheNewGig Live" To Feature Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello, Jon Batiste & More

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Donations collected throughout the special one-night stream will directly benefit JFA’s Coronavirus Musicians’ Fund
Onaje McDowelle
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May 14, 2020 - 4:18 pm

As a benefit to the Jazz Foundation of America’s COVID-19 Musicians’ Fund, the organization will host its livestreamed benefit concert, #TheNewGig Live, tonight (May 14) beginning at 8 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. The one-night special event is slated to see performances from GRAMMY-winning and nominated artists Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Jon Batiste and others.

In addition to being hosted by comedian Keegan-Michael Key, the two-hour stream will also include appearances from other celebrity guests like Bruce Willis, Danny Glover and Rosie Perez. The program will feature archival footage of live shows and performances by other GRAMMY-winners and nominees like Brittany Howard, Herbie Hancock, Patti Smith, and August Greene (Common, Robert Glasper, and Karriem Riggins). Additional artists set to perform include Robert Cray and Angelique Kidjo.

For fans unable to catch the event in real-time, the livestream will be re-broadcasted at 10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time and will be made available online for viewing for 24 hours. You can stream the event here.

More information on donating to the foundation and their COVID-19 relief efforts can be found here.

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The Black Keys’ ‘Let’s Rock’ Tour Canceled Due To COVID-19

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The 35-date U.S. tour, originally set to kick off in July and run through September, has been scrapped concerning the health and safety of fans and crew members
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May 12, 2020 - 1:35 pm

Four-time GRAMMY-winning rock duo The Black Keys have officially announced the cancelation of their upcoming "Let’s Rock" tour, titled after the band’s 2019 album of the same name and their first full-length offering since 2014. Consisting of artists Dan Auerbach on guitar and vocals and Patrick Carney on drums, the Keys’ ultimately cited new health and safety concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic as grounds for canceling the dates altogether. 

Originally set to kick off on Aug. 7 in Seattle and run through September with stops in Denver, Austin, Chicago, Salt Lake City and more, the nationwide summer tour would have featured The Black Keys performing alongside supporting acts in Gary Clark Jr., Yola, Jessy Wilson, Allah Las and The Marcus King Band. 

Addressing the decision to nix the shows in a tweet, the "Lonely Boy" performers wrote, "We are very disappointed to let you know the US ‘Let's Rock’ Summer tour is no longer happening. We were looking forward to seeing you all out there, but the health and safety of our fans and crew has to take priority." They continued, adding, "We hope to see you all soon. Please stay safe!"

Last month, the band also announced the cancelation of their Canadian tour dates which were set to take place this May. 

Regarding ticket relief options, refunds for the highly anticipated tour are being issued in full at the point of purchase. The band stated that ticket holders would be emailed directly with all refunding options. For more information on ticket refunds, visit LiveNation’s COVID-19 ticket refund plan here. 

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