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The Grammy awards celebrating music scheduled to hold on January 31 in Los Angeles have been postponed because of COVID-19, which has been rapidly spreading in California, US media said Tuesday.
The 63rd annual ceremony’s delay comes less than four weeks before it was ready to hold in the shadow of the pandemic that has ravaged the music industry.
The Recording Academy did not respond to multiple AFP inquiries. The organization had said the show set for late January would be mostly virtual, but yet to release specific plans.
Rolling Stone, which broke the news, reported that the ceremony’s organizers are aiming to reschedule for March.
Beyonce, Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and rapper Roddy Rich are the top nominees at the normally star-studded gala. Comedian Trevor Noah was set to host the 2021 show.
The nominations were rolled out by stars across the globe speaking via video chat. Other awards shows, like the Emmys and the Latin Grammys, have been forced to go partially or fully virtual in light of pandemic restrictions on large gatherings.
Los Angeles is now among the epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic, with hospitals reeling from record cases and residents under a stay-at-home order.
The southern California surge follows Thanksgiving and the holiday season, with reports of oxygen rationing and patients forced to spend hours waiting in ambulances for beds to open.
China’s crackdown in Hong Kong escalated dramatically on Wednesday with police arresting as many as 50 opposition figures in their largest operation since a draconian security law was imposed on […]
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