![]() The Who also added a slate of new dates to their extensive trek. ![]() The Who have added some soon-to-be Rock and Roll Hall of Fame firepower to join them on the road when the Tommy rockers bring their Who Hits 50! Tour to North America next year: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Rock Hall Class of 2015 inductees, will serve as opening act on both North American legs of the Who’s jaunt. Louis’ Scottrade Center and Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center. The band will reschedule shows at Kansas City’s Sprint Center, St. UPDATE (5/7): The Who have been forced to postpone three shows so that frontman Roger Daltrey “remain on vocal rest, due to swollen vocal cords, for the remainder of this week,” the group said in a statement. “Details on the rescheduled dates will be announced in the coming weeks,” the band’s rep wrote in a statement. The band canceled headlining performances in San Diego, Anaheim, Las Vegas and Los Angeles as well an appearance at the iHeartRadio festival on September 18th. Projections for COVID-19 deaths by mid-June have also been revised upwards.UPDATE (9/8): The Who have postponed the first four shows of the upcoming leg of their tour due to an “unspecified virus” Roger Daltrey contracted. states have begun to ease restrictions on gatherings, though there is data that suggests the infection rate is still increasing in most states. The respiratory disease the virus causes, COVID-19, has been blamed for more than 94,000 deaths.Īll 50 U.S. The novel coronavirus has infected at least 1.5 million people in the United States. Gatherings of over 10 people are also discouraged for "organizations that serve higher-risk populations." The CDC has recommended the cancellation or modification of any "community-wide gatherings" of more than 250 people. ![]() Michaels, a type 1 diabetic in a COVID-19 high risk category, canceled some appearances in early-March due to virus concerns. Poison's Bret Michaels and Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee have each expressed uncertainty as to whether the tour will happen. The four bands on the tour released a joint statement earlier this month, telling fans they would have "an official update" by June 1. ![]() But obviously, that means testing and all that stuff. "I can't make decisions for other people as well," she said. I don't really have that right to mess with their lives like that."Ĭonsidering all the money involved and all the jobs at stake, Jett added that canceling the 'Stadium Tour' isn't "an easy decision." People all over are struggling for various reasons, and many understandably don't feel safe in a crowd. "I wouldn't feel comfortable putting the band or my crew in that position. "I would not feel comfortable doing that - I just wouldn't," she told Volume, when asked about the idea of playing a stadium show absent a major breakthrough in the fight against the pandemic. Jett doesn't believe moving forward with the tour is a good idea, assuming it will even be legal given varying restrictions on large gatherings in many states. The tour also features Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and as of this writing (May 22) it is still scheduled to begin June 18 in Jacksonville, Florida. Almost every major summer tour in the world has been cancelled or postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, except Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard's co-headlining 'Stadium Tour.'
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