Stevie Nicks postpones remaining 2021 exhibits as a consequence of COVID-19
Stevie Nicks introduced on Tuesday that she is cancelling her remaining 2021 efficiency dates as a consequence of COVID-19. The singer was set to play at a number of festivals, together with the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Competition, which has been postponed altogether.
“These are difficult occasions with difficult selections that must be made,” Nicks mentioned in a press release posted on Instagram. “I need everybody to be protected and wholesome and the rising COVID circumstances must be of concern to all of us.”
“Whereas I am vaccinated, at my age, I’m nonetheless being extraordinarily cautious and for that cause have determined to skip the 5 performances I had deliberate for 2021,” the 73-year-old mentioned.
“As a result of singing and performing have been my complete life, my major aim is to maintain wholesome so I can proceed singing for the following decade or longer,” the assertion continued. “I am devastated and I do know the followers are dissatisfied, however we are going to look in the direction of a brighter 2022.”
Along with the New Orleans set in October, Nicks was additionally booked for Jazz Aspen Competition in Colorado, Austin Metropolis Limits Music Competition and BottleRock Napa Valley in California.
She was changed by nation singer Chris Stapleton because the headliner of the BottleRock pageant.
On Sunday, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Competition introduced it will postpone the annual occasion from October to April. Along with Nicks, the Rolling Stones had been set to play.
Nicks and the Rolling Stones each pulled out of the New Orleans pageant in 2019. Nicks’ band Fleetwood Mac was wrapping up its 50-plus metropolis tour, however she wanted to cancel the present as she reportedly battled the flu. Rolling Stones canceled due to Mick Jagger’s coronary heart surgical procedure.
Nicks was presupposed to make up the efficiency in 2020, however the jazz pageant was postponed an entire 12 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2021, it was postponed once more to October.
The postponements come because the Delta variant continues to quickly unfold all through the U.S. Greater than a 12 months after the pandemic began and months after vaccines had been rolled out, circumstances are nonetheless climbing, with 184,346 new circumstances reported on Tuesday, in line with knowledge compiled by Johns Hopkins.
Solely 51% of the U.S. inhabitants has been totally vaccinated and hospitals report the overwhelming majority of their COVID-19 circumstances are unvaccinated individuals.
Alabama and Louisiana are among the many states which have seen a few of most extreme COVID-19 surges up to now this summer season. Louisiana had one of many lowest vaccination charges, however final week pictures accelerated 84%. Likewise, Alabama elevated 100%. Nebraska and Minnesota additionally noticed a big enhance in vaccinations.
