2021 Tour Cancellations...

A sad and expected (by me, at least) report from my friends at MetalSucks that tour cancellations are already starting for 2021. Monster Magnet called off their early 2021 run. It was rescheduled once already and I think they made the right call here to just refund money to their fans. MetalSucks writes:

Monster Magnet, to their credit, aren’t deluding themselves that concerts will be possible in January. Even if shows are miraculously allowed to take place by then — amidst what is expected to be a winter resurgence of Covid-19 on top of the fact that the disease never went away in many places to begin with — what would those shows even look like? High-level tours can’t make a profit without big-money “anchor dates” in cities like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles subsidizing small-dollar-earning or loss-bearing shows in less populated markets, and those places won’t be hosting shows any time soon. What’s more, bands and venues alike can’t make the dollars work if they’re limited to 25% or even 50% capacity. And all that assumes fans will be willing to venture out to enclosed, poorly-ventilated venues to begin with.

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— MetalSucks (@metalsucks) September 17, 2020