The coronavirus pandemic led many artists to change their tour plans, particularly those that were scheduled for Europe and Asia.
The entire dates of Pearl Jam, Green Day, Whitesnake, and others have been postponed while Sons of Apollo and Bryan Adams were on the verge of tours when they had to cancel.
Additionally, Queen + Adam Lambert’s date in Paris was rescheduled, and while Van Morrison found a creative way around the suggestion of banning gatherings of more than 1,000 in France.
Not only that the virus affected tour dates of many acts, but also the festival industry such as the entire South by Southwest Conference and Festivals — which Ozzy Osbourne and Trent Reznor are set to make appearances — canceled for the first time in its more than 3 decades history. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival also rescheduled its annual event for six months.
Below are also the list of acts and festivals that were affected by the global pandemic.
- The Black Crowes’ – Shake Your Money Maker 30th anniversary reunion tour
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Sammy Hagar feat. Whitesnake and Night Ranger
- Steely Dan and Steve Winwood’s – Earth After Hours tour
- Primus – 2020 A Tribute to Kings tour
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- The Steve Miller Band feat. country legend Marty Stuart
- Elton John – Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour
- The Big Rock Summer Tour feat. Ratt, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, Skid Row, and Slaughter
- Dead & Company
- Bon Jovi
- Jazz Fest 2020 “Will Not Occur”
- James Taylor and Jackson Browne
- Ringo Starr
- The Who
- Roger Water – This Is Not a Drill Tour
- Eagles – Hotel California 2020 tour
- Lindsey Buckingham
- Metallica – 2020 South America Tour
- Tesla – 2020 North American Tour
- Tool
- ZZ Top
- Rolling Stones
- Foo Fighters – Van Tour 2020
- Elton John – 2020 North American Tour
- David Lee Roth – Las Vegas residency
- Sebastian Bach – 30th anniversary of Skidrow’s debut album
- Black Label Society – 2020 North American Tour
- Foreigner
- Alice Cooper – 2020 North American Tour
- Kansas – March Tour Dates
- Styx
- Kiss
- Billy Joel
- Live Nation Entertainment and AEG Presents
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- Bob Weir
- Yes
- Big Ears Festival
- Sammy Hagar and the Circle
- Santana
- Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy
- Sons of Apollo
- Whitesnake – Flesh & Blood tour of Japan
- Slipknot
- Queen + Adam Lambert
- South by Southwest
- Pearl Jam
- Bret Michaels
- Bryan Adams
- Van Morrison
- Coachella
- Guns N’ Roses
- Rage Against the Machine