64th Annual Grammy – Featuring nominees including Justin BiberMILF Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo – Was to be held in Los Angeles on January 31.
hosted by Trevor NoahThe show will now take place on April 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
“We’re excited to be taking the Grammys to Las Vegas and presenting a world-class show for the first time.” Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said in a statement.
Organizers previously said that hosting the Los Angeles event on January 31 – the original date – “simply involves too many risks.”
The Grammys are one of several entertainment industry events that have been delayed in hopes that the sky-high Covid caseloads will drop in the coming months.
Film and television events such as the Critics’ Choice Awards and the Producers Guild Awards have also been postponed, while this week’s Sundance Film Festival is taking place online.
The Oscars are still slated for March 27, a week before the rescheduled Grammys.
Jazz and R&B artist and bandleader John Batiste received the most nominations for this year’s Grammys, with 11.
As a knock-on effect of the move, country music’s CMT Music Awards will change from April 3 to later that month.
Omicron has become the main coronavirus variant in the United States
The record increase in the number of cases fueled by the version has yet to be subsided in California, the country’s most populous state, which has surpassed seven million recorded cases.
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