cancellations

"'The show must go on" is in our DNA," SXSW says in a statement, "and this is the first time in 34 years that the March event will not take place. We are now working through the ramifications of this unprecedented situation."

”Today the threat of community spread is low [in Austin], but we are prepared for that to happen here,” a doctor with Austin Public Health said in a press conference yesterday.

We're really sad to hear the news that the awesome Texas festival Sound on Sound is cancelling its 2017 edition "due to several recent roadblocks outside of [their] control." Here's the full statement...

Swedish black metal vets Marduk are no strangers to nazi accusations, and those accusations were brought back up during the band's recent US tour with Incantation. Their Austin show was protested by a Black Lives Matter group and their Oakland show was cancelled...

The reunited band had to cancel all dates due to a family health emergency.

This morning it was announced that Lauryn Hill will be taking D'Angelo's place on the Fun Fun Fun Fest lineup after D'Angelo's performance was cancelled "due to illness...

Modest Mouse fans @ Firefly (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Out with the Death, in with the M's and Murder. (Though we still have DEATH from Above 1979 who released a new song today...

TODAY IN HANDWRITTEN LETTERS 1) Death Grips breaks up, cancels all shows. 2) Fun Fun Fun Fest responds: DEAR DEATH GRIPS...

James Blake in Chicago earlier this month (more by Brigid Gallagher) Earlier this year, James Blake had to postpone all three of his Texas dates in order to perform at the Mercury Prize ceremony (he won)...

Death Grips at FYF Fest 2013 (more by Wei Shi) As we just wrote on BrooklynVegan, in very unsurprising news, Death Grips have cancelled their upcoming appearance at Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest...