Dan + Shay Cancel Their Stagecoach Set and Postpone Tour Due to Coronavirus: 'It's a Strange Time'
Country duo Dan + Shay are canceling their set at Stagecoach and postponing the spring leg of The (Arena) Tour due to the coronavirus.
The California country music festival was originally scheduled for April, but earlier this week it was postponed until October amid concerns about the growing coronavirus pandemic. In a Twitter statement on Wednesday, band members Shay Mooney and Dan Smyers explained that the rescheduled dates conflict with their previously announced tour, which kicked off earlier this month in Nashville.
“To our fans: we are bummed to announce that we will no longer be performing at Stagecoach this year due to its rescheduled date falling inside of our previously announced tour,” the band said in the statement. “We tried our best to move things around, but the logistics were simply not possible.”
💔 @Stagecoach 💔 pic.twitter.com/Ymh4JIn0gT
— Dan + Shay (@DanAndShay) March 11, 2020
“We apologize to our fans in Southern California, and promise to make it up to you soon,” the duo continued, adding that fans should still go to the festival despite their absence. “We still encourage you to attend the festival in October, because the lineup is amazing. While we are saddened to not be a part of it, we are grateful for the folks at Goldenvoice and AEG, who are keeping the health and safety of residents, fans, and artists as top priority.”
Mooney, 28, and Smyers, 32, concluded the statement by adding, “Stagecoach is one of our favorite shows to play, and we truly wish we could be there to enjoy the weekend with all of you.”
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Terry Wyatt/Getty Dan + Shay
The duo are also postponing the spring leg of Dan + Shay The (Arena) Tour. Fans with previously purchased tickets can rest assured that their stubs will be honored for the new dates shared down below. They announced the news of the health-related rescheduling in a statement released on Thursday.
“Well, here we are. March 12, 2020, sitting in a bus parked outside Wells Fargo Center, making a statement we never thought we’d have to make,” they began. “After the mandatory postponement of our Philadelphia show, and several others in the coming weeks, we have made the collective decision (with our team and health officials) to postpone the spring leg of The (Arena) Tour.”
“These shows mean the world to us, and it was important that they be postponed and not canceled, but more than the shows, our fans mean the world to us, and protecting their safety is the number one priority,” Dan + Shay wrote. “We want the shows to be memorable, and not experienced with fear.”
Dan + Shay went on to express their gratitude to fans for their support and further emphasized that fans with previously purchased tickets will still be able to access the later shows.
“Thank you all for your patience and understanding,” they wrote. “It is a strange, strange time for all of us, but we felt this was the right thing to do. Previously purchased tickets will be honored at all rescheduled dates. We hope everyone can make it. Keep an eye on venue websites for further information and updates. Stay safe out there.”
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The complete list of updated dates for the rescheduled spring leg of Dan + Shay The (Arena) Tour is below:
Date City Venue
July 30, 2020 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
July 31, 2020 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
August 1, 2020 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
August 6, 2020 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
August 7, 2020 Grand Rapids, MI The Van Andel Arena
August 8, 2020 Oro-Medonte, ON Burl’s Creek Event Grounds
August 13, 2020 Omaha, NE CHI Health Center
August 14, 2020 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
August 15, 2020 Chicago, IL United Center
August 21, 2020 Calgary, AB Prairie Wind Park
August 28, 2020 Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum
August 29, 2020 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
September 10, 2020 Greenville, SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena
September 11, 2020 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
September 12, 2020 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex
September 17, 2020 North Little Rock, AR Simmons Bank Arena
September 18, 2020 St Louis, MO Enterprise Center
September 19, 2020 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena
September 24, 2020 Washington DC Capital One Arena
September 25, 2020 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
September 26, 2020 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena
September 28, 2020 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
October 1, 2020 Orlando, FL Amway Center
October 2, 2020 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena
October 3, 2020 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
October 5, 2020 Indianapolis, IN Bankers Life Fieldhouse
October 8, 2020 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
October 9, 2020 Boston, MA TD Garden
October 10, 2020 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
October 11, 2020 Hershey, PA GIANT Center
October 15, 2020 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
October 16, 2020 Salt Lake City, UT Vivint Smart Home Arena
October 17, 2020 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena
October 21, 2020 Glendale, AZ Gila River Arena
October 23, 2020 San Francisco, CA Chase Center
October 24, 2020 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
October 29, 2020 Boise, ID Boise State University – Extra Mile Arena
October 30, 2020 Portland, OR MODA Center
October 31, 2020 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome