BEVERLY HILLS, January 05, (THEWILL) – The 63rd Grammy Awards, otherwise known as ‘Music Biggest Night’, which was supposed to take place on January 31 at the Staples Center, will no longer hold.
The Recording Academy and the station with broadcast rights for it, CBS, say health and travel concerns are behind the decision to put back the show. Also the virus has been surging in California, the city where it has become a tradition for it to take place.
Sources say the show may be moved to March, but no one is sure and no date has been confirmed yet.
Comedian and talk show host, Trevor Noah who was supposed to host the event has no word yet on whether that has changed or the status quo remains.
For months, the Grammys have been contending with the countless complications involved in staging a major awards show amidst the pandemic. The ceremony, which usually draws a huge audience to L.A.’s Staples Center, had been planned as a largely audience-free show where only presenters and performers would be allowed on-site. Winners were expected to accept their awards remotely. But it remains to be seen how it will all play out when a new date will be formally announced.
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