{"id":807401,"date":"2020-05-13T11:23:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T17:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=998894"},"modified":"2020-05-13T11:23:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T17:23:28","slug":"slipknot-cancel-2020-tour-dates-because-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/slipknot-cancel-2020-tour-dates-because-of-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Slipknot Cancel 2020 Tour Dates Because of Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Slipknot.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/slipknot\/\" id=\"auto-tag_slipknot\" data-tag=\"slipknot\">Slipknot<\/a> have canceled their tour dates for summer 2020 due to ongoing concerns over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/coronavirus\/\" id=\"auto-tag_coronavirus\" data-tag=\"coronavirus\">coronavirus<\/a> pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a statement on social media, the band said the cancellations will effect the North American and U.K. legs of their Knotfest Roadshow festival, while their August cruise, Knotfest at Sea, will be postponed. Ticket holders to the Knotfest shows will receive an e-mail regarding refund options, while postponement info will be sent to those set to attend Knotfest at Sea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe band looks forward to performing for its fans again,\u201d Slipknot wrote, \u201cand will do so when everyone\u2019s safety can be assured.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"3.25\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LqxwAd1hEj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/LqxwAd1hEj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Slipknot (@slipknot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/slipknot\/status\/1260600832342388737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Back in March, Slipknot was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/slipknot-knotfest-japan-canceled-whitesnake-coronavirus-962564\/\">forced to call off its Knotfest Japan<\/a> dates because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/covid-19\/\" id=\"auto-tag_covid-19\" data-tag=\"covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a>. Over the past two months, Knotfest has hosted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/megadeth-livestream-knotfest-978094\/\">weekly streaming series<\/a> that\u2019s featured archival concerts from artists like Slipknot, Megadeth, Lamb of God and Trivium. Earlier this month, Slipknot\u2019s Corey Taylor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/slipknot-corey-taylor-auction-guitar-covid-19-relief-990513\/\">auctioned off 13 guitars<\/a> from his personal collection to raise money for Direct Relief\u2019s COVID-19 response efforts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3>Popular on Rolling Stone<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/slipknot-cancel-2020-tour-dates-coronavirus-998894\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slipknot have canceled their tour dates for summer 2020 due to ongoing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement on social media, the band said the cancellations will effect the North American and U.K. legs of their Knotfest Roadshow festival, while their August cruise, Knotfest at Sea, will be postponed. Ticket holders to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-807401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 05:51:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}