2022 Grammy Awards Ceremony Postponed Indefinitely Attributable to Omicron Considerations – EDM.com

With the Omicron variant of COVID-19 reportedly reaching 1 million every day cases, The Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the sixty fourth annual Grammy Awards. The ceremony was scheduled to happen on Monday, January thirty first, 2022.

In a joint assertion launched by The Recording Academy and CBS, they cited “uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant” because the driving issue behind the transfer.

“After cautious consideration and evaluation with metropolis and state officers, well being and security specialists, the artist group and our many companions, the Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the sixty fourth Annual GRAMMY Awards Present,” the assertion reads. “The well being and security of these in our music group, the dwell viewers, and the tons of of people that work tirelessly to provide our present stays our prime precedence. Given the uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant, holding the present on January thirty first merely incorporates too many dangers. We stay up for celebrating Music’s Largest Night time on a future date, which will probably be introduced quickly.”