SLANDER’s Debut Pageant ‘Starbase’ Cancelled Due To New COVID Spike

With lower than a month to go till SLANDER’s debut pageant, Starbase, in South Carolina, the occasion has been cancelled as a result of important COVID-19 spikes within the state.
The pageant was set to characteristic SLANDER, in fact, together with Alison Wonderland, NGHTMRE, Massive Gigantic, San Holo, Subtronics, and so many extra on October 8-9. Nonetheless, as a result of a spike in COVID-19 in South Carolina, the identical spike being seen throughout the nation, the pageant has been cancelled with no new dates as of now.
As of this previous week, the present 7-day common for COVID-19 in South Carolina is larger than the earlier peak in January earlier this yr, with 17,000 new circumstances reported on September 6 alone.
“We have now made this resolution as a result of your security, and the security of our employees, artists, and the Charleston group is our #1 precedence,” the assertion reads. “Proper now hospitals in South Carolina are rejecting elective surgical procedure with a view to have sufficient room for the large surge of COVID sufferers, and there’s no clear finish in sight to this present wave.”
With the intention to be “fluid” with the present state of affairs, no future dates for the debut Starbase have been set. Refunds will robotically issued and ought to be anticipated throughout the subsequent 10-14 days.
You possibly can learn the total assertion beneath.
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— Starbase Music Pageant (@Starbase) September 13, 2021
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