The 2021 Grammy Awards Have Been Postponed Due To Rising COVID-19 Cases in Los Angeles – Concrete Playground

For the first time in over two decades, the Grammy Awards will take place in March this year, after the music industry’s night of nights was postponed due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles. The ceremony has been pushed back from its original date of Sunday, January 31, and will now be held on Sunday, March 14 Pacific Time. For Australian viewers looking to tune into the ceremony, the new date to mark in your calendar is Monday, March 15.

In a joint statement regarding the postponement from Chair and Interim President/CEO of the Recording Academy Harvey Mason Jr, CBS executive Jack Sussman and show producer Ben Winston, the worsening COVID-19 situation in LA was cited as the reason for the postponement. “The deteriorating…