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Stevie Nicks has cancelled five forthcoming performances at music festivals, citing coronavirus concerns, she said in a statement Tuesday.
Nicks had been scheduled to headline one day each of BottleRock Napa Valley in California and the Jazz Aspen Festival in Colorado in September. In October, she was to have played two days of the Austin City Limits Music Festival and one day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
The dates were all the shows she had planned for 2021.
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тАЬThese are challenging times with challenging decisions that have to be made. I want everyone to be safe and healthy and the rising COVID cases should be of concern to all of us,тАЭ the 73-year-old singer said in the statement. тАЬWhile IтАЩm vaccinated, at my age, I am still being extremely cautious and for that reason have decided to skip the 5 performances I had planned for 2021.тАЭ
Most of the festivals themselves are moving forward with replacement headliners. Country star Chris Stapleton will take NicksтАЩ place at BottleRock.
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тАЬBecause singing and performing have been my whole life, my primary goal is to keep healthy so I can continue singing for the next decade or longer,тАЭ NicksтАЩ statement said. тАЬIтАЩm devastated and I know the fans are disappointed, but we will look towards a brighter 2022.тАЭ
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This story has been corrected to reflect that Nicks cancelled five performances at four different festivals, not performances at five festivals.
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