Former Halifax band Sloan has postponed the eastern Canadian leg of its Navy Blues Tour due to concerns over the spread of the corona virus. Fans will have to wait for an announcement for new Maritime shows, including scheduled stops at Truro’s Marigold Cultural Centre and Halifax’s Marquee Ballroom. Promoter Sonic Concerts has also announced rescheduled upcoming shows for Rose Cousins and Alan Doyle at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in the fall, a postponed Basia Bulat concert (new date TBD) and a cancelled Michael Kaeshammer concert.
In an increasingly familiar refrain, more East Coast shows by prominent Canadian artists have been put on hold due to ongoing concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Up first is Halifax-bred Canadian indie rock stalwart Sloan, which was heading east in April and May on the band’s Navy Blues Tour, celebrating the reissue of its landmark hit album from 1998, now freshly remastered and reissued in a deluxe box set. On Monday afternoon, promoters of the Saturday, May 2 Halifax show at the Marquee Ballroom, Sonic Concerts, announced that due to health and safety guidelines, that show, along with others on the tour, would be postponed until a later date, and that fans should hang onto their tickets so they can be honoured then.
The band also had a Friday, May 1 show planned for Truro’s Marigold Cultural Centre, after performing in New Brunswick and P.E.I., but a click on the venue’s Ticketpro link confirms that show has also been postponed “in order to comply with current government guidelines to avoid the spread of coronavirus.”
--taken from: The Chronicle Herald
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