Just one day after John Mayer pulled out of Dead and Company's Playing in the Sand festival, the festival itself is being canceled.CID, the promotion company putting on the festival, reportedly had more than 20 staffers test positive for COVID-19, according to TMZ.The event was supposed to take place over two weekends - January 7-10 and January 14-16 - but now both weekends are canceled because they can't put on the event safely with so many infected staffers.
Pulling out:Just one day after John Mayer pulled out of Dead and Company's Playing in the Sand festival, the festival itself is being canceled Event:The event was supposed to take place over two weekends - January 7-10 and January 14-16 - but now both weekends are canceled because they can't put on the event safely with so many infected staffersShortly after the report, the Dead and Company Instagram posted confirmation that the festival will be canceled.'With much sadness and after great consideration of every possible scenario, the Playing in the Sand shows in Riviera Cancun on January 7-10 and January 13-16 have now been canceled by CID Presents due to the spiking COVID-19 cases,' the statement began. 'Dead & Company and CID Presents tried everything possible to bring normalcy and to deliver a great experience and amazing music, but with each day it became increasingly clear that canceling is the correct thing to do for the fans and for our crew,' the statement continued.
Sadness:'With much sadness and after great consideration of every possible scenario, the Playing in the Sand shows in Riviera Cancun on January 7-10 and January 13-16 have now been canceled by CID Presents due to the spiking COVID-19 cases,' the statement began 'Please refer to the Playing in.
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