Alan Jackson Postponement Postscript: COVID Concludes Kansas City Concert Season???

Yes, the country legend and his COVID diagnosis was reported but DECIDEDLY DOWNPLAYED IN LOCAL COVERAGE. 

In fact . . .

We were somewhat hopeful about public health given so many concerts over the summer jam packed with unmasked people who really didn't seem to care about the lingering implications of the pandemic.

However . . . The country music cancellation gives us a moment of pause ahead of yet another purported autumn surge . . .

A representative for Jackson confirmed to Billboard that the country star has COVID-19 and that the show was called off.

The T-Mobile Center says organizers intend to reschedule the concert date, and that those who purchased tickets for the original date will have them honored at the rescheduled date.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Alan Jackson Tests Positive for COVID-19, Cancels Kansas City Concert

Alan Jackson canceled Saturday night's (Aug. 27) concert in Kansas City, Missouri, after testing positive for COVID-19. "I'm so sorry I can't be there tonight," Jackson said, according to a statement published by the venue, the T-Mobile Center. "I hate to disappoint my fans."

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