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The 64th annual Grammy Awards will likely be postponed due to the Omicron variant.
The event is set for Jan. 31 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
This would be the second year in a row that the Grammys have been postponed due to COVID-19. Last year’s show was originally set for Jan. 31, 2021, but on Jan. 5, 2021, it was delayed to March 14 due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles. At that time, the show was also relocated from Staples Center (the former name of Crypto.com Arena) to the nearby Los Angeles Convention Center, which allowed for less crowding.
Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show With Trevor Noah", hosted last year’s show and is also set to host this year’s show.
The Recording Academy is known to prefer to hold the show in an arena at full capacity since they get considerable ticket revenue. They would lose that if they hold a scaled-back show like they did last year.
Source: Billboard.
Photo Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy.