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Organisers Postpone 2022 Grammy Awards Over Omicron

Organisers have postponed the 2022 Grammy Awards over omicron.

The 64th annual Grammy Awards Show due to be held in the US later this month has been postponed due to coronavirus, organisers have said.

Uncertainty around the Omicron variant means going ahead “simply contains too many risks”, according to a statement from the Recording Academy and CBS.

The event, which is regarded as music’s biggest night, was scheduled to take place on January 31 in Los Angeles.

It will happen on a future date to be announced soon, organisers said.

The health and safety of the music community, the live audience and hundreds of employees remained their top priority, they added.

This development comes after the Sundance film festival cancelled all in-person events in Utah citing the rapid spread of Omicron.

Nominations for the awards were announced on November 23 and were chosen from projects released between September 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021.

Jazz keyboardist Jon Batiste leads the pack with 11 total nominations, with Justin Bieber and R&B artist H.E.R tying in second with eight nominations. Rapper Jay-Z became the most nominated artist in the show’s history, with 83 nods, after getting three nominations.

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