{"id":23047,"date":"2022-01-06T10:01:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T10:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/?p=23047"},"modified":"2022-01-06T10:01:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T10:01:26","slug":"the-64th-grammy-awards-postponed-over-omicron-variant-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/the-64th-grammy-awards-postponed-over-omicron-variant-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"THE 64TH GRAMMY AWARDS POSTPONED OVER &#8220;OMICRON VARIANT &#8221; OF COVID-19."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-Grammy-Logo-750x400.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23050\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-Grammy-Logo.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/?attachment_id=23050\" class=\"wp-image-23050\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization behind the Grammys on Wednesday postponed the music awards gala scheduled for January 31 due to \u201cuncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant\u201d of Covid-19 that has ripped through the United States in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/grammy.com_images-01-750x400.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23048\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/grammy.com_images-01.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/?attachment_id=23048\" class=\"wp-image-23048\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHolding the show on January 31 simply contains too many risks,\u201d a statement from the Recording Academy said, adding it would announce a rescheduled date \u201csoon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe health and safety of those in our music community, the live audience, and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly to produce our show remains our top priority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A class of pop stalwarts and newbies including Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo were among the leading nominees for the 64th annual show, with Jon Batiste, the jazz and R&amp;B artist, television personality and bandleader garnering the most nominations with 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last spring\u2019s show was the first Grammys of the pandemic era, and was a more television-friendly, socially distanced cabaret-esque show that was heavy on performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-grammys-how-do-i-watch-750x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23049\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-grammys-how-do-i-watch.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/?attachment_id=23049\" class=\"wp-image-23049\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Those awards were postponed to March 14 after the original date was postponed during last winter\u2019s surge in coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2022 edition was expected to see a return to the usual arena-style celebration at Los Angeles\u2019 Staples Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heavily mutated Omicron variant, the most transmissible to date, accounted for around 95 percent of US cases in the week ending January 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Omicron\u2019s rates of deaths and hospitalizations have been lower across the world, raising hopes the virus could be evolving into a relatively benign seasonal illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the World Health Organization in Europe sounded an ominous note of caution on Tuesday, warning the soaring infection rates could have the opposite effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The organization behind the Grammys on Wednesday postponed the music awards gala scheduled for January&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":23051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6535,157,6174,5,4252,148,3,9,152,365,366],"tags":[1022,1253,6027,6527,1326,5730,3983,6547,2903,1340],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23047"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23052,"href":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23047\/revisions\/23052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}