Pearl Jam, Miley Cyrus and Madonna cancel gigs over coronavirus fears

Miley Cyrus has called off a trip to Australia, where she was due to headline a bushfire benefit concert on Friday, Sydney Morning Herald reports; consequently - organizers of the World Tour Bushfire Relief charity concert cancelled the one-night-only event that was due to take place on Friday 13 March. Two Madonna shows in Paris have been cancelled after the French government banned gatherings of more than 1,000 people, Roling Stone reports. Pearl Jam have postponed their US and Canada tour, saying the risk "is simply too high for our comfort level", but their summer tour in Europe will carry on for now, Variety reports. Bloomberg reports the Coachella music festival in California - due to take place in April - will be put back to October. Ticketholders for the 2020 edition of Ultra Music Festival, which was “postponed” until 2021 due to the coronavirus, won’t be receiving refunds; instead, their tickets will be usable at the 2021 or 2022 edition of the festival, as EDM.com reports. Similarly, SXSW 2020 ticketholders can opt to defer their registration to 2021, 2022, or 2023 festival edition, Austin Business Journal reports. International new music festival and conference Tallinn Music Week has been postponed from March to August due to growing concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, NME reports. Santana has canceled their upcoming European tour due to coronavirus concerns, Rolling Stone reports (and keeps up a list of cancelled concerts and festivals).