Smash Japan announced today that the 2020 edition of Fuji Rock Festival will be postponed until August 2021 due to ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19.
The summer music festival, which was scheduled for Aug. 21 through 23 at the Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata, is the latest event in Japan to be stricken from this year's summer calendar. Last month, the organizers of the Rock In Japan Festival in Ibaraki Prefecture and Rising Sun Rock Festival in Hokkaido both announced their events would not be taking place.
Smash made the news official on its website in a message from the Fuji Rock Organizing Committee. Domestic media had reported earlier in the day that the festival would be canceled.