Creativeman announced today that Supersonic 2020 will be postponed until 2021 due to ongoing concerns over COVID-19.
The music festival was scheduled to take place from Sept. 19 to 21 in Chiba Prefecture and Osaka simultaneously as this year’s replacement for Summer Sonic, which took a year off to avoid conflicting with the now-postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Supersonic’s lineup featured overseas acts such as Liam Gallagher, Skrillex and the Black Eyed Peas, as well as domestic acts including Asian Kung-Fu Generation and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.
In a statement shared on the Supersonic 2020 website, Creativeman CEO Naoki Shimizu said the company had been trying to hold the event as planned, but “that there have been more and more concerns and fears about travel that were brought to my attention from overseas artists, as well as fears about attending the festival from ticket holders. I decided to draw the line here. We forfeit our battle against Coronavirus.”