New Order and Pet Shop Boys Reschedule ‘Unity Tour’ from Fall 2020 to 2021 Due to COVID-19

This fall’s scheduled Unity Tour, a co-headlining trek from New Order and Pet Shop Boys, will now take place in Fall 2021, it was announced by the bands on Thursday due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The news of the postponement came with this message:

New Order & @petshopboys North American The Unity Tour has been rescheduled to 2021 – see complete date listing below. Please hold on to your tickets as they will be honoured for the new dates. If you are a ticket holder and cannot make the new show, you will receive an email directly allowing you to request a refund. For more details, please visit livenation.com/refund. Thank you for understanding.

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The new dates:

9/18 – Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
9/20 – Boston, MA Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
9/22 – New York, NY Madison Square Garden
9/25 – Philadelphia, PA TD Pavilion at The Mann
9/28 – Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
10/01 – Chicago, IL Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
10/03 – Minneapolis, MN Armory
10/07 – Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
10/09 – George, WA Gorge Amphitheatre
10/13 – San Francisco, CA Chase Center
10/15 – Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
10/16 – Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl

This is one of the latest tours to be scrapped for the time being because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has left independent music venues in peril, uncertain if they will be able to survive once the pandemic subsides.

It also follows recent tour postponement/cancellation announcements including the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Smashing Pumpkins, KISS, Tool, Motley Crue/Def Leppard/Poison/Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and many more.