{"id":31749,"date":"2020-08-07T04:39:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T11:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/?p=31749"},"modified":"2020-08-07T04:40:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T11:40:10","slug":"rina-sawayama-reschedules-2021-uk-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/concerts\/rina-sawayama-reschedules-2021-uk-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Rina Sawayama Reschedules 2021 UK Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rina Sawayama - STFU!\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XojM2D3F-Dc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/rina-sawayama-tickets\">Rina Sawayama<\/a> has announced the rescheduled dates for her UK headline tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The musician was supposed to hit the road this May, before she was forced to push back the dates to September due to the coronavirus crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, it\u2019s now been confirmed that the tour, named The Dynasty Tour, will take place next year, in March 2021. The planned performances are in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, and London.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sawayama wrote in a series of tweets:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cGlobally the pandemic is totally unpredictable, with even the UK predicted to go back into the second lockdown again in the fall. It saddens me that I won\u2019t see your faces until then, and it also saddens me greatly that some UK venues have been forced to close. In the meantime will be waiting patiently to see you when it\u2019s very very safe!\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An announcement of the singer\u2019s rescheduled US tour is expected soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rina Sawayama is a Japanese-British musician and model, born in Japan, but raised in the United Kingdom. She released her debut studio album, SAWAYAMA on April, 17th, 2020 and is currently signed to independent record label Dirty Hit records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recently Sawayama shared that she can\u2019t enter British awards, because she is not eligible under the criteria of the current rules of these British music awards, following the announcement of this year\u2019s Mercury Prize shortlist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;It was so heartbreaking,&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Sawayama told Vice. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;I rarely get upset to the level where I cry. And I cried.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All I remember is living here,&#8221; <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">she continued. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve just lived here all my life. I went to summer school in Japan, and that&#8217;s literally it. But I feel like I&#8217;ve contributed to the UK in a way that I think is worthy of being celebrated, or at least being eligible to be celebrated.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve lived here 25 years,&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> she added on Twitter, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;but I am not British enough to even be eligible for the 2 biggest UK music awards&#8221;.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shortly after the nominees were revealed, Sawayama reached out to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the organization behind the BRIT Awards and Mercury Prize, who indicated that they are reconsidering their eligibility criteria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For all ticket info, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/\">TicketCenter.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rina Sawayama has announced the rescheduled dates for her UK headline tour. 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