It's tough to be a musician during a pandemic — so much of your bread and butter is touring, but live shows can be incredibly dangerous.
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While the Governor's executive order closed all bars, which essentially cancelled all concerts, an upcoming 4th of July concert at a particular bar starring Vanilla Ice was noted as the only exception to this rule.
“If you get COVID because you went to the Vanilla Ice concert that somehow is the exception to closure rules, frankly, you deserve that,” one person tweeted in response to the news, while others referred to Ice as "dumb af" for not cancelling the show.
“Due to the increase in COVID-19 numbers in Austin we’re gonna move the concert to a better date," he said in a tweet later that afternoon. "We were hoping for better Coronavirus numbers by July."
"Unfortunately the numbers have increased quite a bit so for the safety and health of everyone we’re going to stay home," he said.
That's probably for the best, given the backlash other artists have received for deciding not to cancel their concerts!
