Smash Mouth spent 'endless hours' making sure the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally concert was as safe as possible.
Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth seen at KAABOO 2017 at the Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds, in San Diego.
In the midst of the still-raging COVID-19 pandemic that has infected over five million Americans and killed more than 162,000,played a set at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally's Buffalo Chip concert series with the group saying they took all the safety precautions possible at the Sunday South Dakota event.
"The promoter did a fantastic job with their Covid protocol. They had a very strict social distancing and mask policy in place for all workers," band manager Robert Hayes tellsin an email."Everything backstage was sanitized, etc. The band has their own Covid addendum to their rider as well and the promoter and venue adhered to all of our requests.
Visitors coming into town for the rally will not face any quarantine requirements, even if they are from a COVID hotspot and while masks are encouraged, they are not required; reported that it seemed like"few people" were heeding the encouragement through the first two days of the festival.of the 10-day event kicked off with Molly Hatchet on Friday, and included The Guess Who on Saturday, Sunday gigs by Fozzy and Colt Ford and upcoming gigs from Night Ranger, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Buckcherry, Saliva, Drowning Pool, Lit, .38 Special, Quiet Riot, the Rev. Horton Heat and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.
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