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Storms Force Major Festival Cancellations in US

Multiple US music festivals including Global Citizen and CBGB have been cancelled due to severe weather threats across the region.

A severe storm threat bringing heavy rain, flooding, and dangerous winds across the northeastern region of the United States has forced the cancellation and postponement of numerous music festivals and concerts. Global Citizen cancelled its festival in Central Park for the first time in its 14-year history. Furthermore, the CBGB Festival located in Brooklyn was cancelled, and All Things Go cancelled all three scheduled days of its festival in New York.

Goldenvoice's first Ocean Way event planned in Santa Monica was cancelled because a hurricane hitting around Labor Day made the coastal area unsafe. Due to weather unpredictability during September, the US Open added a retractable roof to Arthur Ashe Stadium.

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