The event, traditionally the biggest day of the year for record sales, was set to take place on April 18th and is now scheduled for June 20th.

“At the risk of stating the obvious, no one knows what things will look like in any given place over the next five weeks, but it is imperative that hard decisions for that time period need to be made right now, using current facts. There is no perfect solution. There is no easy answer,” stated Record Store Day officials.

RSD is worldwide and celebrates a record store's place in their community. As good citizens of those communities we want everyone to be safe, healthy and feel comfortable coming to the party.

Record Store Day 2020 is moving to June 20. #washyourhands #benice #listentorecords pic.twitter.com/SLg8bSVa9p

— Record Store Day (@recordstoreday) March 13, 2020

“Given the challenges now facing the independent record store community, we urge music fans to continue to support their local record shop in whichever way they can to see us through what is about to become a very challenging time. Thank you as ever for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you in the record stores on June 20th.”

The 2020 Record Store Day features exclusive releases from artists like David Bowie, Roger Waters, Britney Spears, U2, Eminem and hundreds more. Brandi Carlile was recruited to serve as ambassador for this year’s Record Store Day, a twice-annual celebration of independent record shops.

Concerns around the spread of coronavirus have seen numerous tours and festivals cancelled. Billie Eilish, My Chemical Romance, Machine Rage Against The Machine, Tool, The Who and Pearl Jam are among the artists to have cancelled dates, while Coachella, Download Australia and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame have all been cancelled or postponed. Live Nation and AEG have suspended all large-scale tours until April.