Further details are expected shortly. Sources say the show may be moved to March, although no date was confirmed at the time of this article's publication.

Sources tell Variety that a combination of health and travel concerns — and not least the spike in coronavirus cases in the show's planned location of Los Angeles — led the Recording Academy and its network partner CBS to decide to postpone the show, which is scheduled to be hosted by "The Daily Show"'s Trevor Noah, from its originally planned January 31st date. The move is not entirely unexpected, as Variety has heard several confusing reports in recent days around performances scheduled for the show.

For months, the Grammys have been contending with the countless complications involved in staging a major awards show that ordinarily has an audience of 18,000-plus people — self-billed as "Music's Biggest Night" — during a pandemic. While interim Grammy chief Harvey Mason, jr. told Variety in September that the initial general plan was to hold the event at its longtime home of the Staples Center in Los Angeles, with either a limited or no audience, late in November he said the show would be held "in and around Downtown Los Angeles," opening the possibility that performances could be staged from multiple venues in that area.