This year has been challenging for people in various industries including entertainment. Country music recording artist Jason Owen says he has had to cancel 30 planned gigs throughout 2020, mostly in regional towns.<\/p>\n
The former X Factor finalist was in the middle of his Superstars of Country Music tour alongside fellow country singer Hayley Jensen when COVID struck in March, with the remainder of shows put on hold until hopefully next year. He was also forced to cancel his upcoming August tour Jason Owen sings John Denver tour which has now rescheduled it for August 2021.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere most major country music events have been axed including the 2021 Tamworth Country Music Festival. The recently announced cancellation of the premier event, which on average brings in around $50 million to the town each year, will have major economic ramifications.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a challenging time for all country artists and devastating to hear about Tamworth,\u201d said Owen, who has performed at the iconic festival multiple times. \u201cIt\u2019s understandable but disappointing for rural Australia that my tours and others had to be cancelled, particularly for towns where artists don\u2019t often visit. People on the land, who are under stress need a night out occasionally to let their hair down. Hopefully we\u2019ll be able to resume touring next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old who is originally from the town of Albert, NSW, which has a population of just 12, has been keeping himself as busy as possible having just released his latest single \u2013 power ballad Before I Let You Go \u2013 out September 18. He\u2019s also just finished shooting the latest series of his online show How Ya Goin With Jason Owen which this season features chats with farmers and rural community workers.<\/p>\n
However, with extra time on his hands, Owen also took a job as a Menulog driver delivering take away food to a 15km radius around his home in the Central Coast. \u201cI needed to fill in my time and keep active from a mental health point of view as I was getting really restless in my apartment all day. Lots of entertainers have been in this position. It\u2019s been a bit of a surreal experience, some people recognize me at their front door and have asked for pictures and autographs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jason was also recently forced to postpone his upcoming November wedding to fianc\u00e9 Beccy due to COVID restricting the number of guests. \u201cWe\u2019d invited 200 people and did not want to exclude anyone so made the tough decision to postpone it. There was also no dancefloor allowed which would have been difficult to forgo as I\u2019m from a musical family and my relatives were planning to be the band.\u201d<\/p>\n
The wedding which was fully planned to go ahead in Albert in the church Jason\u2019s great grandmother established, on the date of Jason\u2019s grandfather\u2019s 92nd birthday as a special nod, has tentatively been rescheduled for mid-next year.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Jason has continued to raise money the charity he established – Doin it for Rural Aussie Kids which helps kids affected by drought, bushfires and COVID. Last year Jason raised thousands of dollars through his bushfire appeal and delivered school stationary packs and toys to rural schools.<\/p>\n
Before I let you go is available to pre order at: https:\/\/ABCMusic.lnk.to\/BeforeILetYouGo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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