By Jem Aswad
03.04.2020 - 09:11 / nme.com
Not even virtual gigs are safe
Soccer Mommy has been forced to postpone her virtual gig on Club Penguin, due to fans flocking to the website and overloading the servers.
It was revealed that the online game site would be hosting a virtual gig with Soccer Mommy, real name Sophie Allison, and her band today (April 3) as well as a Q&A with Allison.
However, apparently there’s a large overlap of Soccer Mommy fans and Club Penguin users as the servers couldn’t handle the amount of people online.
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Pitchfork is pleased to announce that Soccer Mommy will play a stay-at-home concert that will broadcast live on Instagram this Wednesday, April 15, at 2 p.m. Eastern. You can tune in at Pitchfork’s Instagram.
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The National and Soccer Mommy have announced initiatives to fundraise for their band and crew now that their respective tours have been postponed due to concerns around the spread of coronavirus. The National have made a commitment to direct all profits from their webstore and fan club enrollment to subsidizing lost wages for their twelve crew members, while Soccer Mommy will direct all proceeds from merch sales on a limited series of tour t-shirts and posters to its band and crew.
Soccer Mommy is the latest musician to put on a concert from home during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.