ST. LOUIS—The Billy Joel and Sting concert at Busch Stadium is being postponed until Sunday due to the inclement weather. Live Nation, the concert promoter, announced this afternoon that the concert date is being moved due to the safety of the fans, artists, crew and staff. 

Tickets for tonight's show will be valid for Sunday's concert. Live Nation apologizes for any inconvenience.

Parts of St. Louis will see steady rain until about 7 p.m. with more expected in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois.

Several other St. Louis-area events have been impacted by the rain fueled from the remnants of Hurricane Helene.

In Madison, organizers of the NHRA Midwest Nationals drag racing event planned at World Wide Technology Raceway have postponed some races, while other events in the area, including Friday’s ZooFest at the Saint Louis Zoo and the George Portz Traditional Music Festival in Festus were canceled.

On Saturday, the two-day Evolution Festival kicks off in Forest Park in what is described as a rain or shine event. No umbrellas are allowed. Organizers say “there are certain instances in which the festival may be paused, evacuated, or canceled due to inclement weather. These instances may include but are not limited to severe thunderstorms, lightning, excessive wind, hail, excessive rain and/or flooding, tornadoes, or any other instance where a pause, evacuation, or cancellation is directed by local emergency personnel.”

Local utilities, highway crews and emergency responders are preparing

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District said it wasn’t taking any special precautions, outside of the regular maintenance it does on more than 300,000 manholes and storm inlets in the St. Louis and St. Louis County area.

Spectrum News caught up with a team on Enright Avenue in North St. Louis Thursday morning that was clearing out debris in an inlet located across from Cole School.

“There's all kinds of things that end up in storm inlets. We see trash, we see plastic water bottles. We've seen everything from that kind of stuff to basketballs, baseballs, even skateboards sometimes,” said Nichole Spencer, a MSD spokesperson. “When those heavy rains come they naturally wash down into those storm inlets so we're cleaning them, we're getting all that stuff out of there so when the water does come, it can flow freely down the system and take it away from the area that it's coming from,” she said.

Residents can do their part to keep leaves and debris away from inlets, as well as clearing their own downspouts, Spencer added.

Crews will be on standby to respond to calls made to MSD’s service line at  (314) 768-6260.

Missouri’s Department of Transportation says crews will be ready to address drainage backups as events warrant.

In St. Clair County, Ill., Emergency Management Director Herb Simmons tells Spectrum News water rescue teams will be on standby if needed.