Coachella Postponed Until October Due To Coronavirus Outbreak
RELATED: Coachella At Risk Of Being Cancelled Due To Coronavirus
It’s official! The spread of the Coronavirus is forcing many artists and festivals to cancel and postpone shows, and now Coachella is one of them!
Goldenvoice, the company in charge of the festival took to Twitter to announce that Coachella would move to weekends in October amidst Coronavirus concerns, Oct. 9 and Oct. 16. to be precise. The company also promised to refund anyone that could not make the new dates.
BREAKING: @Coachella and @Stagecoach 2020 have officially been postponed and moved to the month of October, says @Goldenvoice.
A refund will be issued if you can not make it. pic.twitter.com/7u1JnFnJFO
— GDE (@GlobalDanceGDE) March 10, 2020
As we reported, many were creating petitions for both the cancellation and against the cancellation on sites such as change.org in fear that the daily expectance of 125,000 people would be a health hazard.
“As a highly inclusive community, we are responsible to protect each and every community member, which include the ones who are elderly, fragile, or the ones who suffers from chronic diseases, cancer, immune system diseases and other form of disabilities,” wrote Stella Young, who initiated the petition. “The lives of these people should not be down-played and we shouldn’t risk their lives since they have a higher chance catching COVID-19 and develop critical situations that need to be hospitalized.”
SXSW was also forced to cancel their festival for the first time in 34 years, as was Ultra Festival in Miami, and stars like Madonna and Mariah Carey have also been forced to cancel shows!
.@CityofIndio cancel coachella, you fools. You’re really going to risk the health of your citizens for economic gains? RivCo has no confirmed cases but now is not the time to be welcoming 125k+ from all over the world. Now is the time to be preventing any further cases. https://t.co/Qa6JWRn5w2
— rob o (@robert_ortega1) March 6, 2020
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