The Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals will not take place this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, a health official in California has said.
The festivals had already been postponed from April to October in a bid to escape the worst of the health crisis. Coachella, one of the world’s biggest music festivals, was due to be headlined by Rage Against the Machine, Frank Ocean and Travis Scott.
However, Cameron Kaiser, a public health official in Riverside County where the events would have taken place, said he would not feel “comfortable” with them going ahead amid fears the pandemic could worsen later in the year.