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NME about what US fans can expect from live music during the next stage of the ongoing pandemic.With some tours and festivals continuing to be postponed and others’ rescheduled dates due to start in the months ahead, some concern and confusion remains over what to expect from the state of live music this year. The producers of Governors Ball music festival, the people behind ticket-selling app Bandsintown, and an infectious disease specialist told us their insights and projections for events and festivals in 2022.Live music discovery and ticket purchasing app Bandsintown have reported an increase of 8 million users in the last six months. Fabrice Sergent, the app’s managing partner, told NME that those numbers were “pretty astonishing,” adding that recent ticket-buying behaviour in the US showed that “demand for live events is very strong.”“In terms of the number of upcoming shows and festivals being announced [in 2022], we’re still at about half of the number that were announced during this same period of time in the US in 2019 and 2020,” he said. Even with 50 per cent less shows, however, Bandsintown still described “a high level of consumer interest”.“We saw a very strong January in terms of the number of tickets sold; it was twice as many as 2019.

Coachella 2024, with the festival marking his first show since receiving cancer treatment.The London DJ and producer played a set at the Indio, California event last Saturday (April 13), marking his first performance of the year.Prior to the appearance, Bibi wrote on X/Twitter: “One year ago I was given a 30% chance of survival, today I’m packing to perform at Coachella… Never give up on your hopes or dreams.”The artist last year underwent treatment for CNS Lymphoma, a rare form of cancer which forms in the lymph tissue of the brain or spinal cord. His diagnosis was confirmed in June 2023, with the update stating that he would not be performing for the “foreseeable future”.Bibi then played a surprise set in Ibiza last October, and said he was in remission in December.One year ago I was given a 30% chance of survival, today I’m packing to perform at @coachella ….never give up on your hopes or dreams— Michael Bibi (@MichaelBibi1) April 8, 2024one life, live it pic.twitter.com/IFM8Dwh5sl— Michael Bibi (@MichaelBibi1) April 15, 2024Speaking to BBC Newsbeat after his Coachella 2024 show, Bibi explained: “It was emotional, it was intense – there was happiness, there was some sadness.

Coachella and Stagecoach festivals have dropped all COVID-19 safety precautions ahead of both events making a return this spring.Coachella will take place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California between April 15-17 and 22-24, while Stagecoach will be held at the same venue between April 29-May 1.Previously, the festivals’ promoter Goldenvoice had announced that proof of vaccination against COVID-19 would no longer be required. Now, it has also dropped entry requirements including a negative test taken in the 72 hours prior to attendance and the wearing of masks.The health and safety guidance on the websites for both events has now been updated to confirm that the new policy is “in accordance with local guidelines”.

reversal from an August announcement by AEG Presents, the live events company behind Coachella, that said beginning Oct. 1 all ticket holders to their events must be vaccinated.“We have come to the conclusion that, as a market leader, it was up to us to take a real stand on vaccination status,” Jay Marciano, chief operating officer of AEG and chairman and CEO of AEG Presents, had said at the time.“Just a few weeks ago, we were optimistic about where our business, and country, were heading.

Coachella and its sister festival Stagecoach have amended the events’ entry policies, so that attendees are no longer required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.The change in policy was published on both festival websites.

were canceled last year after they were originally set to take place in April 2020. The lineup for Coachella 2020 was set to feature performances from headliners like Travis Scott, Frank Ocean, Rage Against the Machine, Lana Del Rey, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby and more.

The Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals have been rescheduled to 2021 after this year’s events were cancelled due to coronavirus, organisers have said.

The Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals will not take place this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, a health official in California has said.

Coachella will not go ahead in 2020, according to a note received by employees of the festival’s parent company, Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG).The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was scheduled to take place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio California, over two weekends in April. After the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March, organisers pushed the popular event back to October.However, Billboard has obtained an internal note written by AEG Chief Executive Dan Beckerman confirming the 2020 instalment of Coachella will now be called off altogether.

coronavirus concerns.Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Riverside County’s public health officer, signed an order Wednesday canceling the popular festivals outside Palm Springs.

postponed until October, the 2020 Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals have officially been canceled, according to multiple reports. On Wednesday, Riverside County public health officer Dr.

coronavirus lockdown, the end has finally come for this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Billboard reports.This week, the parent company for Goldenvoice, AEG, laid off 15 percent of its staffers, furloughed more than 100 people and issued pay cuts, according to an internal memo acquired by Billboard.

Coachella’s rescheduled October 2020 date doesn’t look like it will go ahead after all, as promoter AEG have confirmed most events won’t return until 2021. The California festival, which is famed for its Instagrammable aesthetic as much as the artist line-up, had been postponed from April until October due to the coronavirus pandemic, but even the rescheduled date isn’t looking like it will go ahead. According to Billboard, Coachella is one of the first events that has been cancelled to return in 2021 instead following lay-offs at its parent company AEG. CEO Dan Beckerman said in a note to employees according to Billboard: ‘Every employee worldwide will be impacted in one form or another.

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