The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’s highly-anticipated return for April 2021 has been officially canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Dr. Cameron Kaiser, the public health officer for Riverside County where the massive festival is held annually announced the news via Twitter on Friday afternoon.
The two-weekend festival, which is attended by around 250,000, previously announced Travis Scott, Frank Ocean and Rage Against the Machine as the headliners.
Cancelled: The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’s highly-anticipated return for April 2021 has been officially canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
Additionally, Stagecoach Country Music festival has been cancelled.
The twin music festivals’ spring dates were among the first major events cancelled last year, and would’ve occurred for three consecutive weekends at Indio’s Empire Polo Club.
‘We look forward to when the events may return,’ Kaiser concluded on his Twitter.
According to an announcement by the Riverside County Public Health Officer, the concerns were initially shutdown ‘based on concerns of a fall resurgence’ of COVID-19.
‘We look forward to when the events may return,’ Kaiser concluded on his Twitter
Another year: According to an announcement by the Riverside County Public Health Officer, the concerns were shutdown ‘based on concerns of a fall resurgence’ of coronavirus
Coachella 2020 was initially set to be held on two separate weekends in mid-April, before it was pushed back to October, then for a third time to April 2021.
However, in May, Bloomberg reported that the organizer, Goldenvoice,was trying to get some of the scheduled acts to perform at next year’s festival – ‘the clearest sign yet that the 2020 show will be canceled.’
The publication spoke with several insiders who claimed that Goldenvoice CEO Paul Tollett ‘needs to firm up plans with artists and settle financial issues like insurance’ before an official announcement is made.
The complete lineup for Coachella 2020 is pictured
Last week, Glastonbury Festival also revealed it would not take place for a second year in a row because of the pandemic.
The music festival’s co-organizer, Michael Eavis – who curates the lineup with his daughter Emily, said he was ‘so sorry’ to have to cancel the event for the second year in a row.
In reaction to the news of Coachella and Stagecoach, crushed social media users turned to Twitter to voice their surprise and devastation.
According to an announcement by the Riverside County Public Health Officer, the concerns were initially shutdown ‘based on concerns of a fall resurgence’ of COVID-19; Kacey Musgraves seen performing in 2019
Two years ago: Kanye West performs Sunday Service during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California
Throwback: Last week, Glastonbury Festival also revealed it would not take place for a second year in a row because of the pandemic (Blackpink seen in 2019)
‘#Coachella is cancelled, again…We’re entering the second (annual) lap of covid cancellations. @HollywoodBowlsummer concert series, at this point, is looking shaky,’ one Angeleno tweeted.
Another joked that ‘somewhere Vanessa Hudgens is clenching her flower crowns learning’ that Coachella had been cancelled ‘once again.’
‘Everyone who is so upset and mad about Coachella being cancelled are the same people who refuse to wear face masks and social distance. FYI this is why we can’t have festivals/concerts because y’all won’t do what is necessary,’ a Twitter user pointed out.
Shocking: In reaction to the news of Coachella and Stagecoach, crushed social media users turned to Twitter to voice their surprise and devastation
Sad: One Los Angeles resident quipped the rain ‘in LA is actually the tears of those finding out that Coachella is cancelled for the 2nd year in a row’
‘#Coachella is cancelled, again…We’re entering the second (annual) lap of covid cancellations. @HollywoodBowlsummer concert series, at this point, is looking shaky,’ one Angeleno tweeted
‘Everyone who is so upset and mad about Coachella being cancelled are the same people who refuse to wear face masks and social distance. FYI this is why we can’t have festivals/concerts because y’all won’t do what is necessary,’ a Twitter user pointed out
Others expressed they were disappointed they saved up for years, only for the event to be ‘cancelled three times.’
‘Influencers everywhere are crying. Coachella and stage coach 2021 have been cancelled,’ one woman pointed out.
Meanwhile, a Los Angeles resident quipped the rain ‘in LA is actually the tears of those finding out that Coachella is cancelled for the 2nd year in a row.’
Yikes: Another joked that ‘somewhere Vanessa Hudgens is clenching her flower crowns learning’ that Coachella had been cancelled ‘once again’
Sad: Others expressed they were disappointed after saving up for years, only for the event to be ‘cancelled three times’
‘Influencers everywhere are crying. Coachella and stage coach 2021 have been cancelled,’ one woman pointed out
