"I am concerned as indications grow that
COVID-19 could worsen in the fall," said the County's Public
Health Officer Cameron Kaiser, who signed the order canceling
the festivals.
Coachella, one of the biggest music festivals in the world that
brings half a million fans to an open-air site in Indio, east of
Los Angeles, and Stagecoach were initially scheduled for April,
but were re-scheduled for October.
Entertainment news website Billboard had earlier reported
https://www.billboard.com/articles/
business/touring/9399221/aeg-layoffs-coachella-limited-capacity-global-tours-next-year
that Coachella is unlikely to take place this year, adding that
Anschutz Entertainment Group, the parent company of both the
music festivals' organizer Goldenvoice, is laying off 15% of the
workforce.
Goldenvoice did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.
(Reporting by Munsif Vengattil and Ayanti Bera in Bengaluru;
Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri and Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
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