If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Coachellais in full swing, and one of the first major music festivals of the year has just closed out their first weekend. While we anticipate everyone has already …
Read More »Kanye West Pulls Out of Coachella
Kanye West will no longer headline Coachella, a source confirmed to Rolling Stone11 days before the annual event. West was previously slated to perform Sunday April 17 and 24. It’s unclear who will replace West for his set, nor is it immediately clear why West decided to pull out in …
Read More »Coachella and Stagecoach Festivals Scrap Mandatory Vaccination Requirement
In a surprise reversal of course on Covid-19 vaccination policies, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach Festival have announced they will no longer require full vaccination to attend their respective 2022 events. Festivalgoers may now present either a negative Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours of their events …
Read More »Promoters Want Live Music to Return This Fall. Not So Fast, Say Medical Experts
When Goldenvoice, the concert promoter behind Coachella, postponed the giant music festival until October over coronavirus fears, many fans understandably assumed that it meant the pandemic would be a crippling, but temporary, speed bump for the live music industry. As other major festivals like Bonnaroo and Summerfest followed suit and …
Read More »Report: Kanye West Pulled Out of Coachella Over Dome Demands
Kanye West reportedly pulled out as Coachella headliner just days before the festival announced its 2019 lineup after organizers would not meet the rapper’s demands that a dome be built on the festival grounds. Billboard reports that on New Year’s Day, Coachella organizers were set to reveal West as one …
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