Coachella draws an estimated 250,000 attendees, who will have to wait until October for this year's ... [+] music festival. Amy Harris/Invision/APOrganizers of Coachella have postponed the popular music festival Tuesday afternoon according to a statement from its organizer Goldenvoice, as global cases of coronavirus top 115,000. Coachella joins hundreds of events worldwide—including other music festivals like Miami’s Ultra and the French Alps’ Tomorrowland— that have been cancelled, postponed or transformed into “digital-only” affairs. The New York Times has tallied 167 cases of the coronavirus in California, and two deaths. The Goldenvoice statement says that “All purchases for the April dates will be honored” and that purchasers fill be told Friday how to get a refund.

Source: Forbes March 10, 2020 18:45 UTC