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Coachella 2020 Postponed Until to October

Photo by Chris Molina of Coachella 2014, Weekend 2

It's time to adjust your plans, Scenestar readers. Goldenvoice has officially announced that Coachella 2020 due to current global coronavirus transmission concerns. One of the biggest and best-known festivals in the U.S. is moving from their originally scheduled dates: Friday, April 10, to Sunday, April 12, (Weekend 1) and Friday, April 17, to Sunday, April 19, (Weekend 2) to Friday, October 9, to Sunday, October 11, (Weekend 1) and Friday, October 16, to Sunday, October 18, (Weekend 2). No details have been released on whether the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, will still feature performances by headliners—Frank Ocean, Rage Against The Machine, and Travis Scott. on both festival weekends.

Disclosure Will Also Be Performing at 1720

UPDATE: The show has now been CANCELLED

We have yet another "Goldenvoice Presents April" tour date featuring UK electronic duo Disclosure! They also have sets booked at Coachella 2020 on Saturday, April 11, and Saturday, April 18, and an all-ages show at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Wednesday, April 15. Now fans can get their dance on at an intimate venue with them when they take over 1720 for a DJ set on Friday, April 17.

The Martinez Brothers to Perform at El Rey

House DJ/producer duo The Martinez Brothers are joining in on this year's edition of Goldenvoice Presents April! They will be representing the Bronx at Coachella 2020 on Friday, April 10, and Friday, April 17, at the Empire Polo Club and will now be performing at El Rey Theatre on Tuesday, April 14.

Run The Jewels Also at the Pomona Fox Theater

We finally know who's playing at the Fox Theater in between Coachella 2020 weekends! Goldenvoice has announced that Run The Jewels will take on Pomona as part of Goldenvoice Presents April when they headline the Fox Theater on Thursday, April 16. The political hop duo has festival sets scheduled on Friday, April 10, and Friday, April 17, at the Empire Polo Club and will open for Rage Against The Machine on their current North American tour.

100 Gecs Schedules a Show at Fonda Theatre

Another Coachella 2020 act is making plans to return to Los Angeles after the festival! The experimental musical duo has sets scheduled on Saturday, April 11, and Saturday, April 18, at the Empire Polo Club, but will then follow that up with their own headlining show at the Fonda Theatre on Monday, May 18.

Chicano Batman Also Playing at Shrine Expo Hall

Coachella 2020 act Chicano Batman has scheduled another headlining date! In support of new album Invisible People, Chicano Batman will headline all-ages shows with openers Crumb and Le Butcherettes at Shrine Expo Hall on Friday, May 29. The band will be playing a "Localchella" show between festival weekends at Chella with Cuco and more at Fullenwider Auditorium at Riverside County Fairgrounds on Wednesday, April 15.

Goldenvoice Reveal Coachella 2020 Side Shows

It's that time once again to see which Coachella 2020 acts are playing sideshows this year! Goldenvoice has released the first wave of local Goldenvoice Presents April shows, featuring concerts with Coachella 2020 acts in and around Los Angeles which are new or already scheduled at press time. Those shows include performances by Altın Gün, BADBADNOTGOOD, Alec Benjamin, Big Wild, Black Coffee, Chicano Batman, Cuco, Disclosure, Doja Cat, FKA Twigs, Fontaines D.C., IDLES, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Madeon, Marina, Hatsune Miku, Snail Mail, Orville Peck, Princess Nokia, Weyes Blood, Yaeji, Nilufer Yanya, and many more.

The venues for these upcoming shows include El Rey Theatre, Fonda Theatre, Fox Theater Pomona, Glass House, The Novo, Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace, Roxy, Santa Barbara Bowl, Shrine Auditorium, Theatre at Ace Hotel, and Yost Theater, among others. We'll update this story as more shows are announced. Tickets for these "Localchella" shows go on sale starting February 21 at 12 p.m.

Rage Against The Machine Tour Dates Revealed

For those of you not about to go to Coachella 2020 and ready to travel to see Rage Against The Machine, North American tour dates have finally been revealed with opener Run The Jewels! This includes previously announced "Public Service Announcement" tour dates in El Paso, TX at Don Haskins Center on Thursday, March 26, NMSU Pan American Center at Las Cruces, NM, on Saturday, March 28, and at Gila River Arena in Phoenix, AZ, on Monday, March 30, to help warm up for their performances at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Rage Against The Machine last played in Los Angeles at L.A. Rising on Saturday, July 30, 2011.