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Coachella to double up in 2012
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 1 June 2011
Promoters of Coachella have announced that next year they will stage the event over two weekends at their Indio, California site, basically staging the same event twice. Organisers say that demand to attend the sell-out fest has been so high in recent years that record numbers of counterfeit tickets have been in circulation. It’s hoped that by doing the whole thing twice all those who want to attend can be accommodated with official tickets.
In a statement on the festival’s website, organisers said: “We know many of you were unable to attend this year’s festival because passes sold out much sooner than anticipated. We were truly surprised by the overwhelming response and remain honoured by your passion and enthusiasm. We also know some of you purchased through non-legitimate sources and were inconvenienced, gouged or totally scammed. We hope that these changes will give everyone the opportunity to purchase directly from Coachella.com”.
