Coachella is slicing a verify as a result of Frank Ocean wasn’t the one one performing late into the night time … the music competition is being dinged six figures for going previous curfew.
A rep for the City of Indio, the place Coachella is held, tells TMZ … fines for curfew violations over the primary weekend totaled $117,000.
ain’t no method Frank Ocean confirmed up an hour late only for him to say he had a curfew ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ pic.twitter.com/Z6lhSPkiJt
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We’re instructed curfew is 1 AM on Friday and Saturday and midnight on Sunday, and Coachella missed the cutoff time on all three nights … going over by 25 minutes Friday, 22 minutes Saturday and 25 minutes Sunday.
City of Indio officers say the fines are a part of its settlement with Goldenvoice … with the contract calling for a day by day wonderful of $20,000 for the primary 5 minutes previous curfew, with one other $1,000 tacked on for each minute after.
As we reported … Frank Ocean cited the curfew throughout his Sunday headlining set. He confirmed up late, beginning his present at 11 PM and wrapped his efficiency with an unenthusiastic one-liner … “Guys I’m being instructed it is curfew, in order that’s the top of the present.”
The $117,000 in fines goes into Indio’s General Fund, and we’re instructed the town makes use of the cash for working prices, together with public works and the police and fireplace departments.
Coachella’s present contract with Indio has been in place since 2013 and runs by 2050, however the curfews have been earlier in previous agreements … the earlier contract known as for a midnight curfew on Fridays and Saturdays, and an 11 PM curfew on Sundays.