Elon Musk, 48, wants a mega rave cave under Tesla’s Berlin Gigafactory with ‘woofers the size of a car’ to replace ‘sucking’ Coachella if it’s canceled
- Musk said Tesla should organize the party with ‘an epic sound system’ on Twitter
- Minutes earlier he ranted Coachella should ‘postpone itself until it stops sucking’
- Rumours Californian festival moved from April to October amid coronavirus fear
Elon Musk has announced he wants to host a ‘mega rave cave’ under Tesla’s Berlin Gigafactory to replace ‘sucking’ Coachella amid rumours the festival has been postponed.
The entrepreneur, 48, said Tesla should organize the party ‘with an epic sound system and woofers the size of a car’ after he ranted the Californian festival should ‘postpone itself until it stops sucking’.
Coachella is reportedly planning to move from April to October over growing coronavirus fears in the US, where 26 people have died due to the virus.
The postponement would follow last week’s cancellation of South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas and Miami EDM festival Ultra.
Elon Musk (pictured) has announced he wants to host a ‘mega rave cave’ under Tesla’s Berlin Gigafactory to replace ‘sucking’ Coachella amid rumours the festival has been postponed
But the news didn’t appear to bother Musk, who tweeted the festival should ‘postpone itself’ as ‘too much corporate sponsorship killed the vibe’ shortly after rumours began to surface.
He added that the event ‘was good maybe five or six years ago when you could wonder around and find great unknown bands’.
Around 20 minutes later, Musk asked his 32million Twitter followers whether ‘Tesla should have a mega rave cave under the Berlin Gigafactory’.
The message was accompanied by a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ poll, which has so-far received 446,288 votes. The ‘yes’ votes are by far in the lead.
The entrepreneur, 48, said Tesla should organize the party ‘with an epic sound system and woofers the size of a car’
Coachella is reportedly planning to move from April to October over growing coronavirus fears in the US, where 26 people have died due to the virus
Musk then joked the event, held at Tesla’s upcoming European manufacturing plant in Germany, would feature performances from the likes of Rammstein.
Other suggested acts included German band Kraftwerk and Boris Brejcha.
Tesla’s co-called ‘Gigafactory’ near Berlin is expected to open its doors by 2021, producing electric cars including Tesla’s latest Model Y SUV.
Rumours of Coachella’s postponement come as authorities in the Coachella Valley confirmed three new cases of coronavirus on Monday.
The cases were confirmed by the Riverside County Department of Public Health.
Musk tweeted the festival should ‘postpone itself’ as ‘too much corporate sponsorship killed the vibe’
Workers cut trees at the area where US electric vehicle pioneer Musk plans to build a so-called Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin
Dr Cameron Kaiser, county public health officer, said the three infections were either the result of travel into areas where COVID-19 has been confirmed or contact with a known case.
Two of the individuals have been isolated at home, Dr Kaiser said, while the third is being cared for at a Coachella Valley hospital.
Musk has been vocal in his dismissal of ‘coronavirus panic’, last week provoking a significant online response when he tweeted: ‘The coronavirus panic is dumb’.
Coachella, held in Indio, south-east California, had announced headlining acts Rage Against The Machine, Frank Ocean and Travis Scott to appear over three weekends in April.
Agents are now reportedly looking to re-book the artists for Coachella to begin on October 9, Variety reported.
Coachella’s social media team replied to the tweet with a photograph of Jaden Smith performing on a Tesla at the festival