Coachella forces Welsh festival to change name

by Michelle

Steps star Ian "H" Watkins has said it was "mindblowing" that Coachella has forced his small Welsh festival to change its name.

Social media accounts for Cowchella in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, went down and its Eventbrite tickets page had its name disappear following a complaint which Watkins said was from Coachella Ltd, the US festival in California.

On Sunday, new social media accounts were set up for the renamed Moo-La-La Festival, hosted by Watkins, actress Claire Sweeney and BBC Radio 2 presenter Owain Wyn Evans.

The post explained the "fab new name" and said tickets would remain valid for the inaugural event on 2 August. Coachella has been asked to comment.

Welsh singer and actor Watkins, 49, told the news agency PA that he was taking the official complaint as "a massive compliment that they feel like our little festival is a little bit of a threat to their ginormous, juggernaut of a machine".

"It's a little bit mind blowing… what we're doing is very different to what they do," he added.

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