Coachella Festival Ready to Rock the Oceans

This story was updated at 4:35 p.m.

A new website has appeared online, confirming what the Los Angeles Times reported earier today, that Goldenvoice will be announcing two "Coachella style" cruises to the Caribbean this winter.

The Los Angeles-based promoter, organizer of the Coachella and
Stagecoach music festivals, called the cruises "a rare opportunity to see
Coachella artists in an intimate setting.'' The cruises will also include other
activities and "surprises,'' according to Goldenvoice.

Celebrity Cruises and the Coachella facebook page are promoting the "S.S. Coachella" and two cruises planned for December, departing from Ft. Lauderdale, FL.  One cruise will take music fans to the Bahamas December 16th to 19th, the second will head to Jamaica from the 19th to the 23rd.

The ship, Celebrity Silhouette, will host numerous music acts on each cruise, including headliner Pulp and Hot Chip. Also listed to perform are Yeasayer, Girl Talk, Black Lips and The Gaslamp Killer, among others.

Tickets will go on sale beginning Saturday, July 21, with shared inside staterooms beginning at $500 per person.

In the cover story for The New York Times' March 30 travel section,
Billboard magazine editor Joe Levy called music cruises "both profitable and
proliferating.'' Artists including Weezer, R. Kelly, Blake Shelton, Kid Rock and Kiss have performed on the high seas, and promoters also organize cruises
by genre, according to Levy.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which was held over two
weekends in April for the second straight year, brought in more than $47
million and more than 158,000 people. Coachella and country music festival
Stagecoach ranked No. 1 and 2 on Billboard's Boxscore chart, which lists
concerts held around the world since late last year.

General admission and VIP passes for the 2013 Coachella festival sold
out in May, the same day they went on sale. Next year's festival is scheduled
for April 12-14 and April 19-21.