Steps star Ian ‘H' Watkins forced to change name of latest project after he's SUED by festival giant Coachella
Watkins organised a small event including a Harry Styles tribute act and actress Claire Sweeney.
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But he was stunned to get a complaint about the name from Coachella, the famous festival in California with 250,000 fans.
Watkins' show at his home town of Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan is now called the Moo-La-La Festival.
The Welshman, 49, said: 'I'm taking it as a massive compliment that they feel that our little festival is a little bit of a threat to their ginormous, juggernaut of a machine.
'It's a little bit mindblowing. What we're doing is very, very different to what they do.
'We don't have Beyonce performing.
"We have a Steps tribute act and also they don't have myself, Claire Sweeney and Owain Wyn Evans hosting, which in my book is much better than Beyonce.'
He added: 'We've spent a lot of money on marketing and flyers and posters and banners that are all visible around the town.
'So yes, those will have to go in the bin but let's just do that, rather than have any more people knocking on our door.'
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