This year was the first year artists saw their names printed on the Coachella poster, obviously a big progress in the recognition process. There was a time when artists were barely paid, had to buy their water like any concertgoer and didn’t even had private toilet or shower
It is hard to believe such darkness can come from 12 year-old kids (I read that they are in 7th grade!), but frontboy Malcolm Brickhouse was playing a mean guitar while being scarier than Ozzy even in his younger days
A great advantage of this Coachella-in-your-living-room is the ability to switch from one stage to another at the click of the mouse, the stream is not even buffering and only for this it’s worth it, as they have greatly improved the technology
A graph published by the Los Angeles Times really surprised me: 69 of the 169 (40.8%) acts playing Coachella this year are classified as EDM, and only 62 are rock acts (36.7%)
You will get 2 VIP tickets for the festival, which give you access to parking lots and two venue VIP areas all 3 days. Of course, it’s not cheap, the current bid is $2,259 and the estimated value is $10,000!! Ouch, Arcade Fire is definitively big these days, but there’s the same deal for Muse with a current bid at $2,900 and an estimated value of $5,000.
I blame all these false rumors about the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Smiths and an all-vegetarian festival, or even another reunion of Rage Against the Machine… but none of the above, sorry! Instead we will have Blur, The Stone Roses (close enough to the Stones), Sofia Coppola’s favorite Frenchies
After all this is a rolling rock, stone,… Remember there was already an alert a few weeks ago when the band’s iPhone app had listed an Indio date in April in the tour section! The date quickly disappeared
they mentioned their wish list for Coachella: David Bowie, Talking Heads, Iron Maiden and the Smiths! Good luck at booking any of these acts but Paul Tollett noted they were trying every year to get the Smiths as they offered them $5 million last time! one last thing regarding the music cruise itself, they weren’t sure about its future despite its apparent success.
they seem to present quite a few advantages: No curfew, no long drive through the hot desert, no camping, and close encounters with the stars, as a matter of fact, a wine tasting with James Murphy is part of the schedule.
The first Coachella festival was in 1999, and promoters lost $800,000 at the time, but they have grown so much over the years that they are now making millions. Indio is making a big mistake with this tax, they should think about all these people bringing money
I was already complaining about some concert tickets I bought recently, as I had to decide right now if I would be available mid August… I don’t know what I will be doing in August! I hate this, I love the immediacy, I love deciding at the last minute what I am gonna do
The Desert Sun also reported that the city has been working with the area’s residents regarding concerns “such as jaywalkers and trespassers who urinate and defecate on property and ride people’s animals.”
So what can a desperate fan do? There are still scalpers, eBay, Craiglist,… There are tons of tickets for sale on Craiglist,but when I say desperate, the term is weak. Here is an ad found on craiglist:
Everyone agrees that the line-up is strong this year,although the Black Keys look like a weak choice for some? Well, they just were on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine so,… but Saturday looks attractive (at least for me), and no it’s not because David Guetta is playing!
People spend time making fake posters once again. Well, they can keep dreaming their ideal lineup, we will know for sure soon anyway.
As promised, the big news regarding Coachella was announced on Tuesday morning, and it is quite spectacular: music lovers, you
A lot of speculations are possible of course, so let’s start the rumors
The Coachella lineup we posted yesterday is a fake, for a little while it looked cool, way too cool to
I got this line-up for Coachella 2011 from the Arcade Fire daily, a newsletter sent everyday, and it seems almost too
As rock nyc reported (along with everybody else in the world) last thursdaythere are rumors floating on message boards and blogs
