Coachella

[CaledonianGonzo]

Blondie actually sounding "not bad"

[CaledonianGonzo]

Gorillaz starting

[CaledonianGonzo]

Damon Albarn playing a vuvuzela

[Butterz]

6 hours ago, Olshansky said:

Damn I hadn't realized it didnt sell out.  

I think the two weekend thing is dumb, personally. It's a cash grab for the promoter, and prohibits musicians from hitting other california markets on their tour.  

Actually a lot of artists play shows in other markets between the two weekends.  San Francisco always gets a mini-chella during the week.  

[Rose-Colored Boy]

19 hours ago, Mich1268 said:

Wow. Its not my cup of tea but with the whole of America you would have thought it would at least sell out

This year is particularly lacking in excitement, despite what the efestivals resident Bad Bunny fanclub will tell you, but it was only a matter of time until the meh headliners they’ve been booking since the Beyoncé year started affecting their ticket sales. They could do with pulling a Taylor Swift set out of the bag next year ideally. Glastonbury is very lucky that it doesn’t need the biggest stars on the planet in the same way (although obvs they help). 

Edited April 15, 2023 by Rose-Colored Boy

[CaledonianGonzo]

I dunno. Not much wrong with Billie, Hazza and The Weeknd as a trio last year (I know the latter was a last minute botch job).

[Rose-Colored Boy]

20 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I dunno. Not much wrong with Billie, Hazza and The Weeknd as a trio last year (I know the latter was a last minute botch job).

Fine for the tweens but not much for the parents who have to foot the bill to dig their teeth into. From the first year it expanded to two weekends through to Beyoncé’s year there was always at least one older-skewing act. If they went back to that balance rather than blowing the entire budget on the latest K-Pop sensation or whoever then I’m sure demand would go back to being what it was before. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Im sure they're probably trying to lure the dads to Power Trip

[philipsteak]

99 quid for a Bad Bunny hoody! 

[CaledonianGonzo]

I quite like Bad Bunny, buy does he have a band or is he just performing over a backing track....?

[a6l6e6x]

From the 5 minutes I watched of bad bunny I can confirm I do not get it. Looks absolutely terrible

[nikkic]

Did anyone watch Chems? 

[JudgeGrumpy]

Jeez now I know why he’s called Bad Bunny. They should get Good Bunny next time. This set is execrable. 
 

Also does anyone actually listen to Yungblud? And, if so, why? He’s like a version of Blink 182 dreamt up by an AI algorithm running on a pocket calculator. 

Edited April 15, 2023 by JudgeGrumpy

[aidenlangan95]

Turned on the stream for Bad Bunny when Post Malone was with him. Technical issues with the guitar. 
 

Big Tricky with Beyonce vibes. Except it was like there was 2 Trickys having no idea what to do.

It’s also like they miked up the smoke machine rather than Post Malone’s guitar.

Edited April 15, 2023 by aidenlangan95

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

1 hour ago, philipsteak said:

99 quid for a Bad Bunny hoody! 

Yeah, but there's 100 extra cash registers so you'll be out of pocket faster than usual!

[JudgeGrumpy]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I quite like Bad Bunny, buy does he have a band or is he just performing over a backing track....?

At the moment he has a band, but you will probably wish he didn’t. Out of time and tune, quite incredible. 

[circus92]

46 minutes ago, a6l6e6x said:

From the 5 minutes I watched of bad bunny I can confirm I do not get it. Looks absolutely terrible

Yep - really awful.  Just watched a bit to see what the fuss is about - concluded it’s definitely not for me.  Really don’t get it at all - hard to listen to.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Poor Bad Bunny.

Too busy eating ass to rehearse properly.

[CaledonianGonzo]

53 minutes ago, nikkic said:

Did anyone watch Chems? 

I had it on and was listening ambiently. Seemed fairly standard for them.

[philipsteak]

So was that a bad show (hey, everyone has them sometimes) or is that it?

[CaledonianGonzo]

I saw about 20 minutes of it before I had to head to the gym and thought it was fine. Not especially 'headlining one of the world's biggest festivals' calibre, but decent.

[philipsteak]

Fair enough. Not for me then.

[JonSnow]

Just sped watched the infamous Bad Bunny 'set'

 

 

Conclusions;

[Andre91]

Blink sounded GOOD. 

[JudgeGrumpy]

9 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Blondie actually sounding "not bad"

I was glad I watched as it frees up that slot for me now at Glasto. Debbie’s vocals actually grating at times. Fine when she wasn’t grating but there was plenty of the old cat being strangled vocal going on.