Coachella

[birchtree29]

42 minutes ago, snoochie1981 said:

This has a different poster to the others I have seen and includes No Doubt as a joint headliner on the Sunday.

https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/coachella-2024-lineup-poster-talking-points-3572325

Good catch. It is also mentioned as Sunday on the Coachella app.

[stanh]

2 hours ago, snoochie1981 said:

This has a different poster to the others I have seen and includes No Doubt as a joint headliner on the Sunday.

https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/coachella-2024-lineup-poster-talking-points-3572325

Definitely makes the Sunday look stronger than it previously did. 

[charlierc]

Only saw this pop up this morning. So... maybe a quieter time for the cash registers?

[stanh]

weekend 1 'sold out'

[birchtree29]

9 hours ago, stanh said:

weekend 1 'sold out'

It's not sold out. It's just a marketing tactic that they do every year to sell more W2 tickets. The resale value on stubhub is below face value for weekend 1 right now. This is probably gonna be the most empty year since they started having 2 weekends in 2012.

[northernangel]

On 2/15/2024 at 10:53 PM, stanh said:

weekend 1 'sold out'

Yup, like Creamfields is sold out...until it's not. Reading sold out late on last year to make themselves feel better.

[FKA SOSOTWS]

Yes, lmao, easy to say "sold out" when you decide to just stop selling tickets.

[clarkete]

"Coachella 2024: music A-listers hit the desert after a struggle to sell tickets" 

 

https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/12/coachella-ticket-sales-down

[The Black]

1 hour ago, clarkete said:

"Coachella 2024: music A-listers hit the desert after a struggle to sell tickets" 

 

https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/12/coachella-ticket-sales-down

 

In my opinion, the line-up is dreadful. Even if the tickets were free, I would not want to waste my time there. Long gone are the days of a stellar line-up.

[clarkete]

More Coachella bait... 

 

"Why wild horses couldn’t drag me back to Coachella" 

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/coachella-hate-festival-culture-toxic-b2527270.html

[CaledonianGonzo]

Any ideas what time the Lana set will be streaming tomorrow morning?

[Talcroft]

Has anyone seen any good reviews/clips of it so far?

I saw one influencer clip of Tyler the Creator doing a fair job of it, and the b3b Daphni Floating Points Jamie XX looked fun, but everything else looks like a car crash - either the artists have died (Grimes) or the crowd are totally subdued (Justice).

 Almost zero vibes. I don't remember it seeming this bad in previous years.

[Drums Please Fab]

Seen the Blur, girls and boys clip. What a car crash. Albarn telling the crowd "you're never f**king seeing us again so you may as well sing along now".

 

A field full of vacuous wasters watching a concert through their phone screens. 

 

Its all about flexing that you were there rather than actually enjoying being there.

 

I know every generation has disdain towards the youths coming up from behind, but f**k me this lot are a narcissistic bunch of twats, particularly in the USA.

Edited April 15, 2024 by Drums Please Fab

[The Nal]

Oof

 

Looks horrendous

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts/how-coachella-became-the-worlds-worst-music-festival/

 

[The Black]

Coachella years back had line-ups that gathered admiration from music enthousiats. It was on my bucket list to visit some day. In my opinion it has since turned into an experience event, catered to influencers and curating a line-up that is based on the number of Spotify listeners. They've succesfully killed what they once were, a music festival, thus no longer a bucket list item for me.

[charlierc]

On 4/15/2024 at 9:27 PM, Drums Please Fab said:

Seen the Blur, girls and boys clip. What a car crash. Albarn telling the crowd "you're never f**king seeing us again so you may as well sing along now".

 

A field full of vacuous wasters watching a concert through their phone screens. 

 

Its all about flexing that you were there rather than actually enjoying being there.

 

I know every generation has disdain towards the youths coming up from behind, but f**k me this lot are a narcissistic bunch of twats, particularly in the USA.

Given Albarn's outspoken tendencies, it seemed like a particularly odd booking to me.

 

Either that or they thought it was the same vibe that you would have seen at Coachella in 2013 when it still felt more like a festival and before it turned into more of a social media influencer parade.

[FKA SOSOTWS]

On 4/23/2024 at 4:28 AM, The Nal said:

Oof

 

Looks horrendous

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts/how-coachella-became-the-worlds-worst-music-festival/

 

Guaranteed it's not the worst festival in the world, The Telegraph is looking for clicks.