Coachella

[thewayiam]

2 hours ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

I don't think it's terrible, it's more of an indication of what's popular in the US right now. It's not for me, but of course it's not, I'm a 45 year old in the UK. Coachella hasn't been about me for 20 years.

That's four huge artists in their own right. If they were all in on Rihanna, and she bailed, that's on them. She's a billionaire who hasn't played live for seven years. They don't have the best recent track record for managing their headline acts, do they?

Yeah I mean when I say terrible, for me that is. It's interesting as someone said on a forum too that the lineup would be out Monday this week due to losing an act. 

I'm 36 so similarly, it's 10 years back for the same reason. There isn't many years since 2013 time I'd have looked and not considered releasing my ticket. Their 2006 run for several years was very good. 

[Leyrulion]

9 hours ago, thewayiam said:

So the latest suggestion is that it's actually Rihanna that has pulled out with Blackpink potentially getting the bump. 

Either way, 3 of Bad Bunny, Blackpink, Rihanna and Frank Ocean is pretty terrible. 

For a UK festival audience it wouldn't be a great lineup but the US is a different market so they must be confident in them doing well.

[Matt42]

I reckon we’re not out the woods yet. Still seems like they are trying something.

All the competitors are allowed to announce from Monday. Coachella rarely lets them do that unless they have to.

If they let all their competitors announce first it makes me wonder what they have lined up… or they are having one last attempt to try…

Edited January 7, 2023 by Matt42

[Suprefan]

[dotdash79]

5 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Has that been deleted?

[sisco]

1 hour ago, dotdash79 said:

Has that been deleted?

It didn’t exist 

[Leyrulion]

6 hours ago, Matt42 said:

I reckon we’re not out the woods yet. Still seems like they are trying something.

All the competitors are allowed to announce from Monday. Coachella rarely lets them do that unless they have to.

If they let all their competitors announce first it makes me wonder what they have lined up… or they are having one last attempt to try…

I'm not sure I understand, how do they control their competitors release schedule?

[assorted]

1 hour ago, Leyrulion said:

I'm not sure I understand, how do they control their competitors release schedule?

I think he’s misunderstanding something. Of course other festivals can announce before Coachella and a whole bunch have (Shaky Knees, Rolling Loud, In Between Days, Beach Life and a bunch of others have already announced). Some acts playing Coachella are incentivized via large payments to agree to not allow other festivals to announce them until Coachella does or after a certain date. 

There’s no reason Bonnaroo and Bottle Rocket can’t announce next week with those acts (not) shown as mystery guests - or the date was Jan 6th and that’s passed. 

[Suprefan]

[gfa]

On 1/6/2023 at 5:04 PM, FloorFiller said:

Apparently Hits Daily Double have leaked headliners in the past which have then turned out to be wrong - happened in ‘19 according to people on Reddit, although iirc that year had a lot of last minute drop outs and fill ins so could just be that - so whilst I’m not doubting that trio as it does seem like a very Coachella ‘23 set of headliners, I wouldn’t take it as a certainty just yet.

Standard year at coachella

Edited January 9, 2023 by gfa

[gfa]

seem to be missing something @Suprefan

[Suprefan]

27 minutes ago, gfa said:

seem to be missing something @Suprefan

See ya next week. Set your phones. Also we're currently underwater. 

[sisco]

Amazing that this amazing festival who can offer the world suffers every single year with drop outs and delays….. amazing

[chazwwe]

18 minutes ago, sisco said:

Amazing that this amazing festival who can offer the world suffers every single year with drop outs and delays….. amazing

The festival is clearly so popular that too many artists are asking to headline. Meaning they have to change their minds at short notice.

[GeezLouise]

Any news? 

[Sorcha17]

Just now, GeezLouise said:

Any news? 

Potentially today with all the big US festivals announcing?

[Hugh Jass II]

5 minutes ago, GeezLouise said:

Any news? 

Apparently The Lightning Seeds were signed up to headline but have pulled out.

They're down to Viva Brother in the phone book.

[thewayiam]

8 hours ago, chazwwe said:

The festival is clearly so popular that too many artists are asking to headline. Meaning they have to change their minds at short notice.

Coachella's issue now is that they primarily book a certain couple of genres of acts that have a high tendancy of dropping out for whatever reason

 

[Suprefan]

52 minutes ago, Sorcha17 said:

Potentially today with all the big US festivals announcing?

Nope. 
 

 

current status 

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, Sorcha17 said:

Potentially today with all the big US festivals announcing?

Honestly I'd be surprised if they'd announce at the same day as these other big ones. But stranger things have happened.

[gfa]

at this rate glastonbury's going to announce before coachella

[kingcrawler]

[Matt42]

Unreal. Well good 

[FloorFiller]

Not bad at all. Lots of good stuff that I’d be happy with there. And Frank still being a goer (for now) is great to see - can’t wait to watch that stream. 

[Gnomicide]

Not bad. 8 acts I'd be interested in, 7 of which are on the Friday. Better than usual.