Coachella

[Gnomicide]

Glastonbury could never (or something).

 

[gfa]

43 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Glastonbury could never (or something).

 

Would love to see Gorillaz back

[FloorFiller]

1 hour ago, gfa said:

Would love to see Gorillaz back

In that weird bracket of too small to headline but probably too big to sub, although I think they’d make a great Other headliner if they were willing to accept it.

[rubenz]

Just watching the Bad Bunny campfire acoustic with the old man on guitar  segue into him and his mate riding  jetskis slowly round the stage.

Im giving it a go but I have to say I find BB quite perplexing!

 

[DomDom1984]

6 hours ago, FloorFiller said:

In that weird bracket of too small to headline but probably too big to sub, although I think they’d make a great Other headliner if they were willing to accept it.

I'd say if you're too big to sub at Glasto, you're easily a headliner, given some of the subs that we've seen.

[giantkatestacks]

10 hours ago, Suprefan said:

I mean theres shade and 2 tents have AC in them. Tomorrow is going to be worse. The lack of wind is the issue. 

Just such a change from earlier in the week when it was actually cold (even for me!) I'm not at Coachella though, just working in LA.

Edited April 22, 2023 by giantkatestacks
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[Claire0406]

Anyone got a working livestream link? I want to watch four tet, Fred and skrillex

[Masterluke]

42 minutes ago, Claire0406 said:

Anyone got a working livestream link? I want to watch four tet, Fred and skrillex

I made that mistake.. it's not 06:30 today BST... It's 06:30 tomorrow BST. Blackpink are on now as the Sat headliner. Just search coachella on YouTube.

[Claire0406]

6 minutes ago, Masterluke said:

I made that mistake.. it's not 06:30 today BST... It's 06:30 tomorrow BST. Blackpink are on now as the Sat headliner. Just search coachella on YouTube.

I did the exact same thing 😂

[Suprefan]

I guess Zendaya and Sia popping up  with Labrinth at the worlds worst festival is par for the course.

[sisco]

6 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

I guess Zendaya and Sia popping up  with Labrinth at the worlds worst festival is par for the course.

1.  Who said it was the worst

2.  Who cares, hope you had a great time

 

[chazwwe]

9 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

I guess Zendaya and Sia popping up  with Labrinth at the worlds worst festival is par for the course.

So a celeb and a singer appeared with a DJ. Okay. You really gotta stop making yourself seem the victim. 

[a6l6e6x]

What’s zendaya got to do with music besides the greatest showman 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Lekkido Lord of the Lobsters came on one year with Mik Artistik, so think on.

[gfa]

19 hours ago, FloorFiller said:

In that weird bracket of too small to headline but probably too big to sub, although I think they’d make a great Other headliner if they were willing to accept it.

Agreed, they'd smash it out the park

[evilduck]

I’m watching the Gorillaz set now and it’s bloody great

[gfa]

Tumbleweed at bad bunny

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJmmbpdP/

[WhoOdyssey]

4 hours ago, chazwwe said:

So a celeb and a singer appeared with a DJ. Okay. You really gotta stop making yourself seem the victim. 

It doesn't make much difference, but Labrinth is a singer rather than a DJ. 

[philipsteak]

6 hours ago, Suprefan said:

I guess Zendaya and Sia popping up  with Labrinth at the worlds worst festival is par for the course.

Isn't it just!

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

Don't know if anyone posted this article yet, but it sounds worse than I imagined. Brand hotels, influencer parties where they talk openly about it being more about a big influencer conference than a festival, it's been dubbed the "influencer Olympics" (altho I haven't personally heard this moniker before).

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-65334585

Sounds really, really, so, just so amazing.

[gfa]

1 hour ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Don't know if anyone posted this article yet, but it sounds worse than I imagined. Brand hotels, influencer parties where they talk openly about it being more about a big influencer conference than a festival, it's been dubbed the "influencer Olympics" (altho I haven't personally heard this moniker before).

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-65334585

Sounds really, really, so, just so amazing.

I'll bash coachella and windup suprefan as much as the next man but you do realise this is 1% of attendees. The vast majority of people aren't like this

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

26 minutes ago, gfa said:

I'll bash coachella and windup suprefan as much as the next man but you do realise this is 1% of attendees. The vast majority of people aren't like this

The brand involvement is massive at Coachella though, most people at the festival will be exposed to beauty, tech, clothing brands all weekend. And that does sound roundly shit to me. Which is the whole point of this thread whether it bashes/winds anyone up or not?

1% of all attendees, seems a bit low, don't know where you're getting that number from? And you have to think about it in a more open way. 1% of attendees are 1,250 influencers at the festival, but how many people are following those infuencers over the weekend also attend? Bet that number is WAY higher.

Still, my point is that something like Coachella which is so focused on brands and influencers and selling products, it's hardly a lovely sounding place, is it?

And for what it's worth, I've said in previous posts that I think the line-up looks pretty good, comparable to Glasto across the board, but for me the brand/influencer angle makes it a big turn off. 

Edited April 23, 2023 by MEGATRONICMEATWAGON

[JonSnow]

2 hours ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Don't know if anyone posted this article yet, but it sounds worse than I imagined. Brand hotels, influencer parties where they talk openly about it being more about a big influencer conference than a festival, it's been dubbed the "influencer Olympics" (altho I haven't personally heard this moniker before).

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-65334585

Sounds really, really, so, just so amazing.

Absolutely nothing in that article about the 99 cash registers.

Typical BBC - Biased broadcasting corporation

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

17 minutes ago, JonSnow said:

Absolutely nothing in that article about the 99 cash registers.

Typical BBC - Biased broadcasting corporation

😅

[gfa]

1 hour ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

The brand involvement is massive at Coachella though, most people at the festival will be exposed to beauty, tech, clothing brands all weekend. And that does sound roundly shit to me. Which is the whole point of this thread whether it bashes/winds anyone up or not?

1% of all attendees, seems a bit low, don't know where you're getting that number from? And you have to think about it in a more open way. 1% of attendees are 1,250 influencers at the festival, but how many people are following those infuencers over the weekend also attend? Bet that number is WAY higher.

Still, my point is that something like Coachella which is so focused on brands and influencers and selling products, it's hardly a lovely sounding place, is it?

And for what it's worth, I've said in previous posts that I think the line-up looks pretty good, comparable to Glasto across the board, but for me the brand/influencer angle makes it a big turn off. 

Maybe not 1% but theres still a lot of normal people there.

Plenty of festivals are covered in corporate stuff, glastonbury is the exception more than anything as far as major fests go

My point i guess is sure the stuff in that bbc news article is stupid but nobody normal at the festival sees it - its not even within the festival, note how nobody on here even knew about it till now.

Just looked and that Kardashian mansion is 2 hours walk away from the site for example

Edited April 23, 2023 by gfa