Tuesday 17 January 2012

Coachella - wish i was there

Seasoned festival professional still able to keep hold of the beer.




A friends sister told me she was going to go to a festival in California this year. Known for bringing bands back together such as Pavement and Death From Above 1979 in recent years and being the USA's answer to Glasto, I investigated..........





 Turns out to be some boss festival and has a sick ol' line up.

Best of the British: Radiohead, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Pulp, Florence & The Machine Kasabian and Arctic Monkeys
Best of USA: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and The Black Keys.

The big shock for me was a eagerly anticipated reunion from cult following rock band At The Drive-In the precursor (yay used that word again) to The Mars Volta who are pretty epic with both bands being known for their energetic live shows.

Grammy award-winning duo La Roux will also appear alongside UK dance acts SBTRKT, Calvin Harris and Nero and a whole bunch more.



For the first time the event will take place over two weekends on 13-16 April and 20-22 April featuring the same line-up. Around 90,000 places will be available for each weekend. Totes jel -_-


Me and my pals happening upon some poor chap in distress at Glastonbury

36 comments:

  1. Hehe, honestly you guys, I love that pic, tippy toes ;)

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  2. haha such distress it seems, must have been glad you could help the poor chap..lol

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    1. Lol, help, seems more like they just stopped on the way past to take a pic hehe :)))) Poor Guy

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  3. He is all contented. Let him have his day!

    Hank

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  4. Seems you had fun.

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  5. I'm not super pumped for this years Coachella, aside from the Pure Filth stage.

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  6. ATDI would be a lot of fun to see I think.

    Also, I think two weekends is a lot of time to dedicate to a concer.

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  7. "Radiohead" Nah, I'll be sitting that one out. Calling Radiohead the best of anything is like listing who won gold at the Special Olympics.

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  8. Coachella is not a place I would ever care to go, but I would dig the black keys live.

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  9. If dream theater would go to coachella, i'd definitely be down. Otherwise... not so much.

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  10. hahaha, nice that pic made me lol.

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  11. Não gosto de festivais assim,
    beijos

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  12. hehe this pic make my day ;]

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  13. Sweden is pretty heavily represented with Refused, The Hives, AVICII, Swedish House Mafia and Miike Snow. Really I wish I could go. :/

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  14. A friend of mine was talking about this and is hoping to go. I'd go just for Radiohead.

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  15. Holy cow, looks sweet. I want.

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  16. I kinda wish I was there too. Sounds like so much fun :P Plus, I've never been to Cali...hahaha

    Followed back :)

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  17. If you're in to festivals, you'd love Sziget.

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  18. Envy! Seem you had a lot of fun!

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  19. I want to be there.

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  20. you should also visit one of best European music festivals EXIT in Novi Sad, Serbia, which is one of top festivals for years now around the world. It is held at an ancient medieval fortress and is mostly visited by drunken Brits and other European youngsters :)

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  21. ...and as there's no Glasto this year this looks very tempting

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