Coachella 2011

[ViVA Child]

post away :P

[Josh42]

http://coachella.com/poster.jpg

Like I said in the other thread, FUCKING ACE LINEUP.

[the_gloaming09]

one of these years I'm going to go to Coachella

[ViVA Child]

^Id go this year if I wasnt going to Glasto


I'd've gone last year if I wasnt going to Colombia for Coldplay.

Ill prob go next year..... its a fallow for Glasto anyways.

Still feel bad I missed Thom Yorke :(

[the_gloaming09]

you're going to Glastonbury? ... I'm so jealous


Thom Yorke was great live... I'm really hoping that Radiohead will do some touring this summer

[You'reWelcome]

I'm liking the lineup , we'll see . They'll probably add another big headliner.

[The Final Track]

http://coachella.com/poster.jpg

Like I said in the other thread, FUCKING ACE LINEUP.

When New Pornopgraphers, Ellie Golding and Gayngs are in small letters you know it's great.

[NumbersGirl]

I have a feeling Black Keys won't be there, they just announced they are canceling all sorts of stuff due to exhaustion

[You'reWelcome]

Yeah I heard that too. Coach is in 3 months though.

[ViVA Child]

If the Black Keys cancel I wont feel as bad about missing it.

I still think last years lineup was kinda better.

Oh well.

[Corkus]

I've wanted to go to Coachella for years (it's only 3 hours from me) but haven't been able to because of money or class/work schedule conflicts. Tonight I get my weekend schedule for my cinema class. If nothing conflicts on that weekend, I may very well go to Coachella at long last, especially since I finally have adequate funds and some appreciated financial support (which I really needed since they no longer sell single-day passes). Fingers crossed. Friday and Sunday definitely have acts I want to see, but the Saturday line-up looks phenomenal.

[Megalomania]

That's an amazing lineup, all three days! :surprised:
So much better than Bamboozle's. :|



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I honestly don't think there's a single band I want to see. :| Such a fail. And I was really looking forward to going this year. :shifty:



Gah, how I wish I could go to Coachella! :bomb:

[The Escapist]

That is one of the most incredible fucking line ups I have ever seen.

[bjaiken]

I think it's good, but not great. There's no crazy one off appearances or band reunions. Duran Duran is the closest it comes. I've seen Arcade Fire and Kings of Leon this past year, and I suspect they will be touring every year or two for the next 10. The lesser acts have all played local clubs and smaller venues around town. I want to go, but if I miss it, I don't feel like I'm missing some rare opportunity.

Where's the Smiths reunion or Pearl Jam with Neil Young?

[deaths_friend]

my take on it

Friday - good (5 bands i would love to see, 6 others interested in)
saturday - good (love 6, 5 interested)
sunday - fucking amazing (8 amazing acts there that would happily pay full price to see)

i think on the first two days the headliners are so-so but the ace stuff is in the smaller print. but sunday is amazing top to bottom.

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

I'm trying to go. Even though I live in England, I happen to be in the US at the time, but around NYC. I've worked out that the whole thing would cost a lot, but within budget. I'm desperately trying to find someone to go with in the next 24 hours before passes go onsale because my budget is for two people and I'm so tired of doing awesome stuff like this by myself. I guess my criteria is that I have to know you, though, because we'd be rooming and driving together and all that.

Something tells me it's just not going to work out in the end. Does Coachella tend to sell out like Glasto etc?

[Wherrwhfer]

;-;

[Corkus]

Something tells me it's just not going to work out in the end. Does Coachella tend to sell out like Glasto etc?
Not at all. In fact, I'm pretty sure last year was the first year they've ever completely sold out, and I believe it took a while for that to happen. Though I'm not sure how long it took (and it's something I should find out since I don't plan on purchasing until I have full confidence I'm going).

[You'reWelcome]

Yeah, it usually doesn't sellout. I'm waiting for other festival lineups before I make the trip to the west coast.

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

Oh, that's great to know, because I just found someone to go with and she's getting the passes tomorrow :dance: :dance: :dance:

I just booked a less-than-desirable hotel, though...40 minutes away, because that's the closest that's still available :freak:

[Corkus]

Oh cripes, that's seriously the closest hotel still available? I know my friend was looking into hotels in the Palm Springs area because we thought that'd be far enough without being overpriced or already booked but still has a shuttle. I'd better tell my buddies to get on that quickly.

[Megalomania]

I hope everyone going has a great time! :nice:
This seems like an :awesome: festival, too bad I'm stranded on the other side of the country. :| :shifty:

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

Oh cripes, that's seriously the closest hotel still available? I know my friend was looking into hotels in the Palm Springs area because we thought that'd be far enough without being overpriced or already booked but still has a shuttle. I'd better tell my buddies to get on that quickly.

The hotel I got is in Palm Springs, which is evidently about a 30-40 minute drive from the festival grounds accoring to Google :dead:. But I searched every other town on like every major hotel website and found nothing under $300/night in Indio, La Quinta, Indian Wells, Palm Desert, or Cathedral City. If you can afford it there are closeby options, but it really is insane--passes don't even go onsale until tomorrow and everything remotely affordable and convenient is gone!

But you just reminded me that a shuttle to Palm Springs exists and I just discovered its drop-off is 1.5 miles from my hotel, which is walkable! WHOO!

[Italian Plastic]

Was I the only one really disappointed that Daft Punk weren't playing?
that fake lineup was so good :(

this rules, though

[deaths_friend]

cmon as if they ever had a chance of securing daft punk twice in 4yrs. but it would've been awesome if they were playing, would mean my chances of seeing them live were higher.

[Corkus]

Camping and VIP selling out in record time quite honestly concerned me, so I went ahead and purchased my pass today. Hopefully my friend follows through on finding a place to stay. Gonna be my first festival! :D

[Italian Plastic]

That's going to be an amazing first festival :blank:

[ViVA Child]

Glasto will be an awesome first festival too.

[Italian Plastic]

Coachella >>> Glasto

[Corkus]

Whoa snap, they just sold out of standard passes and now your only way in is with a shuttle bundle. :shocked2:
Did I make the right choice to finally purchase at midnight last night or what? :stunned:

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

It sold out?! Thank God I was paranoid and got mine the fricking second they went onsale. With the lineup and all the hype around it this year, I didn't want to take my chances. :sweatdrop:

[ViVA Child]

Coachella >>> Glasto

How can you say this when you dont even know what the lineup is??

[You'reWelcome]

They're forsure sold out???????

[Corkus]

As of an hour ago, yes, they are now officially sold out of EVERYTHING.

And guess what? My friend wasn't able to get a pass in time. Shitballs. I may have to find different people to meet up with if she refuses to pay a scalper price. :\

[ViVA Child]

join a festival forum

thats what im doing

[Italian Plastic]

How can you say this when you dont even know what the lineup is??

I think Coachella is better than Glasto in general.
The thing about Coachella is that it's always a solid lineup. Even the acts in the smallest writing are amazing. I don't think it's the same with Glastonbury.

[ViVA Child]

mmmmm i dissagree.

at least with this years lineup (aside from the big/medium script acts)

i havent been to either yet so i cant say or compare, Glasto attracts me more though.

Coachella is in palm springs california yes?.... so ...blah.

have you been to both?

[deaths_friend]

I think Coachella is better than Glasto in general.
The thing about Coachella is that it's always a solid lineup. Even the acts in the smallest writing are amazing. I don't think it's the same with Glastonbury.

glastonbury would hardly rank in the top 5 in the world in terms of festival line ups. festivals like rock wercther, roskilde, coachella and others provide far superior line ups year in year out. but a great line up has never been the reason why glasto is held in such high esteem.

glastonbury to many music fans around is like a spiritual musical pilgrimage. its all about being part of that massive tent city with 150 000 for 4 days. its the history, both mythical and factual. its the one festival that even non-music fans know about.

glastonbury is great cos its fucking glastonbury!

[Italian Plastic]

mmmmm i dissagree.

at least with this years lineup (aside from the big/medium script acts)

i havent been to either yet so i cant say or compare, Glasto attracts me more though.

Coachella is in palm springs california yes?.... so ...blah.

have you been to both?

Haha, I haven't beein to either. I'm judging them from the other side of the world :P
I'm talking about the lineup, not really the festival itself?

[deaths_friend]

a lot depends on your taste in music. glastonbury has fairly minimal heavy music and urban music (which is slowly changing) whereas other big fests dont tend to restrict themselves in that way which makes them more appealing to some people and less to others.

[ViVA Child]

Haha, I haven't beein to either. I'm judging them from the other side of the world :P
I'm talking about the lineup, not really the festival itself?

oh well from what ive heard the lineup is only half of what makes glasto awesome

im lucky im in california so once i have the money for coachella it would just a hour or so drive to get there.

[Italian Plastic]

I guess Glastonbury doubles as an experience as well as a music festival. Coachella not so much.

[xxKels]

I beg to differ, Eddie.
Coachella is no different an "experience" than Glasto, just a different environment and mindset. It's all about what each person makes it, feels it
for themselves- highly individual. This being true to all venues- large or small, crap set out by a woodshed in the field , to the most elite, lush private venue.:)
Hope your birthday was a great experience for you as well.

[You'reWelcome]

So excited for this!!!!!! :D

[Corkus]

I want set times to be revealed like NOW. :bomb:

[Destrokk]

D: WHYY.

Did they get Crystal Castles name wrong? :uhoh:

[You'reWelcome]

I KNOW!!! I can't believe they haven't released it!! So excited though.

[Corkus]

D: WHYY.

Did they get Crystal Castles name wrong? :uhoh:
That was the original version of the poster. They fixed a few typos in later versions, as well as dropped a few artists like Klaxons.

[the_gloaming09]

one of these years I'll go to Coachella

[deaths_friend]

well im excited about the webcast. these are the artists they're promising to show at this stage

Nas & Damian Marley
The National
The Black Keys
Gogol Bordello
Interpol
Mumford & Sons
Duran Duran
Bright Eyes
Cut//Copy
Cold War Kids
PJ Harvey

[Corkus]

Set times are up. MAJOR conflicts for me on Saturday (I'll probably miss Elbow. DAMMIT.). Seem pretty okay with Friday and Sunday, though.

The National performing at sunset should be friggin amazing, though.

[You'reWelcome]

Just saw this. Definitely have some conflicts sat/fri .

[the_gloaming09]

webcast to take place here: http://www.youtube.com/coachella

[You'reWelcome]

TOMORROW!!!! :)

[Corkus]

Getting up inhumanely early and bolting to the festival tomorrow. Will take pics, and will hopefully have an amazing time. Until then, I'll see you again on Monday, Coldplaying. :)

[deaths_friend]

pretty impressed with the webcast line up. got interpol, tame impala, foals, two door cinema club, the strokes, national, kings of leon, mumford & sons, elbow and bright eyes. looking forward to sitting back and enjoying the webcast this weekend :)

[Italian Plastic]

HEALTH are streaming? looking forward to that

[The Final Track]

So all the artists under "channel" are being streamed?

[deaths_friend]

this is the schedule

http://yt-coachella-hr.appspot.com/

[The Final Track]

That's great! Contemplating pulling an all-nighter.

[The Final Track]

Anyone else watching?

[S.@.m.]

:dance: yesssss!

but when does robyn perform?? she's not in the schedule but definately playing!!!?! :thinking:


edit: tuned in to channel1.. last act of day1: gayngs. :thumbsup:

[The Final Track]

Yes! :awesome: I love them. I sat up all night waiting for them. 2am-10. WarPaint were probably the best, though.

[S.@.m.]

i just saw robyn posting on facebook so i tuned in at around 9 o'clock.. tonight i will also stay up all night!.. :wacko:
gayngs were really good! i didnt know them before but i think i will check them out soon!

[The Final Track]

I actually saw her on TV earlier last night from when she played a club in Sweden.
Really? Yeah, you should :awesome: everything with Justin Vernon is gold.

[S.@.m.]

whooooooot!? justin is in? i thought of him when i heard those electric voices.. but well, i didnt know that either^^ thank you!

*downloading 'relayted'* :)


edit: this is totally making my day!!! my band of the day: GAYNGS :dance: the only thing missing is some weed :wacky:

[deaths_friend]

i got held up at work so i only caught The Black Keys who were pretty great. looking forward to watching a lot more action tomorrow :)

[The Final Track]

whooooooot!? justin is in? i thought of him when i heard those electric voices.. but well, i didnt know that either^^ thank you!

*downloading 'relayted'* :)


edit: this is totally making my day!!! my band of the day: GAYNGS :dance: the only thing missing is some weed :wacky:

Yeah, he was the guy with the sunglasses and white shirt. Yeah, it's a great album :D


i got held up at work so i only caught The Black Keys who were pretty great. looking forward to watching a lot more action tomorrow :)

I slept 1 hour :dead: Timed it so I'd sleep through Kings Of Leon

[Corkus]

Hey guys, thought I'd pop in from the hotel early in the morning. First day was great! Interpol and especially the Black Keys were the highlights so far, though I also got to see some good sets from Tame Impala and others, including Crystal Castles' blinding strobe show. We unfortunately skipped Robyn because we both wanted to rest for today's insane lineup as well as beat douchey KoL traffic.

See ya guys! :)

[SueDeNimes]

Hey, sounds cool!
Have a great time today! :hug: :dance:

[deaths_friend]

i heard tame impala pulled quite the crowd which is great to hear. they have greatly improved their live show since their early days.

[S.@.m.]

Yes! :awesome: I love them. I sat up all night waiting for them. 2am-10. WarPaint were probably the best, though.

oh yeah and even 'solid gold' is involved in the GAYNGS !!! this is simply amazing!
all artists that i love combined together. okay at least a few of my favourite one's :)




btw have fun at the festival whoever is going there!.. we'll be watchin you :D

[The Final Track]

Who's he?

Thanks for the update, Micheal :awesome: Were you seeing Elbow?

[deaths_friend]

TDCC has really gotten the crowd going today and they sound great. but the Foals set is the one that i'm really looking forward to.

and i really wish the Interpol encore wasn't at the same time as M&S.

[The Final Track]

Missed the start of TDCC cause the Twitter thingy blocked the channel selection :shifty:

[deaths_friend]

yeah the first 20mins of the TDCC set wasn't perfect for me either kept on stopping but the rest was very enjoyable. i'm not a fan or anything but their music is very easy on the ears and they're a lot of fun live.

not big on Cage the elephant so i might just do something else for 45mins then come back in time for Foals.

[The Final Track]

Yeah, feel the same way about TDCC. Finished watching Freelance Whales first.
Can't decide between Foals and Broken Social Scene. Leaning towards Foals, though.

And now there's a dude with a dress on stage...

[Grace.]

Haha that's cage the elephant :P
I only just discovered this was even happening, pumped for Foals, they're amazing live. You should definitely watch them. Who else are you guys planning on watching?

[The Final Track]

Elbow and New Pornographers are what I'm looking forward to the most. Also Mumford & Sons and Swell Season + I'll take your word for it and go for Foals.

[The Final Track]

Arcade Fire just added to webcast!

[berrywoman]

I was able to catch Interpol's full set on YouTube this morning... I liked it! I will admit that just as I was getting accustomed to Dave Pajo... this new temp bassist, I need time!!

Over all I hear the light effects at this year's festival is epic!! Anyone seen any footage? I read it was all done by Creators Project....

thoughts?

[Grace.]

Great, now you better like them cos if you don't then it's my fault :p

Just saw Arcade Fire were on the lineup!!!

I've got alarms set to watch Foals, Mumford & Sons, Elbow and Arcade Fire :D

[The Final Track]

I might sleep after New Pornographers until Elbow, it's like 3 am here.

[deaths_friend]

ok my plan for the day

TDCC
nothing
Foals
nothing
The Kills
Mumford/Interpol
Elbow
Empire of the Sun
ARCADE FIRE!!

will probably watch Interpol over M&S because i haven't seen much of them live since their 4th album came out. and heres to hoping that what happened with AF happens with Kanye tomorrow and he is added to the webcast. not that tomorrows youtube lineup isn't amazing enough already

[Grace.]

Oh yeah I might watch the Kills too.
I'm meant to be having a study session later but I'm sure they won't mind if I bring out my laptop for some background music.... screw study anyway haha :awesome:

[Grace.]

Oh and I have uni ALL day tomorrow, not webcast for me :(

FOALS NOW!!!

[Grace.]

Oh and I have uni ALL day tomorrow, not webcast for me :(

FOALS NOW!!!

[The Final Track]

I miss tomorrow too. Mostly upset over The National.

:wacko: They sound a bit like Frightened Rabbit

[deaths_friend]

lol just realised the drummer from foals has the exact same hair style and colour as the singer from TDCC.

[Grace.]

Lol true! The drummer from TDCC isn't actually part of the band though :p

I'm sad to miss The National too. And The Strokes

[Lore]

AF watching party? :wacky:

[deaths_friend]

actually might watch Yelle after this. the chick looks pretty hot :P

SPANISH SAHARA WOO :D

[deaths_friend]

blistering set from Foals! but not sure if it's a good idea for a guy as big and built as Yannis to be diving onto the crowd. i think he landed on a girl lol poor thing.

[Grace.]

Holy shit that stage dive was EPIC!! I love Yannis :wacky:
Wish he'd done that at Splendour/Laneway :p
I would allow myself to be crushed by him haha

AF watching party? :wacky:

If my study friends are gone by then, YES

[Italian Plastic]

i will stop watching before arcade fire don't worry

[Grace.]

I don't think anyone was worrying, or planning to worry, Eddie :nice:

[Tnspieler1012]

sucks that they're on so f-ing late here. I'll probs go to bed right after swell season.

[Italian Plastic]

I don't think anyone was worrying, or planning to worry, Eddie :nice:

:awesome:


I'm really excited for The Swell Season though. I haven't really listened to them since I saw them early last year.

[deaths_friend]

really excited about the Interpol encore! just had a sneak peak had the setlist and they seem to be doing a great spread of all 4 albums in their limited time. i think it is an absolute insult that they were put before the black keys on the main stage. i know the black keys last album was brilliant and interpols wasnt really (i liked it) but interpol have an incredibly well respected and admired back catalogue that the black keys could never match. if it was up to me they would be after kings of leon as well lol.

[deaths_friend]

right now they have Mumford on Ch1, AF interview on Ch2 and Interpol on Ch3. ffffffffffff

[deaths_friend]

anyone still watching? Interpol were just perfect playing 11 of their biggest songs and now i'm catching the last 15mins of the Mumford set. i still can't believe they're playing the main stage at Coachella in front of what looks like 50 odd thousand people. just a year ago they were playing tiny venues every where and a year before they were completely unknown.

and i'm loving the quick impromptu celeb interviews theyre doing backstage. just saw the host with sir paul and usher.

[Italian Plastic]

aw man i miss the swell season :(

i met them :awesome: lol lol

[Grace.]

Yeah I'm stil watching a little bit while doing some study, just watched the whole M&S set :awesome:
Saving my downloads now for Elbow and Arcade Fire

[Tnspieler1012]

Marketa playing piano with a broken finger <3

[deaths_friend]

alriggghhttt elbow time!! would they hurry up and start it already.

Fun Fact of the Day

Did you know that the guy who has been the sound engineer for RHCP for the last 25yrs is the same guy in charge of the sound production at Coachella since 2001.

[The Final Track]

I slept through Elbow :bigcry: Fuuuuuuuuuuck

[deaths_friend]

ahhhh they were wonderful!!! but Guy's crowd interaction seemed a bit cliche at times.

[The Final Track]

Hands down this is the biggest disappointment of my life.

[S.@.m.]

AF watching party? :wacky:

Beginning in a few seconds! :wacky:


Who's he?

(...)

Zach Coulter, Adam Hurlburt, and Shön Troth are from 'Solid Gold'

[Lore]

woke up just to see AF. 3:15 here

[deaths_friend]

have no fear. arcade fire is here!!!!

[S.@.m.]

:dance:


i'll probably fall asleep again (8.19 a.m. here).

[deaths_friend]

i dont give a fuck about how you came up with the name magnetic man!! just piss off and give us arcade fire.

[Lore]

:lol:

[deaths_friend]

for all of you who are up in the middle of the night. something tells me this is going to be totally worth it! sooo amazing so far!

[dry_pretzels]

I really should be doing homework, but I'll join in. I'm loving this.

[The Final Track]

Beginning in a few seconds! :wacky:




Zach Coulter, Adam Hurlburt, and Shön Troth are from 'Solid Gold'

Oh right. Man, I knew that!

[Lore]

SO FREAKING AMAZING!

[inengsol1500]

Arcade Fire! :bomb::bigcry:

[The Final Track]

Holding my fingers crossed for My Body Is A Cage

[deaths_friend]

wow what an ending!!

bring on day 3 motherfuckers!!!!!!

[dry_pretzels]

I had goosebumps during Wake Up. What a great crowd. :wacky:

[deaths_friend]

HOLD YOUR HORSES!! WE BE GETTING MORE!

[Lore]

NOW I'M READY TO START :D

[deaths_friend]

do they always use these amazing baloons?

and how badly do they own coldplays lame VLV tour baloons lmao!

[Lore]

it's the first time I see the balloons. The show was perfect, great setlist and they were amazing as always. I love them so much :heart:

[Grace.]

HOLY WOW.

Firstly, Elbow - my reception completely screwed up so I only got to see snippets of all/most songs :bigcry:

I was watching Arcade Fire while having a study session (massage fortunately so I actually could watch, haha) and I agree that they were AMAZING!!!! Those balloons were unlike anything I'd ever seen before, completely unreal! Man, I want to see them live soooooo baaaaaad :bomb: :bomb:
Oh and I missed the second half of Wake Up, grrrrr. I love my friends but... seriously, guys... :P

[Grace.]

I think it's a good thing I can't watch tomorrow's broadcast. I used over 6GB of our downloads today :uhoh:

[The Final Track]

You can download?

[S.@.m.]

for watchin videos or streams you are downloading data from the web (but not saving on your harddisk)... ;)
even when you are loading a website you are downloading some KB's..

[Grace.]

^ yeah, that. Thanks :nice:

[S.@.m.]

I'm glad that I have a flat rate and unlimited access :p
sorry for you :shy:

[Grace.]

Haha it's ok, we still have plenty of room left plus it ticks over next week :lol:

[deaths_friend]

well i'm off to bed now. i'm still hoping that they show kanye after the strokes but i might be a little optimistic there. regardless tomorrow is easily the best of the 3 days, both in terms of the webcast and the actual lineup.

who will be joining me tomorrow?

[Corkus]

OH. MY. GOD.

There is no way to humanly describe the amazingness of Arcade Fire's show - especially the synched light up balloons - without actually having been there. Theatrics-wise it was unlike anything I had ever seen (suck it, Yellow balloons), and performance-wise it was completely stellar the whole way through. Intervention still gets me every damn time.

Oh yeah, Conor freaking Oberst was standing in front of us during Arcade Fire. I smiled at him but he just turned away, but whatever.

I'll fill you guys in on the rest of my day later.

[Marisa]

OH. MY. GOD.

There is no way to humanly describe the amazingness of Arcade Fire's show - especially the synched light up balloons - without actually having been there. Theatrics-wise it was unlike anything I had ever seen (suck it, Yellow balloons), and performance-wise it was completely stellar the whole way through. Intervention still gets me every damn time.

Oh yeah, Conor freaking Oberst was standing in front of us during Arcade Fire. I smiled at him but he just turned away, but whatever.

I'll fill you guys in on the rest of my day later.


NICE!

[Lore]

I can't watch the strokes tonight, I have school tomorrow and their show will start around 3am here :(

[inengsol1500]

you can watch the rebroadcast! :wacky:

watching this again:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljsfi0uyWP1qzd3hmo1_500.gif

seriously, im crying. :bigcry:

[Lore]

it was so pretty :bigcry:

[inengsol1500]

IT WAS. Everything was stunning! :bigcry:
god, im such a fangirl. forced my friend to watch the rebroadcast earlier. :laugh3:



I've never seen any live performances from The Strokes. Don't really know what to expect but i'm pretty excited. Thank heavens that my boss is on vacation and I don't have to go to the office. :wacky:

[Tash]

you can watch the rebroadcast! :wacky:

just did that, it was amazing!

[Grace.]

you can watch the rebroadcast! :wacky:

When/where??
I won't be able to watch any today, I have uni in an hour and I won't get home tonight til after the last act :bigcry:

[Tash]

Month of May + Rebellion (Lies) (http://youtu.be/HuYR8sKnXNY)

The rest will be uploaded later tonight or tomorrow
http://twitter.com/#!/ArcadeFireTube/status/59725047790714880

[deaths_friend]

well i woke up about 5hrs late haha. but don't think i really missed much. watching DFA 1979 now and they sound awesome.

they've put a TBA next to 10-30pm which is exactly when Kanye is set to headline. rumours are that rihanna and katy perry will join him on stage. i really hope he doesn't waste 5mins of his set to perform that crap song with katy perry.

[deaths_friend]

The National. What a band :)

[Lore]

best coast was good. The National is on now :heart:

[Italian Plastic]

HEALTH have been the best band I've seen so far.

The National aren't sounding great. I don't think this stream is doing them any good.

[deaths_friend]

ahhh we're back in business

it was good to see justin vernon on with the national cos that basically confirms he will be there with kanye.

the strokes are sounding awesome albeit in black white!

[Lore]

The Strokes are so good :bomb:

[deaths_friend]

take it or leave it!!!! :guitarist:

[Lore]

I should be sleeping but I'm considering seeing Kanye :lol:

[S.@.m.]

:D justin vernon just was on stage with him!!! :dance:

[deaths_friend]

WOW YEEZY MA BOI!

sorry AF fans but Kanye just crapped all over AF's set then spat on it. that was something really special. theres a very good reason why that man is the biggest name in music right now, i don't think i need to say it cos all of you just watched it tonight.

Setlist

Dark Fantasy
Power
Jesus Walks
Can't Tell Me Nothing
Diamonds from Sierra Leone
Hell of a Life
Monster
Flashing Lights
Good Life
Love Lockdown
Say You Will
Heartless
Swagger Like Us/ Run This Town / Katy Perry Song
Homecoming
Through the Wire
All Falls Down
Touch The Sky
Gold Digger
All of the Lights
Stronger

Encore

Runaway(Chariots of Fire intro)
Lost in the World
Hey Mama

[S.@.m.]

i missed it watchin live :/

great setlist!!! that could be the tracklist for a best of album of him!

[deaths_friend]

that was a fun weekend :)

see y'all at bonnaroo!!

[Grace.]

Month of May + Rebellion (Lies) (http://youtu.be/HuYR8sKnXNY)

The rest will be uploaded later tonight or tomorrow
http://twitter.com/#!/ArcadeFireTube/status/59725047790714880

Thank you for the link!!

Does anyone know if any other sets will be put up? I wish I could've been around to see Kanye's set!

[deaths_friend]

kanye's set is everywhere at the moment.

here is one http://bit.ly/i5NyjB

better quality ones will appear in the coming hours.

and grace, i checked my account usage from yesterday (ie day 2 of coachella) i also used 6GB! haha. i must've used just as much today which is why i'm now on dial up speed :( but it was soooo worth it!

[Grace.]

^Oh, thanks!
I'd found a couple of bad quality recordings on YouTube but wanted something better, that one's pretty OK quality.

Haha yeah it would totally be worth dialup speed! Unfortunately I (and my housemates I guess :P) will just get charged heaps if I go over (don't think I'd be very popular if I did that).

[deaths_friend]

oh wow they still have plans where they charge u for going over? i thought they were banned? hmmm

anyways. here's tame impala

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=6VYQ69U4

[Grace.]

Haha, I just had to go double check my internet plan and you're right, it does just get slowed down. Still, it would suck for everyone else if I did that :p

Ahhh, stop sending links to all these amazing sets, I need to go to bed :bomb:
Thanks, though! :D

[Corkus]

Everyone who has never seen The National live before needs to see them immediately, and everyone who HAS seen them needs to see them again. They are the absolute last band I thought I'd use the ludicrous term "face-melting" for, and yet they were easily the best non-headline act I saw all weekend.

Oh yeah, The Strokes were pretty awesome, but I was also ridiculously tired by that point. Must do this festival again, though.

[Lore]

just saw the show until Monster but it was so good, Kanye is amazing, I'm so glad I saw him 2 weeks ago

[deaths_friend]

Everyone who has never seen The National live before needs to see them immediately, and everyone who HAS seen them needs to see them again. They are the absolute last band I thought I'd use the ludicrous term "face-melting" for, and yet they were easily the best non-headline act I saw all weekend.

Oh yeah, The Strokes were pretty awesome, but I was also ridiculously tired by that point. Must do this festival again, though.

if you were that impressed at a festival show imagine how good a full length show would be! i can tell you as a fact they are the nearest thing to live music perfection i have ever seen. and i lucky enough to see it from the barrier :D

[Corkus]

Well, I know The National are playing Hollywood Bowl later this year, and I'm gonna see if there's any way I can get a good ticket that's not too unreasonable. (I generally hate Hollywood Bowl, though.)

"Squalor Victoria" was a worthy candidate for the best song of the entire weekend from anybody (but competition is stiff), though "Mr. November" was pretty damn awesome both for getting the whole crowd going and because Matt Berninger very nearly crowd surfed over me.

[Grace.]

Awww, they took the Arcade Fire show off youtube :(

Glad you had a great time Michael, it would've been unbelievable!! :awesome:

[deaths_friend]

i don't understand the point of taking those videos off youtube. how are they losing any money by doing so? that huge 5 Gum sign is still there.

[The Final Track]

They did what? So because of that I have to live with the regret of falling asleep during Elbow for the rest of my life?

[Grace.]

^ I don't know about Elbow, because a channel called ArcadeFireTube had posted all the vids of Arcade Fire's set. You might have to search around for Elbow's, but hopefully it's there :\

[deaths_friend]

if you can't find it on youtube. try torrents and rapidshare.

[You'reWelcome]

I miss you, Coachella :\

[deaths_friend]

went and bought some 5 Gum today. fucking advertising.

[Grace.]

Ahahaha, is it even any good? :P

Btw, congrats on post 4444! :P

[deaths_friend]

woooo 4444 :D

the packaging is rather nice but the gum itself isnt anything special. the initial taste is pretty nice and it stays "chewy" for quite some time. but yeah no better or worse than your average.

[Grace.]

Yeah it's weird, I hit 2222 just yesterday :P

I haven't bought that one simply because the ads for it are completely stupid/ridiculous, in my opinion :P I prefer eclipse

/topic fail

[deaths_friend]

haha. i actually have seen any of the ads. its just that i spent most of the weekend staring at their logo. so i thought i'd give it a go.

[Grace.]

Fair enough, it is a pretty cool logo I must admit :P

[Crests]

I thought I would share this quality article with you guys.
http://christwire.org/2011/04/coachella-is-a-festival-of-disease-and-sin-your-children-most-likely-will-die

YOUR CHILDREN MOST LIKELY WILL DIE

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

If you guys are talking about where to re-watch the sets that they broadcasted, go to theaudioperv.com and search "Coachella" and you can download every single set in full that they broadcasted :D. I'm currently burning them all to DVD.

I was there. It was the best weekend of my life. However, the act I was really there for was The Strokes, and I almost died three times. It was a full-on riot scene due to the band two acts before them and Kanye after them, which made it a bittersweet ending to the weekend. I was really disappointed I wasn't at the front for The Strokes (I'd waited 8 hours up there and decided to get pulled just because it was so dangerous), but I was lucky enough not to sustain any serious injuries but a whole host of people were taken to the hospital :\.

[Corkus]

I thought I would share this quality article with you guys.
http://christwire.org/2011/04/coachella-is-a-festival-of-disease-and-sin-your-children-most-likely-will-die/
Had a few FB friends post that one. (fairly funny, though the funniest aspect may be so many people not realizing ChristWire is a parody/satire site)
I was really disappointed I wasn't at the front for The Strokes (I'd waited 8 hours up there and decided to get pulled just because it was so dangerous), but I was lucky enough not to sustain any serious injuries but a whole host of people were taken to the hospital :\.
That was my exact situation for Arcade Fire. I camped out in front on Saturday until Broken Social Scene ended, then suddenly with no explanation, everyone got extremely rowdy and you couldn't move or breathe, so we moved back behind the second barricade for safety purposes and were fine from that point. I've never had that problem at a standard concert, though festival atmospheres are different.

But yes, The Strokes were awesome. Pleasantly surprised by the amount of "Is This It?" material. Getting out of there after Strokes and before Kanye was ridiculous, though. For every person leaving The Strokes, there were like 5 people entering for Kanye, so it was extremely difficult to push my way back out.

Glad you had fun too, though! :)

[Crests]

Had a few FB friends post that one. (fairly funny, though the funniest aspect may be so many people not realizing ChristWire is a parody/satire site)

Gotta love those unobservant and easily tricked people, haha. That's why I love these things.
What also makes me laugh about that is the amount of sites I've come across in my life exactly like it or worse, and completely serious.

I didn't get to watch any of the artists. :sad:

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

That was my exact situation for Arcade Fire. I camped out in front on Saturday until Broken Social Scene ended, then suddenly with no explanation, everyone got extremely rowdy and you couldn't move or breathe, so we moved back behind the second barricade for safety purposes and were fine from that point. I've never had that problem at a standard concert, though festival atmospheres are different.

But yes, The Strokes were awesome. Pleasantly surprised by the amount of "Is This It?" material. Getting out of there after Strokes and before Kanye was ridiculous, though. For every person leaving The Strokes, there were like 5 people entering for Kanye, so it was extremely difficult to push my way back out.

Glad you had fun too, though! :)

I understand that's just the way festivals are, and I was up front for the headliners on Friday and Saturday, but Sunday was a WHOLE DIFFERENT kettle of fish. The band Death From Above 1979 absolutely ruined everything--people were trying to start a mosh pit, crowd surfing, mauling people smaller than them to get closer...I saw grown men much, much larger than me sobbing. So many unconscious people were pulled out, and I even saw two people bleeding from the head. I actually felt pretty in control of my safety the whole time, somehow, but I decided to get pulled after DFA got off because I knew I wouldn't be able to enjoy my favorite band to the fullest in that scene.

And GOD, getting out after Kanye...I was a mile away, SO far from the stage, and it was still a stampede after The Strokes got off. I watched Kanye from so far away I would see his mouth move on the screen before the sound was able to reach me from how far away I was.

Here's to hoping there aren't any hardcore acts before The Strokes and Coldplay at Oxegen in July...I know both acts are popular and Strokes fans can get rowdy, but I know I can handle Coldplay crowds easily. I just want to make sure they don't book a fricking heavy metal or hardcore act before them that I have to worry about again.

[The Final Track]

If you guys are talking about where to re-watch the sets that they broadcasted, go to theaudioperv.com and search "Coachella" and you can download every single set in full that they broadcasted :D. I'm currently burning them all to DVD.

Ohmygod, thank you so much! :cheesy:


I thought I would share this quality article with you guys.
http://christwire.org/2011/04/coachella-is-a-festival-of-disease-and-sin-your-children-most-likely-will-die

YOUR CHILDREN MOST LIKELY WILL DIE

Oh man, I thought that was real :shame:

[Corkus]

Oh dear...my friend and I split up briefly because he wanted to see Death From Above and I wanted to see The National, and he said it was the craziest crowd all weekend, and not in a good way. I swiftly bolted back to the main stage at the end of Duran Duran's set, and since a lot of people in that crowd were age 30+ and sorta just relaxing and soaking in the nostalgia, it was pretty easy creeping ahead of a lot of them.

But seriously, I was deep enough into the audience that I was getting suffocated trying to penetrate that incoming Kanye crowd.

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

Oh dear...my friend and I split up briefly because he wanted to see Death From Above and I wanted to see The National, and he said it was the craziest crowd all weekend, and not in a good way. I swiftly bolted back to the main stage at the end of Duran Duran's set, and since a lot of people in that crowd were age 30+ and sorta just relaxing and soaking in the nostalgia, it was pretty easy creeping ahead of a lot of them.

But seriously, I was deep enough into the audience that I was getting suffocated trying to penetrate that incoming Kanye crowd.

My biggest regret of the whole weekend was not going to see The National--I love them, but I decided to see if I could get close again for The Strokes. Since I ended up so far back anyway, I'm still kicking myself for not seeing them :bigcry:.

[You'reWelcome]

For every person leaving The Strokes, there were like 5 people entering for Kanye, so it was extremely difficult to push my way back out.


YES!!! and they were the biggest douchebags too. lol

Did anyone catch The Black Keys? Definitely was one of my favorites!

[Grace.]

If you guys are talking about where to re-watch the sets that they broadcasted, go to theaudioperv.com and search "Coachella" and you can download every single set in full that they broadcasted :D. I'm currently burning them all to DVD.

I was there. It was the best weekend of my life. However, the act I was really there for was The Strokes, and I almost died three times. It was a full-on riot scene due to the band two acts before them and Kanye after them, which made it a bittersweet ending to the weekend. I was really disappointed I wasn't at the front for The Strokes (I'd waited 8 hours up there and decided to get pulled just because it was so dangerous), but I was lucky enough not to sustain any serious injuries but a whole host of people were taken to the hospital :\.

You just made my day with that link. THANK YOU!!! :awesome:

That's a real shame that you were disappointed. I remember when I saw them last year, my friend and I were at the barrier and it was actually ok because we had something to push against that wasn't another person! But SO many other people (mostly tiny skinny girls) got pulled out because it was too intense. And that festival wasn't nearly as big as Coachella! At least you get to see them twice more though, so it's not like it was the only chance you'd have gotten to see them that was ruined :nice:

[deaths_friend]

wow you guys walked OUT on kanye!! you really did miss one of the all time great festival sets. who else was on then?

i think a bit of madness has just become part of the festival experience. but i'm not big on that sort of scene anymore. the music often feels secondary.

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

You just made my day with that link. THANK YOU!!! :awesome:

That's a real shame that you were disappointed. I remember when I saw them last year, my friend and I were at the barrier and it was actually ok because we had something to push against that wasn't another person! But SO many other people (mostly tiny skinny girls) got pulled out because it was too intense. And that festival wasn't nearly as big as Coachella! At least you get to see them twice more though, so it's not like it was the only chance you'd have gotten to see them that was ruined :nice:

I wouldn't say I was disappointed, I just felt that I was prepared for it to be very, very bad, but not THAT bad. And yes, I've got two more chances to see them close, so that's why I wasn't really too broken up about my plans going to hell :D.

YES!!! and they were the biggest douchebags too. lol

Did anyone catch The Black Keys? Definitely was one of my favorites!

The Black Keys were probably my second-favorite set of the weekend. WOW. I loved them before, as well, but now...I'm like 100% obsessed.

wow you guys walked OUT on kanye!! you really did miss one of the all time great festival sets. who else was on then?

i think a bit of madness has just become part of the festival experience. but i'm not big on that sort of scene anymore. the music often feels secondary.

There was pretty much no choice BUT to walk out on Kanye if you valued your life and limbs. I'm serious, it was close to being a full-scale riot. At least for DFA 3 acts before him, it was basically a riot, not just "a bit of madness."

[deaths_friend]

watching the kanye (then watching it back again lol) the crowd being hip hop based didn't see crushed or all that rowdy. but i'm sure the strokes would've been crazy as usual.

then again i'm the type who likes a rough and tumble pit. standing there and watching never does it for me haha

[Corkus]

Did anyone catch The Black Keys? Definitely was one of my favorites!
Black Keys were my favorite set on Friday. I'd seen them once before, but they brought their A-game to Coachella and were even better than the last time. Some people were complaining that their sound was too low since Brandon Flowers' set was bleeding into it at the same time, but I guess I was in a good enough spot to hear well.
wow you guys walked OUT on kanye!! you really did miss one of the all time great festival sets. who else was on then?
PJ Harvey overlapped with the first few songs of Kanye, and I'd honestly rather see PJ Harvey. She went on before The Strokes finished so I missed like the first 4 songs, but I was still happy to catch "Written on the Forehead" - my favorite off the new album - plus a bunch of oldies.

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

watching the kanye (then watching it back again lol) the crowd being hip hop based didn't see crushed or all that rowdy. but i'm sure the strokes would've been crazy as usual.

then again i'm the type who likes a rough and tumble pit. standing there and watching never does it for me haha

I bet the crowd calmed down by the time he took the stage, but it was dangerous as all hell shortly before he came on (and all day up to his set) because of people absolutely adamant about seeing him up close and being ready to mow down anyone in their path to get a glimpse of King Kanye.