Coachella is hot, expensive and plagued with tech issues. And that’s not the worst part

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The problem for the festival is that it is synonymous not with iconic music but with A-listers and overpriced beer.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Damon Albarn dropped one heck of a Blur bombshell as the Britpop veterans played the second of two headline performances at the much-derided Coachella Festival last weekend. “In the spirit of clarity and truth, this is probably our last gig,” he said. “No reflection on Coachella – I love Coachella.”

Even before Albarn appeared to announce Blur were calling it quits, this had been a disastrous Coachella. Headline performances were plagued by technical issues. Lana Del Rey’s spot on the first Saturday saw the singer battle with a microphone that continually cut out. Del Rey and her crew were finally forced to do an impromptu sound-check mid-set – not the stuff of which golden festival memories are made.

But, reading between the lines, others are less keen. “It’s not that we don’t like Coachella. It’s just that we can’t stand it,” the pop-metal band 21 Pilots announced at the rival Firefly Music Festival in Delaware in 2017.“The problem with Coachella, as with most things and places, is the people that go there. They’re the worst. Absolute worst. Not there for the music. They’re there to pose. They’re there just to say that they’re there,” agreed LA-based comedian Mark Hayes that same year.

 

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