Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Archive)

Robin Rodriguez5 said:Hey, how many people were actually there, was it 3,000 or 10,000? Those damn wristbands totally screwed everyone over 😁

You really want to know if it was 3,000 or 10,000 people who got screwed by those wristbands? 😬

Robin Rodriguez5 said:Hey, how many people actually showed up? Was it 3,000 or 10,000? Those wristbands are a total joke. 😁

I'm guessing it was right in the middle, like 6,500. 😳

Anonymous said:...some junkie with some bling...

🤣 🙏 🙏 🙏

boldscout72 said:God, you guys are being so annoying 🙏

boldscout72, honestly, looking at this—I'm pretty sure that's just your forearm 🙂

From their official website:

KVOT:
To all our Coachella VIP attendees—we sincerely apologize for the absolute chaos at the food and drink voucher booths last night. We know the lines were unacceptable. To make sure today doesn't turn into another disaster, we’ve scaled up operations significantly: we’ve jumped from 11 service points to 18, expanded the actual footprint of the food stalls, and ensured the beverage stand near the Night stage stays open all day long.
NOT JUST KVOT:

🙂

Oh, please—don't go eating those cheap burgers over there, I'm begging you... I ended up with a nasty bout of salmonella myself😳

Ideas? Poor things...

Nicholas King62 said:A buddy of mine actually scored a meet & greet with SY on the I-101, but he bailed the second he saw all these other fanatics showing up with entire music libraries just to get their 🙈
signed.

Not really a loss though, since SY never even showed up to the event.

Here’s the latest weather update from www.weather.com:

EDITPJAF: honestly, I think we might all be looking for shelter from this storm 🙂 😬

Anonymous said:That junkie with the jewelry from the Happy Mondays actually waved at me, but honestly, that’s hardly something worth bragging about... 😬

I am genuinely curious as to what his actual role in the band even is... 😳

Look said:I honestly don't even know how to put into words how much this festival—and this whole ridiculous wristband situation—has let me down. Look, I’m a person living with a severe disability; I actually don't have any use for my hands. When I was trying to get through the entrance, there was literally nowhere for me to put the wristband. Instead of helping, they just stopped me and turned me right back around—despite me protesting and my caregiver trying to explain the situation. I mean, I deal with enough hurdles in my daily life as it is, but I seriously didn't see this kind of discrimination coming. You’re telling me a guy can't get into the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival just because he doesn't have hands to wear a damn wristband?! 👎👎👎

And now I bet you're all sitting there wondering—how on earth am I typing on a computer without hands?! 👎

Why does the moderator keep deleting this stuff?😠 😕 🙂

Paul Davis51 said:I'm curious, what does he actually do in the band? 😳

He just shakes some tambourines and dances... 😬

I was honestly just joking about how someone without arms would even manage to get into a festival, but seeing people actually pull it off makes me realize anything is possible. 😢 This whole thing is just wild... 😠

Paul Davis51 said:I'm curious, what does he actually do for the band? 😳

He's basically the glue that holds their vibe together. He used to hand out X's and dance around, but now apparently he just sticks to dancing. 😬Without him, the Happy Mondays just wouldn't be the same...

So, what's the deal with these bracelets that have been removed and put back on? Is it actually possible to get into the venue wearing them? I’ve got someone on here trying to sell me one. 😍

Melissa Torres4 said:So what’s the deal with bracelets that have been taken off and put back on? Is it actually okay to wear them? Some guy on here is trying to sell me one. 😍

Grab it.
👍

Carol Jackson45 said:Just take 👍

But what if they don't let me in? Then I'm stuck walking home soaked after being at Central Park. 🙂

And quit telling me to just smoke with someone at the entrance.

The coolest band on the planet, hands down. Sonic Youth... though I have to say, those VIP areas decked out in Grateful Dead corporate branding really rubbed me the wrong way. It made the first day of the festival feel totally sterile...
Then there were those annoying little booths where you couldn't escape the noise, plus those senseless people smoking Marlboros everywhere. And don't even get me started on that tent we used to call the "glam tent" because it was just full of preppy types standing around instead of actually dancing. It was such a letdown.

Happy Mondays felt like a caricature of their former selves. They used to be such a massive band, but now they’re about as exciting as watching a group of retirees reunite.

But then... Sonic Youth. Powerful, intense, "flawless" (if you ask Gall), and above all, just cool. Seeing Kim in that Dorothy dress, and then Thurston cutting through those corporate VIP balloons—which felt pretty symbolic, I guess... 🙂—the whole vibe they created... and that moment when Kim started dancing at the end... "shake, shake"...

Melissa Torres4, I’m grabbing my raincoat and if they don't let me in, we're both getting soaked on the way home 🙂

Not sure if I'm heading out yet. I'll let you know. 🙏