Coachella 2025 (and beyond)

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The Go Go's, Misfits and Kraftwerk. Beth Gibbons but not Portishead?

Saw some meme that said your real age is 70 minus the number of acts you know on the Coachella poster.

LA Philharmonic backing the Misfits or GTFO

misfits being in the misfits font is killing me

how many phonecalls & emails did that take

Beth Gibbons but not Portishead?

Beth Gibbons put out a new album one month after the last Coachella. Portishead put out a new album one hundred and ninety-two months before the last Coachella.

do we want Travis Scott designing anything after, y'know

Saw some meme that said your real age is 70 minus the number of acts you know on the Coachella poster.

― Josh in Chicago,

Hilariously, this is 100% correct for me. I know 18 of the acts and I'm 52.

makes me 21. depends if that is 'know' or 'heard of' though.

I think I took almost 10 years off! My wife gained 10 years, lol.

By that metric, I'm 36. I wish.

i’m 27 (actually 37… but i do really feel like i’m 27 still just without quite as much of the mental illness)

Hmm, 32? Or 31, if you count that i saw the poster yesterday and looked up HorsegiirL bc I was confused if the band had run into copyright issues and learned that it was this instead.

http://www.youtube.com/VUFr92i5jkA

Oh maybe I fucked up the formatting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUFr92i5jkA

Oh ha, I read the poster too quickly and thought it was the band, so I guess I'm 37 now.

It’s an actual horse girl?

HorsegiirL hides her identity behind a chestnut-coloured horse head mask;[1] Daniel Rodgers of Vogue wrote in November 2023 of being shackled by an "NDNeigh" to not ask "serious, journalistic questions about [her] provenance [or] distinct biological make-up", but noted that she was Berlin-based and that she had described herself as "half-horse, half-human".[2] She told i-D in September 2023 that she uses the real name "Stella Stallion", grew up on "Sunshine Farms", and had gone from "making up my own melodies in my head when I was a young foal" to being "discovered by Whitney Horston at a harvest fest" as a teenager,[1] and she told Rodgers that she had "been famous for a while" and that she had listened to the likes of Crazy Frog and Hampton the Hamster growing up.[2] In addition, a February 2024 ABC News article described her as a "Black woman/horse/DJ", and of Mustang and Haflinger descent on her equine side.[3]

That time there were two Horsegirls

Mmm I know 49 of those acts. Leaves me at 21.

Do you get years added on if you had to squint real hard to read the smallest print names?

Mmm I know 49 of those acts. Leaves me at 21.

we are both so down with the youth. ;-)

Do you get years added on if you had to squint real hard to read the smallest print names?

ha ha!

counted 31 artists i know on friday, i might wind up negative years-old

Ha, I mixed up the Horsegirls, too! So I guess I just lost nine years, not 10.

sweet, i'm 21 again

didn’t quite go negative, but i am 6

21 here too, counting as "have heard with my ears" vs 'am familiar with' or 'have seen the name'

I got my actual age.

counting as "have heard with my ears" vs 'am familiar with' or 'have seen the name' i have now aged to 27.

If we go by band’s seen then I'm 69. :-)

Green Day is the only one I have seen and do feel old seeing this year's lineup.

48 years old
"have heard with my ears" 35
Coachella age: 13

Can we find someone who knows more than 70 acts?

59 years old
Coachella age: 41
I've seen 7 of the acts on this bill already

43
Coachella age - 29
Pretty sure I've heard all of them at least once

Surprised Shaboozey is only third row font

I was really looking forward to being at Coachella this year, but due to unexpected personal reasons, I won’t be able to perform. I’m truly grateful to the festival for the invitation, their understanding, and continued support.

— Anitta (@Anitta) March 20, 2025

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COACHELLA 2025 WEEKEND 1 FRIDAY: MAIN STAGE

7:20 PM ET / 4:20 PM PT – Thee Sacred Souls
8:40 PM ET / 5:40 PM PT – MARINA
10:10 PM ET / 7:10 PM PT – Benson Boone
12:00 AM ET / 9:00 PM PT – Missy Elliott
2:10 AM ET / 11:10 PM PT – Lady Gaga

OUTDOOR THEATRE

7:05 PM ET / 4:05 PM PT – Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
8:25 PM ET / 5:25 PM PT – The Go-Go’s
9:45 PM ET / 6:45 PM PT – Tyla
11:20 PM ET / 8:20 PM PT – The Marías
1:10 AM ET / 10:10 PM PT – Parcels

SAHARA

7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT – Chris Lorenzo
8:15 PM ET / 5:15 PM PT – Three 6 Mafia
9:10 PM ET / 6:10 PM PT – Sara Landry
10:15 PM ET / 7:15 PM PT – Austin Millz
10:45 PM ET / 7:45 PM PT – LISA
12:10 AM ET / 9:10 PM PT – Yeat
1:25 AM ET / 10:25 PM PT – GloRilla
2:50 AM ET / 11:50 PM PT – Mustard

MOJAVE

7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT – SAINt JHN
7:50 PM ET / 4:50 PM PT – Lola Young
8:40 PM ET / 5:40 PM PT – Ravyn Lenae
9:05 PM PT / 6:05 PM PT – Djo
10:20 PM ET / 7:20 PM PT – Eyedress
11:35 PM ET / 8:35 PM PT – Miike Snow
1:05 AM ET / 10:05 PM PT – The Prodigy
2:20 AM ET / 11:20 PM PT – Chris Lake

GOBI

7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT – Maribou State
7:45 PM ET / 4:45 PM PT – 4batz
8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT – PARISI
8:55 PM ET / 5:55 PM PT – d4vd
10:00 pm ET / 7:00 PM PT – A.G. Cook
11:15 PM ET / 8:15 PM PT – Artemas
12:30 AM ET / 9:30 PM PT – CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
1:40 AM ET / 10:40 PM PT – Indo Warehouse

SONORA

7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT – TOPS
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT – julie
8:45 PM ET / 5:45 PM PT – Glixen
9:10 PM ET / 6:10 PM PT – Kneecap
10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT – vs self
10:30 PM ET / 7:30 PM PT – Los Mirlos
11:40 PM ET / 8:40 PM PT – SPEED
1:00 AM ET / 10:00 PM PT – HiTech

QUASAR

8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT – Coco & Breezy x Kaleena Zanders
10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT – The Martinez Brothers x Loco Dice

Not going to live blog like years past but looking forward to a few bands.

Tuning in for the Go Go's.

The Go Go's start in a few and watching this shoegaze band Julie now.

Julie were great even if they just want to be My Bloody Valentine.

Had to turn on The Go Go's

Jane Wiedlin has a Fuck DJT sticker ❤️

You guys are going to miss me when I'm gone

I bet Lola Young was good!

The Go Go's were fun with a Billie Joe Armstrong sighting.

Only other thing I'm watching today is The Marías.

I think I hate Coachella

I'm mlooking forward to The Marías will miss Miike Snow tho

The Marías were even better then I thought they would be, the audience loved them. Hush is still their best song.

I tried Missy Elliott but just isn’t for me. Going to see if The Prodigy does anything for me.

I like a Prodigy song here and there but Techo with in your face vocals gets old real fast.

Lady Gaga

She is actually killing it

Watching fka Twigs and her dancers now

Saw this last week but everyone was very tall and it was hard to see, so this is very worthwhile. Also should be a tight flow at half the length

with band featuring Yeah Yeah Yeah’s guitarist

and Interpol bassist and Joan As Policewoman keyboardist (ie Joan)

https://www.newsbeep.com/481489/

Discussion of sexism and expectations for male and female pop singers by fans and the contrast for some between audiences takes regarding Justin Bieber low key set with little fancy production and Sabrina Carpenter with costume changes and lots of dancers

and Interpol bassist and Joan As Policewoman keyboardist (ie Joan)

Ale Campos of Las Nubes was the other guitarist

managed to catch the end of twigs set, she's fantastic and her pole dancing is incredible - so strong. definitely gonna go back to that later

FKA twigs' set was a 10/10

BIGBANG delivering the party vibes so far, they're genuinely so much fun onstage

i feel like bieber's set wasn't like that because audiences have different expectations for male vs. female pop singers - people are largely saying bieber's set was weird & disappointing - it's more that he's at a weird turning point in his career where he doesn't care at all about the expectations for a coachella set and there's nothing to make him care. like, if he stays on this trajectory then he'll likely slowly fade away from the mainstream pop world (despite making some of the best music of his career) but if he does go that way this is only right at the start of that

In order to say it has something to do with gender, I think you would need to have more examples to show a pattern. Maybe people are thinking of the Frank Ocean performance from a few years ago? But that caused a big backlash, as I recall. So it doesn't seem like a case of different expectations.

a single Youtube comment saying "go girl! give us nothing!" became a stan culture meme and made Dua Lipa really step up her dancing and performance.

None of the "big pop girlies" would be allowed to entertain doing such a half-hearted show even if it would be as good as what Bieber gave the audience.

i was into Oklou's performance, basically just showed up dressed like a grunge singer and delivered something really compelling. FKA twigs was good but it was a little overwhelming, my favorite part was actually without her, when there was a mid-set dance-off with some just devastatingly wild moves. I saw Cobrah long enough to see Grimes show up for a cameo to perform a song they collaborated on. overall she was a bit try-hard, then Grimes showing up just made me question her overall. Samia was vv good, i thought. Wet Leg was excellent, just a really legit performance from a band i've never really spent much time thinking about, but maybe i should start.

This year was better than 2025. Since this is fresh in my mind and spent way too much time watching.

Hit it out of the park:
Dijon
Blood Orange
Jack White
Geese
Nine Inch Noize
David Byrne
Iggy Pop

Great:
Lykke Li (1/2)
Devo
Sabrina Carpenter
Ethel Cain
Addison Rae
Wet Leg
FKA twigs (1/2)

Good:
Wednesday
The xx
Justin Bieber
Suicidal Tendencies

Lackluster:
Cmat (1/2)
Alex G (1/2)
The Strokes
The Rapture

Not for me:
Black Flag (1/2)
Foster the People (1/2)

Sabrina Carpenter learning now after the fact

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/arts/music/sabrina-carpenter-coachella-apology.html?unlocked_article_code=1.a1A.0-_8.03RpoxzbMOg6&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Gift link above regarding Sabrina

Sabrina Carpenter learning about meaning of high-pitched Arabic calling after first reacting w/ confusion & criticism at Coachella

god, the mountains made out of molehills these days ... the internet was a mistake.

Presumably vmic Jack White himself insisting that clips of his set must be black and white.

Kacey Musgraves is taking over Jack White's spot on Saturday. Not sure if she will be on YouTube. I'm burnt out so I won't be checking in.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/coachellas-parent-company-donated-850k-to-anti-lgbtq-gop-groups-this-year/

This is back on.

Couldn't get into the Lykke Li and switched to Joyce Manor

I'm loving this Joyce Manor set.

joyce manor were great. enjoying Devo now

this turnstile set just turned into a rave and i'm into it

Geena Davis > Susan Sarandon

Though that's not true in their acting career

Sabrina Carpenter brought out Madonna too

the transition to bring out Madonna is worth seeing, imo. it's during "Juno"

The xx were 3xx better this week than last.

CMAT levelled up too, for replay or rewind watchers.

catching up on dijon's set and it's once again incredible, the future of music, etc.

different setlist to week 1 too

Caught a bit of Slayyyter, she was pretty good. Sabrina Carpenter put on an incredible show, tho Madonna took the wind out of the sails for several minutes there. Otherwise it was some amazing old school showbiz razzle dazzle, probably will go down as legendary. The XX was really great, I thought they were good weekend 1 as well. Turned on Teddy Swims and I lasted ten seconds, because the button on the remote didn’t respond right away.

I'm only watching one act per day, last night it was Sabrina Carpenter. Kacey Musgraves is about to start and tuning in. I might watch NINoize again too.

Olivia Rodrigo @ Addison Rae

is it just me, or would more people like Geese if they called themselves Gooses?

"Drop Dead" of course was played, sounded amazing.

Here we go again

Glad that I did it again

I wasn't into Kacey Musgraves at all.

I'm turning in to watch Interpol and will probably watch Beiber again to see what, if anything he's learned.

Consequence x site regarding Strokes visuals at Cochella :

The Strokes' Coachella video montage displayed images of leaders purportedly targeted by the CIA, including Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, Bolivian President Juan José Torres, Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos, Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz, Chilean President Salvador Allende, and Ecuadorian President Jaime Roldós.

The video also stated the US government was "found guilty" of Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder in a civil trial, a reference to 1999's King family v. Loyd Jowers in which a jury found restaurant owner Loyd Jowers and "others, including government agencies," liable for King's assassination.

The montage ended with a message claiming that more than 30 universities in Iran have been destroyed during America's war with Iran, followed by a final image of "the last university standing in Gaza" being blown up in a military strike

Saw NINoize last night and it was awesome. That set was imported from some House Harkonnen nightclub, I loved it.

Really enjoyed Kacey Musgraves, even though I don’t really fw any of her albums other than Golden Hour and much of STDP.

PinkPantheress was a blast, with some good cameos.

Blondshell played to a small crowd but I thought they were really good.

The appeal of Geese kinda eludes me but I’ll keep an open mind.

So Bieber brought on guests for the 2nd round which I guess will please those who whined he didn’t on the 1st weekend. SZA and Eilish were 2 of em.

Justin Bieber wk2 was much better than wk1. Billie Eilish didn't get to sing tho, just on the floor stage the whole time.

anyone watch the model/actriz sets? been getting into them but I missed both weekends

Bieber brought on guests for the 2nd round which I guess will please those who whined he didn’t on the 1st weekend.

what? he brought out a bunch of guests week 1 - the kid laroi, tems, wizkid, dijon, mk.gee

Samia now and Iggy Pop soon at the Mojave Stage (if I'm following how they do the livestreams this weekend).

anyone watch the model/actriz sets? been getting into them but I missed both weekends

if you want to watch, you can still rewind the streams to when they're playing - i think they keep them up for at least 24 hours

I think they shut them off at midnight on Sunday

They didn’t!