Here at Whiteboard, we have recently evaluated the decline in interest for the festival season. However, boasting a desert location, blazing sunshine and sparkling array of world stars lining up to steal the show,we feel it is fair to ask : Is Coachella the best festival on Earth?
The line up is enough to make Morrissey smile, including acts such as Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, Radiohead, Bon Iver, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and many, many more. Although the festival takes place in a setting half the world away, the ticket prices are reasonable and it is fair to say you are probably going to turn a fairer shade of brown at Coachella than you may do in Berkshire or Leeds.
Coachella is seemingly a U.S version of a wide scale Glastonbury festival, sans the Olympics and port-a-loo dramas. For us, there is no better place to be adventurous festival punters. For those of you who can’t really afford to go over to America for a weekend of great music, the generous organisers decide to stream each set onto YouTube, for everyone to enjoy. Last night, we saw the return of Tupac on the big screen. Appearing via hologram during the Snoop and Dre set, the appearance of the deceased rapper worked the crowd into a frenzy. The footage seemed far removed from BBC footage of UK festivals.
Those of you who stand steadfastly by UK festivals as the beacon of all that is holy in live music may hate us for doing so, but we are hanging our hats firmly on Coachella. Now, who wants to send us tickets for next year?
Jonathan Hatchman
Hi Jonathan, I work with your dad at Fortnam & Mason. I also have a food business selling Mexican food at music festivals. May I recommend you check out that I do. I think they may suit your music journalism interests. This first one it curated by The XX and actually is a two day festival but it only mentions 1 day for some reason?http://thexx.info/nightanddaylondon/ This second one is great for new indie bands ans some famous too. http://www.fielddayfestivals.com/
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