Coachella 2008 Guide: Maps, Stages, Performance Schedule
Coachella 2008 - April 25-26 - kicks off tomorrow in the desert of southern California. Here's the full skinny on the event, with stages, maps, artists and
performance times.
Survival Guide for Coachella festival-goers (Press-Enterprise) - Summarized information on how to stay cool and hydrated, protecting yourself from the sun by wearing hats and sunscreen (there is almost no shaded areas at Empire Fields), what you can and cannot bring and food options (plastic not accepted, so bring cash because ATM lines are usually very long).
You can view an Excel sheet of all three days performances (thanks to NoInput) or check out the official Coachella customizable schedule here.
More Coachella 2008 news and features:
- Coachella releases schedule (sixsquare)
- Coachella 2008 Set Times Unveiled (Spin)
- Mouse's Coachella Saturday Schedule (Classical Geek Theatre)
- Coachella Schedules in PDF format (MyDesert)
Crave Online has released a Music Guide to Coachella 2008 with a detailed line-up of artists not to miss and in-depth review of performers and other events.
And of course, check out the Coachella website for all the latest. You may want to watch the AT&T BlueRoom telecast which really needs to step it up this year, especially after the huge controversy from Lollapalooza 2007 when Eddie Vedder's anti-Bush statements were censored by AT&T, although the company says it was an accident. Yeah, and I'm King Tut.
However, perhaps to AT&T's horror, rumors are flying around that Eddie Vedder may make a surprise appearance at Coachella this weekend. You can almost bet that if he does, he will say something to irk AT&T, so don't be surprised if they pull the plug on him again, should he make the rumored surprise appearance.
Labels: Coachella, Coachella 2008, Coachella Maps, Festivals
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Bamboozle Left Festival Kicks Off Today in Irvine, California
The Bamboozle Left Fesival kicks off today, April 5th in Irvine, California and extends through the end of Sunday, April 6th.
Check back regularly for updates from Bamboozle Left's weekend festival and get blog and media reports, photographs and videos, plus MP3s and streams of profiled artists.
Performing today on one of six stages at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (I hate how so many of our music, sporting and other venues and events have surrendered their namesakes to brands of capitalism; it really takes the 'organic' feel out of the event and makes you wonder why you still pay so much for tickets) include:
- All American Rejects [mp3:
It Ends Tonight], Josephine Collective, Alkaline Trio [mp3:
Radio], Daphne Love Derby, Jimmy Eat World, Paramore [mp3:
Pressure], New Found Glory, The Bouncing Souls, The Starting Line and Valencia to name a few.
But there really are no 'big headliners' at Bamboozle Left that other music fests for 2008 can brag about.
Then again, the full line-up is not all that bad for the $45 single day tickets at the door, but with the dragging economy, fears of a recession and rip-off gas prices, the single day ticket price is still a bit pricey. Why not $70 for a two-day pass?
If you're in the Irvine area and decide to go the festival last through the end of Sunday.
Check back for more lineup information, performances, music, videos, blog and media reports.
Labels: 2008 Music Festivals, Bamboozle Left Festival, Coachella, Festivals, Lollapalooza 2008, South by Southwest, V Festival
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Bonnaroo Organizers Pre-Ticket Sales Rhymes Both Annoy and Entertain
Promoters for major music festivals realize that beating the others to the punch as far as announcing lineup and ticket sale dates could mean the difference in tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Many fest heads need to plan early which festivals they want to go to, so the sooner a lineup is announced, the better the odds (if the lineup is good) are in favor of that festival - like Coachella, partly because it's so early, usually April.
Therefore, fest promoters rush to get the lineup out with the hopes that many people will plan to go to their festival rather than a competing festival. Unless you are geographically close to many festivals - say if you live in the northeast or mid-Atlantic - or happen to have a lot of time and money, many festival lovers have to pick and choose. So, getting out a killer lineup means the difference between a profitable fest and a very profitable festival.
In what was a bizarre, and quite frankly annoying effort to some (entertaining to some less) people, Bonnaroo organizers teased fans with a list of riddles and rhythms about the Bonnaroo 2008 lineup.
Listen to past
Bonnaroo Festival performances live from archive.org.
From the thread about this on Inforoo:
Clues on Radio Roo.
« Thread Started on Feb 1, 2008, 2:14pm »
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I posted this on another thread but I think it deserves its own. The DJ just came on and said
Clue #1 "For all you lineup lookers....here is a clue: There is more than one Manchester."
Manchester Orchestra
Man Man
Oasis
Verve
Clue #2 20 minutes later she said " Memphis isnt Albany"
Changed to "Memphis ain't Illbany"
"There is more than one Memphis. This is not a clue just an observation."
BB King
Beastie Boys
Clue #3 "Clouds taste this way"
Metallica
Beastie Boys
Clue #4 "Some Herrings are red, Jimmy"
Widespread Panic
Led Zep
Metallica
Clue #5 "Hard Substance, Soft Substance"
Iron and Wine
Mars Volta
Carbon Silicon
Clue #6 "Janis Joplin's preserves will be served"
Pearl Jam
Clue #7 "Rumors are just rumors, but twist them sideways, grow your humor hair and they become a more yen reality. No, this is not about Fleetwood Mac"
Dread Zep
Whigs
Clue #8 "it's not sour, what is sowed in the earth"
Plant and Krauss
Sigur Ros
"Three certain birds, add one"
Counting Crows
Black Crowes maybe with Page
All the Crows including Old Crow
Andrew Bird
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
The Band plus Dylan (use to be the Hawks)
Clue #9 "look to the center of Europe to get the sound, but the band comes form all around."
Beirut
Gogol Bordelo
JUI
Daft Punk
Russian Circles
Clue 10 Here is another clue for you message board people. Open up the church and you will see the steeple. Some of your guesses have been way off but correct for the wrong clues. Now I must cough.
Ani DiFranco
REM lyric from Bad Day
Clue 11 (Feb 4th Monday at 12:20)
"Message board chatter? Yes it does matter. We hear your song requests. So Listen High Listen Low Don't Look Too Hard This Is New Radio Bonnaroo"
1:30 Low of the Hour Daft Punk
2:00 High Hour Ween
2:30 Drive By Truckers
Nadasurf
Clue 12 Charlies imaginary band will not be playing and what he wrote on his hand the last few things he was not saying.
Oasis not Playing ?
Paul McCartney
Clue 13 The Walrus ain't Paul
Sean Lennon
Ringo
Clue 14 alternative language clue
Sufjan Stevens
Clue 15 What rhymes with orange
Nothing
NADASURF
Clue 16 Arizona in Manchester
Tom Petty
Cheryl Crowe
Alicia Keys
Counting Crows
Ludacris
Clue 17
What is in the dessert isn't.
Oasis
Any of the super bowl bands
Clue 18 "The Chairman of the board, after the Birthday Party"
Cake
Nick Cave
« Last Edit: Feb 5, 2008, 2:00pm by zoey
The following is the first list of rhymes (without guesses) that was posted on the Bonnaroo official message boards (and started the flack):
1. "There is more than one Manchester"
2. "Memphis isn't Albany"
3. "Clouds taste this way"
4. "Some Herrings are red, Jimmy"
5. "Hard Substance, Soft Substance"
6. "Janis Joplin's reserves will be preserved"
7. "Rumors are just rumors, but twist them sideways, grow your humor hair and they become a more yen reality. No, this is not about Fleetwood Mac"
8. "It's not sour, what is sowed in the earth"
9. "Three certain birds, add one"
10. "Look to the center of Europe to get the sound, but the band comes form all around."
11. "Here is another clue for you message board people. Open up the church and you will see the steeple. Some of your guesses have been way off but correct for the wrong clues. Now I must cough."
Bonnaroo Tries To Make Lineup Announcement Seem More Exciting Through The Power Of Slightly Infuriating RiddlesTip to Bonnaroo promoters: Check out some
marketing 101 tips for next year and do the shrooms at the festival, not while your planning and promoting it. : p
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Labels: 2008 Festival Line Ups, 2008 Rock Festivals, Bonnaroo, Coachella, Festival Lineups, Festivals, Music Promotion
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The Low-Down on Coachella: Tickets, Maps and Where To Sleep
When single-day tickets for Coachella 2008 went on sale two weeks ago, they were gone in a matter of hours.
But there's hope, if you're willing to throw it down.
For folks only interested in single-day tickets, competitive bidding is underway on
eBay, and for sale on
Craigslist. Of course you can expect people to hold out in posting for sale their tickets until closer to the festival opening day (April 24).
Even in a recession, people will decide to go at the last minute and shell out for the so-called 'once-in-a-lifetime' experience of Coachella (even though logic says it'll be around for years to come).
If you simply cannot find, or do not want to pay the inflated prices for single tickets, I strongly recommend getting a three-day pass now before they sell out. It is a pisser that the three-day passes are a ridiculous $269 each.
Nevertheless, once they are gone for the official price, they will be much more valuable in the next couple of months.
Also, when you are buying the three-day pass from the official website, you have the option to add the flat fee of $55 for a three-day camp site, if they are still available. Campsites, because they are reasonably priced (but have many restrictions and security), also usually sell out quickly.
MP3s of Artists Performing at Coachella 2008:Portishead - "
Kissing The Day"
Animal Collective -
"Bees" A big part for this is because the average hotel room in the area, if you can find one at this point goes for almost $300 a night right now. As the scalpers do, hotels will take advantage of 'last minuters' and block out a set of rooms so that in the days leading up to the opening of the festival they can sell them for twice as much.
Here's
Coachella 2008's complete line-up of confirmed artists.
Check out the line-up, dates and poster.
Head's up: Rooms in the Indio area are almost gone. See
map of town with accommodations listed and a map of
the region.
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Labels: 2008 Indie Festivals, Animal Collective, Bonnaroo, Coachella, Festival Tickets, Festivals, Indio (CA), My Morning Jacket, Portishead
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Coachella 2008 - April 25-26 - kicks off tomorrow in the desert of southern California. Here's the full skinny on the event, with stages, maps, artists and 
