Coachella Organizers Aren't Pissed at Kanye, Understand He's Working on Himself We've spoken with festival honchos who tell us there's not currently another artist locked in to take Ye's Sunday spot
I'd watch Miley but world bail so fast if The Strokes. One of the all time worst Coachella sets I've ever seen. Ironically I only saw it because they were immediately before Kanye.
So whats the realistic headliner pool look like... Justin Bieber - On tour, has a production ready to go; already has W1 clear (prob to guest at Giveon's or Danbiel Caesar's set), would require them to reschedule a couple of his shows on W2\ Tyler, The Creator - Has a festival ready set, however has been vocal about his dislike for Coachella crowds, also played a TON of fests/shows lately; reportedly turned down an offer to headline this year before they agreed with Ye Doja Cat - Already on the lineup, easy bump to headliner; can she handle a spot this big? Reviews from her recent SA dates were filled with talk about her poor lip syncing. Swedish House Mafia - Already on the lineup and probably closing Main on their night, however their arena tour has tanked and there's not a ton of excitement around their set The Strokes - Just played the SA Lolla's, ready to go, no dates conflicting Miley Cyrus - See above; never played Coachella Metallica - Have a show ready to go, Lars has expressed interest about paying Coachella in the past My Chemical Romance - Already have some sort of relationship with GV; may be put off by their last experience working with Coachella and being asked to take a 2nd line spot Pearl Jam - Has relationship with AEG/GV; plan to be active in the spring, not much production required for a PJ set Red Hot Chili Peppers - New album just dropped, played some warm up gigs in LA last week Nine Inch Nails - Gearing up for festival dates this Spring; possibly have show ready to since its debuting at Shaky Knees at the end of the month Silk Sonic - Coming off big grammy wins; LN has them tied to a Vegas-exclusive contract, would require big $$$ from GV to get an exception Drake - No live dates booked but a massive name that could take Ye's spot and keep hip hop on the top line; VERY lackluster set last time he headlined Arcade Fire - New album in May, just played 3 live shows in NYC; would be their first major show since pre-covid Who else that is active or about to be active that we're missing here? Also, is there a chance we see different Sun headliners for W1 and W2?
I don't think NIN or Arcade Fire are particularly relevant as a Coachella headliner anymore, as much as I am fans of both those bands.
Imagine if they don't announce anyone until you get to the fields and they hand out the set times booklet and you see it there. Or "TBD" and you just show up to see
Paul McCartney has both weekends open and is getting ready to tour in a couple weeks…if they really wanted to break the bank…
Ye was getting $5.5M for two shows, with how MCR priced their tour, money is obviously a big reason for them reuniting.
I refuse to believe that they didn't have any idea that the most mercurial man on the planet might be unreliable haha
They absolutely knew. Production deadlines for Coachella have passed. They would've had to already been in talks with his team regarding what would be needed from a staging aspect. If it's true that he didn't even bother rehearsing or preparing a production then GV/AEG would've known awhile ago.
On a sold-out LN tour, they're not going to let him do a AEG/GV event without them paying a premium. Same situation they'll run into with The Weeknd and Silk Sonic.
It was ??? question marks and it turned out to be a few songs from asap rocky and lil uzi vert and then a classic hits set from drake but they booed him off stage
I can’t wait to see Billie live just to go absolutely feral when she plays happier than ever ima be screaming so damn loud