Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Coachella

When Coachella first started in 1999, Coachella was a couple of stages and a dance tent. Tickets were $65. A couple stands sold hot dogs and Cokes. Now, tickets start at $375. Gourmet menus and VIP packages. Coachella seems to take over the music industry every year, at their Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Coachella have always gave us great music and unforgettable performances.

coachella IMG_1209
You may remember in 2011 Coachella brought back the west coast king Tupac via hologram to join Snoop Dogg and Dr.Dre on stage. Tupac also performed some of his classic's like "Hail Mary" and "Amerikaz Most Wanted". Even if you were fortunate enough to see Tupac live in concert while he was alive. Seeing Tupac even though it was a hologram I am sure it was a unbelievable feeling to see a legend along side his old label mates again.

Coachella is also a good plateau for artist like Asap Ferg or groups like Blood Orange who performed at the 2014 Coachella, to expand their fan base. This allow for artist to get their music in a different market. It also help broaden listeners music horizons, listening to different artist and genres. This year at Coachella they once again flexed their power bringing out the some of the hottest artist like Pharrell Williams and bringing back one of the greatest rap duo's ever Outkast. 


The legendary Outkast back together again on stage,my original post was gonna be "ATLiens", but i thought i should touch on Coachella as whole. The reunion of Outkast had everyone excited especially the hip-hop heads at this year Coachella. After a six-year hiatus Outkast finally took to the stage again. Giving us two great performances, at both cochella weekends performing their classic tracks like "B.O.B", "Ms.Jackson", and "So Fresh So Clean".

1 comment:

  1. Nice post on Coachella. (BTW-where is it held?) Any idea on what the demographics are of the audience? I'm wondering who can afford travel costs and the $375 for ticket prices.

    ReplyDelete