didn't think many people went to Coachella for the music.
isn't the music secondary to being part of the event itself, for the majority of people?
I see what you're saying and you're partially right. People go to the festival over others because of the event itself that sets it apart, but they aren't paying $500 if the music isn't there first and foremost.
The event will be held over three days — Aug. 16-18 — on a 1,000-acre green space in Watkins Glen in upstate New York, near the Finger Lakes.
While the artist lineup will not be announced until next month, when tickets go on sale to the general public, The New York Times reported Wednesday that organizer Michael Lang is planning to book "a mixture of legacy bands, current pop and rap stars and, possibly, some news-making combinations."
I'm not sure if you're serious?? It's a music festival.......
totally serious. you ever been to a festival such as this?
there are a heck of a lot of people that treat these festivals as an event and a place to party and be seen. music is secondary if it's even paid attention to at all.
heck, go to a folk fest. there are a good chunk of people that are there to party and seldom leave the beer tent. or they are there for one band and ignore the chance to hear and discover some amazing music elsewhere that day.
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totally serious. you ever been to a festival such as this?
there are a heck of a lot of people that treat these festivals as an event and a place to party and be seen. music is secondary if it's even paid attention to at all.
heck, go to a folk fest. there are a good chunk of people that are there to party and seldom leave the beer tent. or they are there for one band and ignore the chance to hear and discover some amazing music elsewhere that day.
I've been to Coachella every year except one over the past 10 so yes I've been there and experienced it as its popularity has exploded over the past decade. I've also attended several other festivals of different genres so it's not as though I'm a rookie to the festival scene. Of course there are people there to be seen and party but for the most part people are there for the music, art and culture. When you have 120K people at a festival, there are going to be people there for all sorts of reasons.
I just found it be a strange comment to assume 120K people attending a MUSIC festival are only there "to party". Very strange.
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Everybody on the internet wants jazz and blues fests to remain pure, very few people go to true traditional jazz and blues fests. It's just one of those standard internet outrage/mocking topics that nobody cares about in real life.
They're just standard festivals with names that don't really fit. I mean they could change it to Sasquatch, Coachella etc but nobody buying tickets would care, they just look at the line-up and either buy tickets or don't. The name stays the same cause people associate it with "that big annual festival in this area" and anticipate the line-up reveal.
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