Monday, February 2, 2009
Creamtastic / National Skyline Cage the Elephant to Play Coachella
Posted by Adam Gold on Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:59 PM
One thing I'm definitely not complaining about is the Coachella lineup that was announced over the weekend. The Bonnaroo folks are really going to have to ante up if they want to continue on as the U.S.'s largest music festival. Among the artists scheduled to appear at the California desert festival (going down the weekend of Apr. 17) are Paul McCartney, The Cure, Morrissey, a reunited My Bloody Valentine, Superchunk, Leonard Cohen, The Black Keys, Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, Amy Winehouse, Dr. Dog, X, No Age, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Hold Steady, Public Enemy and my favorite of them all--honorary Nashville rock brethren--Bowling Green's Cage the Elephant. (For more Coachella lineup and ticket info click here.)
You see, in 2007 Rage Against the Machine reunited and headlined the festival, and since then the Coachella organizers have been relatively underwhelmed by the talent that has come to the festival. They were left scratching their heads thinking:
Who are we going to get to play 'Killing in the Name of' this year? Remember 2007? The place just went off when they did that one. Our festival will never weather these uncertain times without a "fuck you I won't do what you tell me" chant. What in heaven's name are we going to do?
It was at that moment that someone linked them to our posting of Cage and AutoVaughn's faithful rendition of the RATM "classic," and a festival-saving light bulb went off. So I guess you can all thank the Cream for shepherding a My Bloody Valentine reunion onto American soil.
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Bruce Springsteen has already been confirmed - 100% for Bonnaroo. So have Phish and the Beastie Boys. Do your homework.
Also, Phish is awesome, despite the bad rap they get from their perpetually stoned fanbase. Don't like them? Don't come to Manchester - Bruce will play other shows.
and so do the people that do the people that go to it.
i'd rather suck farts from Mike Hunt
Cage the elephant has already graced Bonnaroo with their presence once. I don't think they should go back till they are on the main stage. Also, Matt should hydrate better next time as well.
And by the way, Phish sucks. Didn't yall get that memo?
regardless of your personal feelings towards phish, there's no denying how enormous of a draw they are, especially in the year of their reunion. not many bands out there that can throw festivals on their own with only themselves playing and pull 75K+.
I can't blame the Bonnaroo promoters for getting Phish though. The summer festival circuit will undoubtedly take a hit in attendance due to the economic woes, but if anyone has a huge fanbase who will scrape the bottoms of their wallets in the midst of a recession to see them at a festival, it's Phish. In essence, I'd say the 'roo made itself at least somewhat recession-proof by booking them.
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