Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival //
Empire Polo Club – Indio, CA
April 11th-13th & April 18th-20th, 2025 //
As the calendar flips from March to April, those of us who are live music fans in Southern California know that means we are only days away from Coachella’s next installment.
The 24th edition of Goldenvoice’s signature event is almost here, and though the renowned concert promoter has been known to wait closer to the festival to release set times, it has jumped a few days ahead of schedule, which organizers also did by unveiling this year’s lineup in November rather than January shortly after celebrating the new year. There’s still several days to go before Coachella’s first weekend, but check out the full schedule below before heading to the desert next week.
What’s different in 2025 is set times for both weekend are being revealed beforehand, but much like in 2024 with Vampire Weekend (Weekend 1) and Kid Cudi (Weekend 2), 2023 with blink-182 (Weekend 1 and 2) and Four Tet x Fred again.. x Skrillex (Weekend 2), and then of course in 2022 with Arcade Fire (Weekend 1) for the first time, there will be two more special guests, both on a Saturday at the Mojave Tent, as Weezer rocks Weekend 1 and Ed Sheeran fills a similar afternoon slot for Weekend 2.
That’s not likely to be the only surprises in the desert, though. With acclaimed hip-hop DJ and producer Mustard hitting the massive Sahara Tent at 11:50 p.m. on Friday while Lady Gaga headlines the fest for the second time in her career after replacing Beyoncé in 2017, we can only guess that Kendrick Lamar will be making an appearance after the two linked up in New Orleans less than a couple of months ago for the award-winning emcee’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show.
The other piece of news that comes with the schedule drop is which day Travis Scott will be performing. Originally booked to headline in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic put the kibosh on such plans and the disaster that would unfold a year later at Astroworld Festival (or Diastroworld as we like to call it), the chart-topping rapper — listed toward the bottom of the poster similar to how No Doubt, Calvin Harris and Swedish House Mafia were the last three years despite being labeled this time as some sort of visionary who “designs the desert” rather than someone who merely returns to it — will follow Saturday headliner Green Day on the main stage and begin his special set at 11:40 p.m.
So, who’s making the trek out to the Empire Polo Club? If you are, tell us: what’s your biggest conflict and which act are you most excited to see? And don’t forget to bring plenty of sunscreen and water.
WEEKEND 1 SET TIMES
WEEKEND 2 SET TIMES
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A few days later, Coachella has put out this year’s map and the big change is Quasar trading places with the Do LaB. While both of the aforementioned stages focus specifically on showcasing electronic music, the location change does signal an upgrade for Quasar after last year’s debut by now having its own designated area/corner. If you are looking to dance in more comfortable temperatures though, the air-conditioned Yuma Tent on the other side of the polo fields by 12 Peaks is always a good option day or night.
If you are still thinking about going, you can hop on the waitlist here or purchase tickets here along with whatever camping and parking passes are left.
Happy Coachella!
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With perhaps the most appropriate name for musical act on the planet, Massive Attack capped Treasure Island Music Festival 2014 in stunning fashion. With a balancing act of bass-infused downtempo brilliance highlighted by Martina Topley-Bird’s singing and industrialized synth-stabbing electronic pieces, a range of emotion is achieved for the listener. With contrasting tempos and a duality of tranquility then intensity, a cause-and-effect narrative starts to take shape — especially when paying attention to the video elements of the intense songs. “United Snakes” left nothing to the imagination with its barrage of corporate logos and national flags. It appeared the expanded duo slipped in one frame of a Ferris wheel, reminding us that yes, us consumers at TIMF, the only U.S. festival Massive Attack played on this tour, are part of the system. “Future Proof” visuals stripped out rows of zeroes and ones, using the simplicity of computer code to inspire multiple paths of thought, especially while absorbing this show in the Bay Area. And Tunde Adebimpe from TV On The Radio joined in for “Pray For Rain” for the grand finale.
It’s almost the end of the biggest reunion tour in decades, and TIMF patrons were lucky enough to witness one of OutKast’s last shows. The Bridge Stage was more packed in than any show in memory, and festivalgoers outwardly had more fun compared to performances from past years. The set was perfectly paced, with André 3000 seemingly having a fun time — an important part of the equation compared to Big Boi’s rock-steady appearances throughout 2014. The guys gave shout-outs to Casual and The Misfits in the “local love” part of the show, and “Roses” (including a half-hearted apology for the “crazy bitch” outro) once again was one of the highlights. The set ended at least 20 minutes before the scheduled end of the day, emptying a large percentage of patrons into the shuttle line at the same time — there were some reports of people not making it back to SF until 2 a.m.
TVOTR gave one of the best sets of the weekend with their wonderful mix of slow burners, dance-punk blasts of energy along with three new songs: “Happy Idiot”, “Careful You” and “Could You”. The latter two were particularly impressive and fit perfectly into the band’s catalog. A couple other notes on the show: producer and multi-instrumentalist David Sitek now looks like Bono, Kyp Malone is still professionally chill and Tunde Adebimpe continues to be offended when listeners don’t give him full attention. After completing “Wolf Like Me”, wherein the TI faithful went nuts, the lead singer said that he couldn’t believe he saw someone leave during the song. Agreed Tunde, and we’re looking forward to the forthcoming record.
Chet Faker had the crew bring out a huge bass speaker to put directly behind him after his first song to give his music more oomph. And when he dipped into his career-making collaborations with Flume, “Left Alone” and “Drop the Game”, the Tunnel stage instantly began moving like the rhythm of the ocean. But otherwise, the set was downtempo to the point of boredom. And it’s not a good idea to take one of your best songs, “Talk is Cheap”, and strip it down even more. Some ladies still felt compelled to rock their friend’s shoulders as if it was a dance show, something that I’m still trying to figure out.
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