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Coachella Without the Dehydration

By

Ben Barna

As if our lives weren't already filled with disappointment, Coachella is this weekend in Indio, CA, and we're not going. Overpriced water and relentless sun become trivial when acts like Aphex Twin are followed by Animal Collective who is followed by M.I.A. (that's not a confirmed order, but you get it). The benevolent folks over AT&T feel your pain. Last year, they broadcast select acts from the festival live via that screen you're always staring at these days, and they're doing it again for you in 2008. If you take a trip to AT&T's Blue Room, you'll get to watch three days of Coachella acts live, in a space where the sun don't shine and water roams free.

Prince at Coachella: Art or Commercial?

By

Vanita Salisbury

imagePerfumer, musician, and world's sexiest vegetarian Prince will headline the second day of the Coachella music festival (April 25-27) in Indio, California. Reportedly paid $4.8 million for the performance, his last-minute addition to the lineup has fueled speculation that he was only brought in to boost ticket sales. We're not so much buying that argument, though. It's not like Portishead, the Raconteurs, Death Cab for Cutie, Aphex Twin, the Breeders, Fatboy Slim, M.I.A., the National, Hot Chip, Animal Collective, Kate Nash, Vampire Weekend, etc., etc, are nobodies, especially for the typical Coachella audience. Did they even need Prince? But maybe we're just being naïve. Deja-vu: In 2006, Madonna was added a few weeks before the festival -- and they did offer Morrissey $5 million (which he turned down) for a reunion of The Smiths. Whatever the reason Prince arrives, it's his first U.S. festival appearance ever. And if his show-stealing 2007 Super Bowl performance is any indication, it should prove spectacular.

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