The annual two-weekend, three-day Coachella Festival features 184 artists this year, with headlining acts including a reunited OutKast performing on Friday, Muse headlining the Saturday shows, and Arcade Fire set to close out Sunday nights.
The 2014 festival also features notable acts including Lorde, Pixies, The Replacements, Beck, Neutral Milk Hotel, Queens of the Stone Age, Nas, Calvin Harris, Broken Bells, Motörhead, Haim, Neko Case, MGMT, Girl Talk, Foster the People, Lana Del Rey, Pharrell Williams, Chromeo and Mogwai. A full list of the bands on the roster can viewed at the Coachella site.
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is held yearly at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, located in the Inland Empire’s Coachella Valley, situated in the Colorado Desert. The 2014 festival began on April 11, and will continue tonight, and again on April 18, 19, and 20. General admission tickets were sold out in less than 20 minutes, while VIP tickets which went for over $5,000 sold out in under 3 hours.
Here is a clip of OutKast’s full set:
While there had been rumors that Instagram crashed due to an overflow of festival pictures, Twitter saw heightened celebrity traffic.
Lorde tweets about Saturday’s minor sandstorm that hit the area:
playing coachella yesterday night was just the craziest thing. brb now scrubbing dust from my body/life
— Lorde (@lordemusic) April 13, 2014
Global superstars Lindsay Lohan and Rebecca Black convey their festival enthusiasm:
Me and Mikey, on the way to the show #letsgo (O Btw who sent this @OfficialSpyder @coachella #RideASpyder) pic.twitter.com/RzZG5twn4h
— Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan) April 13, 2014
had the BEST time at coachella this weekend! NOW OFF TO THE @MTV #MovieAwards!! catch it @ 8 PM EST/PST TONIGHT! pic.twitter.com/UmE0HLy60Z
— Rebecca Black (@MsRebeccaBlack) April 13, 2014
Actresses Michelle Pfeiffer and Kate Capshaw appear to be lost:
Michelle Pfeiffer and Kate Capshaw — We're Too Old For This Crap http://t.co/IoUH8whdVr
— TMZ (@TMZ) April 13, 2014
Former rap game rivals Jay Z and Nas performed together onstage:
Special guest Jay-Z @S_C_ just joined @Nas on stage! Unbelievable performance and keeps getting better. pic.twitter.com/IHv4DEcqKZ
— Coachella (@coachella) April 13, 2014
Adam Levine seems unimpressed with the fest:
Ok. I mean this sincerely. The Golf Channel is actually more inspiring than Coachella right now. For real.
— Adam Levine (@adamlevine) April 13, 2014
International fashion icon Paris Hilton chimes in:
Love my #Coachella look for today! #FlowerChildhttp://t.co/mf6qevhxFs
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) April 13, 2014
White Girl Problems displays dignity:
I love myself too much to go to Coachella.
— White Girl Problems (@whitegrlproblem) April 13, 2014
2014 Coachella desert-fashions:
I think this is the best photo I have ever seen #coachella pic.twitter.com/A95sdLJIVS
— eden (@edengoodall) April 12, 2014
Twerking sensation Miley Cyrus was a Coachella-eque fashion visionary ahead of her time:
Coachella, just remember Miley did it first and better. pic.twitter.com/zS2ZPKtZbO
— (@cyrustyls) April 12, 2014
Katy Perry attended the festival sans Riff Raff:
Check out some more Coachella Day 1 pics: pic.twitter.com/CICIqlHwYa
— Katy Perry Lately! (@katyperrylately) April 12, 2014
Image via YouTube