With the first weekend of Coachella completed and everyone abuzz over the Tupac hologram debuted by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, the world is asking what we can expect from the project in the future. The deceased rapper came on stage to perform two songs on Sunday at the music mega festival in Indio, California. When asked after the show about any future plans for the hologram, Dr. Dre did not rule out bringing the illustrious illusion on tour with him this summer, saying he was “thinking about it” but nothing had been finalized. The rap star also hinted at similar hologram shows for Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye in the future. Personally, I find the whole idea a bit creepy, but can’t deny I would be very likely to buy some tickets for hologram shows in the future, for the right band of course. Is this going to become a whole new viable segment of live entertainment or is this just a one-time stunt? With potentially huge demand to see deceased stars take up the stage one more time, I wouldn’t count it out. Hopefully I can count on seeing a super-band of the future, featuring Hendrix on lead guitar, Jim Morrison on vocals, John Paul Jones on drums, and Cliff Burton on bass. Probably not as good as the real thing, but I’d take it any day.
What an age we live in. The folks over at Coachella are going to be streaming a whole plethora of their live sets on Youtube. Bands such as The Black Keys, The Shins, Bon Iver and Chugg favourites Florence and the Machine, Wild Beasts, Laura Marling, and M83 will all be streamed over the weekend amongst many others.
The wonderful people at FasterLouder have been kind enough to calculate the Australian set times. Check it!
Saturday timetable:
08.55am – James 09:00am – GIVERS 09:10am – honeyhoney 09:35am – Neon Indian 10:00am – Gary Clark Jr. 10:05am – Grouplove 10:25am – Jimmy Cliff & Tim Armstrong 11:00am – Yuck 11:20am – Dawes 11:30am – Arctic Monkeys 12.00pm – Wu Lyf 12:10pm – Madness 12.50pm – Pulp 1:15pm – Frank Ocean 1:15pm – Ximena Sarinan 1:50pm – Mazzy Star 2:10pm – The Rapture 2:45pm – The Black Keys 3:05pm – Explosions in the Sky 3:50pm – The Black Angels 4:15pm – M83 4:20pm – Refused 5.10pm – Amon Tobin 5.25pm – Swedish House Mafia
Sunday timetable:
08:25am – Big Pink 08:30am – Childish Gambino 08:30am – The Vaccines 09:00am – We Were Promised Jetpacks 09:00am – Azealia Banks 09:00am – AWOLNATION 09:50am – tUnE-yArDs 10:00am – Destroyer 10:05am – Buzzcocks 10:35am – Kaiser Chiefs 10:55am – Manchester Orchestra 11:30am – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 11:55pm – Laura Marling 12:15pm – Squeeze 12:20am – Andrew Bird 12:45pm – St. Vincent 1:05pm – Grace Potter 1:10pm – The Shins 1:55pm – Kasabian 2:30pm – Bon Iver 3:20pm – Miike Snow 4:05pm – TBA 4:35pm – A$AP Rocky
Monday timetable:
08:25am – Wild Beasts 08:30am – Oberhofer 08:30am – Santigold 09:15am – Real Estate 09:35am – The Growlers 09:45am – Fitz and the Tantrums 10:20am – Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 10:30am – Band of Skulls 10:30am – Wild Flag 11:05am – The Hives 11:15am – Beats Antique 12:10pm – The Airplane Boys 12:45pm – Justice 1:30pm – Beirut 2:30pm – Goyte 2:45pm – Modeselektor 2:45pm – Florence and the Machine 3:35pm – TBA
Apr 20th, 2012
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