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1. Chic, West Holts 2013 2. Phoenix, Woodsies 2013 3. Pet Shop Boys, Other 2010 4. Massive Attack, Other 2014 5. Animal Collective, Park 2009 

damn. Dethklok or Dua Lipa that night. Hard choices

Janelle Monae (West Holts) 2019 Justice (West Holts) 2017 London Grammar (Park) 2024

Except the lead singer isnt touring with them?

cause theyre slow as hell with negotiating and signing acts. We even saw that last year when Emily was asked why Lizzo didnt just headline instead of getting GnR in the wake of that all white top line and she said they hadnt even gotten Lizzo onboard in any capacity when they were seeking to fill that slot that GnR took. She came afterwards. So yeah, however they sign acts is a snails pace and its a big double edged sword. Cause look at all the flux in this last month. Look at it early this year. Some random little thing derails it all and they arent the fest which can totally whip up an equal replacement just at the drop of a hat.  Theres plenty of artists booked but itll be much tougher if they announce it all in Jan and then 4 months later somebody drops off and youre f**ked. But money is also another thing. They want these acts to get their tours sold and such. But its still backwards logic that somehow 140,000 people make that much of a difference on an artists tour sales when theyve got a festival ticket already. That would be an interesting survey. What percentage of people would go see such and such artist at the festival vs on their own if given the choice, just straight up. Money isnt an issue or anything. Just picking.   I mean Coachella's organizer just did an interview and said they wanted to get it out early this year because they had it all sorted and wanted to get ahead of more names leaking and such. Although the strategy of getting holiday money worked pretty well so far since their sales look to be doing much better than last years after the announcement.