Have some pics from the concert, but took this on the way up there cuz I thought they were cool.
The venue for the gig was apparently a polo field out in the middle of nowhere, past Palm Springs. Took a couple hours. Place was HUGE. 60,000 people and we were never "crowded" except while up by the stage.
My nephew went with me. We had a blast. He's a good kid
There were about six stages. Main stage directly below, and the others were side stages. Ting Tangs played on one. Some really good bands. (don't have pics of all the stages or Morrisey)
This is Airborne Toxic Event. I'd only heard a little of their stuff but they rocked. Loved them.
This is a crummy video but I was trying to show the crowd.
And this crummy video, you can hear Franz Ferdinand but apparently, I didn't have the camera pointed at them!
By the way, they were Awesome! Way cool. Upbeat music and the crowds loved them. Morrisey was on afterward. I like him but the guy was a whiner. Complaining about this and that. Walked off the stage in the middle of a song cuz the smell of hamburgers was offending him. But he did sing Girlfriend in a Coma, Charming Man etc. and was alright, but NOTHING compared to Paul McCartney.
He was absolutely THE BEST SHOW I have seen. (and I have been to a ton of concerts). He was charming, he was funny, he was touching (he talked about how it was the 11th anniversary of Linda's death that very day, and how emotional it was for him, but she loved rock n roll and loved the desert and than he sang a song he wrote for her Awwww) and for a 64 yr old guy, he was amazing. Played the piano, mandolin, electric guitar, acoustic guitar. Awesome. Played the crap outta Helter Skelter! Played for like 3 hours. Pulled out his 60's guitar for the Beatle's songs.
He was incredible. And it was cool to hear the audience singing Hey Jude. He was still playing after all the bands at the other stages stopped so EVERYONE at Coachella was there. Crazy crowded but it was so much fun. And I can die happy now that I've seen a Beatle!
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