The
title of the story is “Stagecoach 2013: Goodbye, Coachella; hello, country
music”, it was published on the online version of “the Los Angeles Times” By
Mikael Wood.
This article is devoted to the world-known music
festival “Coachella” and it’s importance in the world of music.
INDIO -- It didn't take long Friday for Stagecoach --
the three-day country-music jamboree set to run through Sunday night at the
Empire Polo Club -- to differentiate itself from the Coachella Valley
Music and Arts Festival, which took over the same sun-scorched setting for two
weekends earlier this month.
"I kind of think of this next one as if Rachel
Maddow and Ann Coulter went on a blind date -- with an open bar," said Hayes
Carll, introducing his song "Another Like You." The wry Texas-based
singer-songwriter was only a few tunes into his early-afternoon set on the
Palomino Stage, but already he was injecting a shot of politics that Coachella,
with its entitled-hippie vibe, seemed to lack this year.
Stagecoach is likely to feature more cultural
commentary in the hours to come: Friday night's headliners are Toby Keith and
Hank Williams Jr., neither of whom is known to shy away from speaking his mind.
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COVERAGE: Coachella 2013
The
festival is also certain to reflect the country community's loss Friday morning
of George Jones, whose influence looms large over virtually every act scheduled
to play this weekend.
"He
was so important to the music going on here -- to the foundation of all
this," said one Stagecoach attendee, Rose Alsup of Palm Springs.
Other
differences between Coachella and Stagecoach were emerging Friday, including
the much heavier presence of corporate branding -- it's hard to miss the Toyota
World of Wonders -- and the switch in official festival beer from Heineken to
Bud Light. The crowd here is smaller, as well, with a capacity of 55,000.
(While Coachella sold out quickly, general-admission Stagecoach tickets for the
full weekend were still available Friday afternoon at $239 a pop.)
TIMELINE:
Coachella and Stagecoach
Still,
the dry desert heat remains essentially the same, as does the sight of many,
many half-dressed young people sauntering across the polo field.
And, of course, there's a similarly stacked bill, which
in addition to Friday's performers includes Lady Antebellum, Dwight
Yoakam, Darius Rucker, Marty Stuart, the Zac Brown Band, Charley Pride and
dozens more.
In conclusion, I can say that I’ve
heard so many interesting facts about that festival, it’s really great. Lots of
people spend their weekends there and I’d like to visit this festival one day!
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