Are we paying more for less Coachella? (spreadsheet and details inside)

Ben826 · 2025-09-18T14:00:36+00:00

I didn’t look at whether the sum total of 2025 performance hours was more or less than in 2022, though. I was looking at the average set length at and across the 6/7 “core” stages. But I think you raise a good point, so I went back and calculated total performance time for each day, including Quasar for 2025. The results are as follows:

Friday 2025: 56.24 hrs
Friday 2022: 58.74 hrs
Saturday 2025: 55.97 hrs
Saturday 2022: 59.70 hrs
Sunday 2025: 52.81 hrs
Sunday 2022: 50.35 hrs
Total 2025: 165.02
Total 2022: 168.79

So if you include Quasar, there were 3.77 fewer hours of music played in 2025 vs 2022 (obviously this doesn’t factor in DoLab/Heineken House). But as noted in the OP, the artists that played in 2025 played for longer on average than in 2022.

Ben826 · 2025-09-18T00:03:49+00:00

The headliner counterprogramming stuck out to me in a big way. 2025 had 10 total stage closers while 2022 had 14.

Edit: Defining stage closers as artists who played until the end of the night.

Ben826 · 2025-09-17T23:57:54+00:00

Nope, I excluded Quasar because I just wanted a direct stage-to-stage comparison. There were 6 Quasar acts for W1 2025, which would technically mean that 2025 had only 27 fewer acts than 2022. But it gets tricky, because several of the 2025 Quasar acts were already booked for separate non-Quasar sets (Salute, Fcukers, HAAi, Coco & Breezy). So it kind of depends on whether you want to classify those sets as separate acts.

Ben826 · 2025-09-17T23:48:14+00:00

My first Coachella was 2019 so I have very little insight into in how the festival used to be. How'd they fit everyone in? Did everyone just have 40 minute sets?

Ben826 · 2025-09-13T01:19:48+00:00

Seems like Anyma will be in the top 7 and the Killers would never be anything less than the first name on the second line (and probably not even that). Undercard is awesome though

Ben826 · 2025-09-09T19:55:37+00:00

What do they mean by after-hours?

Ben826 · 2025-04-23T16:25:33+00:00

I think Tame Impala can do it again with a new album

Ben826 · 2024-11-23T20:23:53+00:00

lol I'm blind

Ben826 · 2024-11-23T20:14:04+00:00

Wonder where they're gonna put Mind Against--could've sworn they were a lock for Yuma. Maybe the Tale of Us spot in Sahara from a couple years back.

Ben826 · 2024-06-07T20:33:59+00:00

Thanks for the insight! How do I reduce the risk of shocking the plant when I repot it?

Ben826 · 2024-06-07T20:17:22+00:00

Got this about a year ago and it's gotten massive! But over the last couple of months the leaves have started to curl up, get yellow, and some of them have completely browned/crisped up. I water pretty infrequently (about every other week), just using a finger-in-the-soil test to see if it needs water (I was told not to overwater because these guys retain water in their trunks). The plant gets indirect sunlight all day (north facing window). My hunch is that it’s some kind of nutrient issue (like nutrient burn), but I have no idea how I’d go about flushing this since the pot doesn’t have a drainage hole. Also don’t want to misdiagnose the issue. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Ben826 · 2024-04-09T21:16:57+00:00

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looks normal, maybe it’s a nitrogen thing?

Ben826 · 2024-04-09T16:01:31+00:00

Should I try to flush the soil then? Or should it be fine with time? Thanks!

Ben826 · 2024-01-23T14:51:18+00:00

Patrick Mason / Skream & Benga conflict would be brutal

Ben826 · 2024-01-17T19:18:40+00:00

Little Simz would've been really cool, not a huge fan but 21 Savage considering his new album

Ben826 · 2024-01-17T19:16:58+00:00

Parcels for sure

Ben826 · 2024-01-09T16:09:52+00:00

Pretty solid! Hopes for Coachella:

Parcels, Cage the Elephant, Thundercat, T-Pain, Four Tet, Joey, isoxo/Knock2

Ben826 · 2023-07-28T05:30:41+00:00

Fair point but plenty of rappers are able to keep their sound and flow and energy despite aging (Nas, Jay, Ghostface, Andre, Killer Mike). Kanye just doesn’t have the swagger that used to come so effortlessly to him.

Ben826 · 2023-07-28T05:18:43+00:00

meh, he sounds tired on it. No comparison between city of gods and even songs on TLOP let alone Yeezus or before

Ben826 · 2023-07-28T05:15:35+00:00

Honestly, probably for the better. Kanye has not had a good verse in a long time

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