Coachella 2012: Fans Report in on the Music at the Fest’s First Weekend
Coachella’s 12th year began Friday in the desert oasis of Indio, California with the first of two weekends full of live music that included performances from Radiohead, Pulp, Bon Iver, Jeff Magnum, Santigold, the Weeknd, Azealia Banks and many more.
We’ve got a recap of the first weekend, beginning on Friday and going through to the closing performance from Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg (with a special guest in the form of a Tupac hologram) on Sunday night…
DAY ONE
Well @honeyhoneyband is killing it at coachella right now
— james hervey (@jeherv) April 13, 2012
Great to see @OtherLives at @coachella #coachella #gobi twitter.com/mrpoptop/statu…
— mrpoptop (@mrpoptop) April 13, 2012
The Givers – Neel (@VoiceOfNeel)
Awwww Grouplove is covering I Wanna Dance With Somebody! #rip Whitney Houston <3 #Coachella
— @TDSMarMendoza (@TDSMarMendoza) April 14, 2012
Great performance from Yuck as the rain moves in #coachella #itrainsinthedesert twitter.com/mrpoptop/statu…
— mrpoptop (@mrpoptop) April 13, 2012
Jimmy Cliff – Kate Kolenda (@modern_blonde)
The Arctic Monkeys frontman “loves#coachella.” “We’ve been trying to get back here since the last time we left.” #Coachella2012
— Sonya English (@GirlAboutPS) April 14, 2012
Sheffield currently ruling SoCal 100% #arcticmonkeys #pulp #coachella #inlove
— Kate Edler (@MyMissus) April 14, 2012
Whoa! Tyler the Creator just got on stage w/ @Frank_Ocean for “Analog” #Coachella twitter.com/TDSMarMendoza/…
— @TDSMarMendoza (@TDSMarMendoza) April 14, 2012
Frank ocean left during the middle of his Coachella set
— Maximus Assassin (@Sillentassasin) April 14, 2012
Watching Frank’s Coachella feed. Big surprise monitor guy not paying any attention. Same shit with Little Dragon a couple years ago
— Life or Death PR (@HeathcliffB) April 14, 2012
Mazzy Star takes the stage at #Coachella as sprinkles start coming down. twitter.com/MyCoachella/st…
— MyCoachella (@MyCoachella) April 14, 2012
Mazzy Star music instantly takes me back to college, making out with ol’ whatever-his-name-was. #coachella
— Maggie Downs (@downsanddirty) April 14, 2012
The black keys, m83, refused, afrojack, Swedish house, Amon tobin.. I can’t make this decision by myself #festivalprobs #Coachella
— Kat Grieco (@katgrieco) April 14, 2012
Afrojack is sick!!!Second time watching him#coachella
— Angel Chavez (@wormeaful) April 14, 2012
Neon Indian – intransfer (@intransferful)
The #coachella moment of the night: M83 playing “midnight city.” awesome
— Bruce Fessier (@BruceFessier) April 14, 2012
@coachella @refusedband Pretty sure I won at life tonight. Thank you!!! twitter.com/blyssme/status…
— RandoMary (@blyssme) April 14, 2012
moshing and crowd surfing at coachella is one of the weirdest sights but refused fucking ruled
— riss (@rissokay) April 14, 2012
So funny watching swedish house mafia (secretly) press play on a mix cd and dance around like they r djing at #coachella. Still fun tho!
— danny masterson (@dannymasterson) April 14, 2012
Front row!!! Swedish house mafia!! #coachella twitpic.com/99lwzp
— Damian Olivares (@Dman9307) April 14, 2012
DAY TWO
Awolnation with Macy Gray just made my day and its only 4:30. #sail #coachella
— Nicole(@ms_coley) April 14, 2012
Leapin lizards! Black Lips frontman drops his pants for their finale. First frontal nudity at the #Coachella
— Bruce Fessier (@BruceFessier) April 14, 2012
Andrew Bird – Joanna Chiang (@thejojotimes)
Goodbye Coachella. twitter.com/FeistMusic/sta…
— Feist (@FeistMusic) April 15, 2012
Andrew Bird just covered “It’s Not Easy Being Green” and therefore won Coachella. #andrewbird
— Cameron Dayton (@CameronDayton) April 15, 2012
The Shins covering Pink Floyd “Breathe” #coachella
— Matthew(@mkotz14) April 15, 2012
@st_vincent raging in the crowd during her brand new song ‘Crocodile’. No words #coachella twitter.com/SoundBanquet/s…
— Sound Banquet (@SoundBanquet) April 15, 2012
Childish Gambino – Jessica Rodriguez (@jessinomy)
Childish Gambino performing on #coachella stage with a broken foot. No big, he said. Maybe he’ll break the other this wknd. #please don’t
— Sonya English (@GirlAboutPS) April 14, 2012
Azealia Banks – William Harryman (@wharryman)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Michael Parra (@GameOverParra)
Looks like the whole of #coachella has decided to watch David Guetta on one of the smaller stages #oneformainstage
— Paul Gallagher (@G4lly) April 15, 2012
Usher joined David Guetta for last song of his set. He said/sang about eight words but it was enough to ignite the Sahara Tent#coachella
— Shad Powers (@shad_powers) April 15, 2012
Feist – Jennifer Kajioka (@jikajioka)
Bon Iver is performing live at #Coachella right now. Next up, Radiohead. twitter.com/IEPhotoNow/sta…
— IEPhotoNow (@IEPhotoNow) April 15, 2012
Best two hours ( so far ) of this Coachella. Flying Lotus > SBTRKT
— Antonio Cabral (@toniocabral) April 15, 2012
ACE-FUCKING-SAP!!!!!! Got into a shoving match, drank a bunch of lean, danced with white chicks. Best set today. #Coachella #ASAPRocky
— Joseph Garcia (@JosephAGarcia) April 15, 2012
Coachella highlight: asap catching my gold bra, & him kissing my hand <3
— Christina Rainer (@TinaTurntable5) April 15, 2012
Radiohead – Irina Liakh (@irina_liakh)
DAY THREE
Kasabian are melting Coachella!!!! Jesus, they playing a ‘small’ tent. Its massive. Its Incredible.
— Jason (@Cederdog) April 15, 2012
Fitz and The Tantrums – Dat Girl (@ayetalian)
First Aid Kit – Mike (@MIKEYCONTRERAS)
Band of Skulls rocking as usual. Santigold super bitchin as usual. Flux Pavillion goes boom. #coachella
— Carl Moczydlowsky (@frothylowsky) April 16, 2012
“Backstage at santogolds set.” – Shotgun Joe (@corbinisorganic)
Band of Skulls rocking as usual. Santigold super bitchin as usual. Flux Pavillion goes boom. #coachella
— Carl Moczydlowsky (@frothylowsky) April 16, 2012
Real estate is the perfect band to chill to right now! After dancing our asses of at santigold! #coachella #goodtimes
— VonLace (@VonLace) April 15, 2012
“Hello Coachella! We are The Hives and you’re not!” #coachella #yes #sold
— Kate Edler (@MyMissus) April 16, 2012
“Oh did I mention NINJAS on stage…” – Michael Parra (@gameoverparra)
The Weeknd – dom (@dom_overdose)
The biggest sing-a-long I’ve ever been part of Gotye singing Somebody That I Used To Know #Coachella #Goosebumps
— Musa Tariq (@MusaTariq) April 16, 2012
“Thundercat on six string bass” – Randall Roberts (@LilEdit)
“Beirut is making me melt. Or maybe it’s the crush of people surrounding me.” – CHELSEA (@CHELSEAinLA)
Justice. Epic. Main stage.#coachella
— Nicole(@ms_coley) April 16, 2012
“DJ Shadow and surprise appearance by Zack de la Rocha!” – Carr (@CarrEnriquez)
Rihanna making a surprise appearance at Calvin Harris. Wonderful #coachella
— Brittany (@DancingBritt620) April 16, 2012
Rihanna joins Calvis Harris onstage – Kelly McDonnell (@KellyMcDonnell)
Katy Perry nose dives into crowd OVER @rihanna ‘s head during @CalvinHarris set @coachella#TopIt
— Joseph Christopher (@Joseph_C_Rocha) April 16, 2012
Girl Talk was the best because they played the most hits.#Coachella
— Jim Kleckner (@slippy) April 16, 2012
“The end of Girl Talk” – Jorge d’Argence (@motoridersd)
Fuckin a. My body hurts from At The Drive-In. Doing it right. #fuckyeah #coachella
— Dat Girl (@ayetalian) April 16, 2012
Coachella!! Cali knows how to party @SnoopDogg @RealWizKhalifa @coachella @Eminem @drdre twitter.com/C_perez7/statu…
— Cynthia(@C_perez7) April 16, 2012
Dr. Dre and Tupac’s hologram – Ben Lagpacan (@IslandIdeology)
Tupac’s hologram – Jose Aaliyan (@ThisGoonisHOT)
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