Coachella Shocker: Amy Winehouse Allowed Into Country, Apparently

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Seth Abramovitch

01/30/09 12:15PM

Filed to: Let's Try This Again

The real Coachella lineup was announced last night. It features many of the acts on the fake list Ryan Seacrest was selling (along with blowjobs) for five bucks in an alley off Yucca all week.

Namely, Paul McCartney will indeed be headlining, on Friday night, the same night Morrissey will be playing. Paul fucking McCartney and Morri fucking ssey. Same stage, same day. Amy Winehouse was a nice surprise—we thought she wasn't allowed on U.S. shores ever since she freebased her visa—as was The Cure (though they kind of put us to sleep the year Radiohead blew our brains out our ears) and My Bloody Valentine.

Other acts of note: Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst, TV on the Radio, MSTRKRFT, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Antony & the Johnsons, and X. We lost Katy Perry, but gained a Steve Aoki. Death-cheating TRAV$DJ-AM are on the Saturday bill.

And the rumored Britney Spears appearance never panned out.

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Seth Abramovitch Seth Abramovitch 01/30/09 02:02PM

At least it's not Jack Johnson. No amount of Dourdaning could have made that interesting. Animal Collective were so awesome last year and did not suck in the least. I'm bummed about that too.

NoWireHangers Seth Abramovitch 01/30/09 02:17PM

@Seth: I went to MIA instead of Animal Collective and while I almost died in the tent, was sweat on by tripping bros, and was mangled by high schoolers, it was worth it.

Seth Abramovitch NoWireHangers 01/30/09 02:27PM

@NoWireHangers: Wasn't that supposed to be a disaster, lights came on, deafening gunshots, she threw a tantrum, etc?

NoWireHangers Seth Abramovitch 01/30/09 02:44PM

@Seth: Yes, but I'd seen her before and expected her to be drunk and rude. Part of me hates her for it, but she's just plain cool. It was a scary tent though—if you fell you would have been ground beef. My friends and I held onto each other for dear life: it was like riding a raft from Cuba to South Florida. When she was finished things got crazier as people demanded an encore. We got out of there as quickly as we could, and it brought to mind that scene in The Birds where they silently shepherd the school children past the crow-laden jungle gym.