Category: coachella

YouTube will premiere a Coachella documentary on March 31st

[ad_1] The doc includes some of the behind-the-scenes stories that formed the California festival’s foundations. It includes exclusive footage and interviews, along with performances from the likes of Billie Eilish, Kanye West, Daft Punk, Travis Scott, LCD Soundsystem, Rage Against The Machine, Pixies, Jane’s Addiction, Björk, The White Stripes, Moby, Beck and Radiohead. Meanwhile, YouTube […]

40 music festivals pledge not to use facial recognition

[ad_1] Last month, musicians like Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Nahko of Nahko and Medicine for the People, Speedy Ortiz and Thievery Corporation began speaking out against the use of facial recognition at concerts. In a campaign organized by Fight for the Future, artists, fans and activists criticized the use of the technology […]

Coachella was built for YouTube

[ad_1] Coachella 2019 review: A festival built for YouTubePaul A. Thompson,Pitchfork For years, Coachella’s opening weekend has been a huge event for YouTube. A weekend’s worth of livestreams don’t deliver all of the acts to your living room, but the site typically offers a lot of the big names so you don’t have to travel […]

Donald Glover’s new movie is streaming for free on Amazon

[ad_1] As of this writing, Childish Gambino is still performing live at Coachella (which you can watch on YouTube all weekend), but he also has a new movie premiering on Amazon Prime. Guava Island is available (in 4×3 aspect ratio — it’s a choice) for free for at least 18 hours, so if you’d like […]

Coachella built an AR experience for festival-goers

[ad_1] While attending shows in the Sahara Tent, show-goers see a countdown clock on a major screen that will alert them when the AR experience is available. At that point, they will able to pull up Coachella Cameras from within the Coachella app, point their phones at the screen and see the AR action. Attendees […]

Stream Coachella performances live on YouTube this weekend

[ad_1] Like before, the festivities are divided across three channels on the Coachella YouTube page. To ensure you don’t miss your favorites, there’s a schedule tool that will automatically change the stream when one of your selected acts hits the stage. The big names set to preform tonight include Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monae, Blackpink, Childish […]

Childish Gambino’s ‘Guava Island’ movie comes to Amazon this weekend

[ad_1] Donald Glover already has something special planned with Google’s Pixel 3 to go with his performance at Coachella this weekend, but he’s not stopping there tie-ins. After his set ends on Saturday morning (he’s scheduled to take the stage at 2:25 AM ET) the actor, comedian and musician will release a new movie, Guava […]

Netflix debuts Beyoncé Coachella show documentary on April 17th

[ad_1] You probably don’t think of Netflix as a go-to place for music documentaries beyond Taylor Swift’s tour movie, but it’s determined to burnish its image. The service has teased the April 17th debut of a previously rumored documentary on Beyoncé’s much-hyped performance at the 2018 Coachella festival — conveniently, just ahead of the 2019 […]