Overview
Broadcast live via YouTube from a polo field in a desert west of Los Angeles this weekend was Coachella, one of the world's truly super festivals. The massive video library created its own live-stream channel, appropriately named YouTube Live, and Coachella was the first partner to offer to broadcast live content for the channel.
Among the lineup of over 100 performers include top acts The Strokes, Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, Kanye West, Cee-Lo Green, Kings of Leon and Duran Duran. Although most of the incredible content has been taken down, as if oft the case, we have scoured the annals to bring you five of our favourite video moments from the festival.
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1. Kanye. West. Brought it.
2. Arcade Fire unleashed not only a killer Saturday night headline set but also an army of LED beachballs that looked more akin to a sea of globular jellyfish. Changing colours throughout their finale of 'Wake Up', the balls started shining independently red, purple, orange and green capturing (or is that diverting) the audiences attention well beyond their set.
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3. The Strokes rounded out an incredible set with 'Under Control', 'Gratisfaction', 'Reptilia', 'Last NIght' and 'Take It or Leave It'. Tough to beat.
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4. Jeff Goldblum, at Coachella? Those two names went as well together as....well they went well. For a full 90 minute set Jeff and his band, the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra performed in the campgrounds of the festival. Although a stunt from comedy website Funny or Die, funnier things have happened.
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5. Cee-Lo Green turned up 50 minutes late, blamed it on the organisers and their poor timetabling skills and performed a lacklustre and rushed set. Getting through six songs in twenty minutes, his performance of Fuck You took on extra meaning for the aggravated and constantly dwindling crowd.