Putting on a festival in a desert was never going to be easy. And yet somehow Coachella happens and this year, 125,000 average visitors per day braved life, limb and financial ruin in order to be part of the in-crowd.
And while there are some moments of greatness – huge thanks to Lady Gaga, Post Malone and Charli XCX for pulling it out of Coachella 2025’s dusty bag – for the most part it’s only ever bad news – from terrible performances, inadequate sound systems and tech, to horrific price gouging on a captive audience – that makes it into the outside world.
