Coachella has entered its flop era, are influencers really to blame?
Coachella isn't selling tickets as fast as it used to, and critics are starting to point fingers.
Coachella, the music festival that has gone viral every year for the past decade, may have just entered its flop era as tickets to the two-weekend event experienced a decline in demand this year. According to SFGate, the festival hasn't seen ticket sales this slow since 10 years ago.
The California-based music festival, which this year features artists such as Doja Cat, Ice Spice, Tyler, the Creator and Lana Del Ray, is famous for selling out tickets within minutes, hours, or at the maximum, a few days. Coachella tickets run for $499 to $599 for general admission and $1,069 to $1,269 for VIP.
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In 2022, Coachella, which features two weekends of performances, sold out both weekends within four hours. In 2023, the first weekend sold out in just four days, while the second weekend never sold out.
For this year in particular, after tickets for Coachella went on sale on Jan. 19, it took almost a month for tickets to sell out for its first weekend of shows which took place through April 12-14. Tickets for Coachella’s second weekend of shows, which will happen April 19-21, are still available to purchase.
Some people have been pointing fingers toward social media influencers for ruining Coachella amid reports of slow ticket sales.
here is my opinion on coachella last night
what the actual fuck. it was so horrible. the crowd was so horrible. im convinced that coachella is just a breeding ground for wannabe influencers who just show up at the event to take pictures so that they can maybe get a couple likes-— Graham Coxon Posting (@grhamcoxn) April 14, 2024
coachella is such a mid festival because of the place & crowd filled with wannabes and influencers like all these live sets with dead audiences— Witness | KP6 IS COMING (@factsaboutkaty) April 15, 2024
unpopular (or maybe popular idk) opinion
i think coachella should ban influencers from going and only allow people who actually give a fuck about the music that’s being played and the artists yk its a music festival not a pr show— ×͜× H•☆•
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