In the saddle: Festival season is in full swing and country music enthusiasts are about to sign up for the party after almost 3 years of waiting. The Stagecoach Country Music Festival kicks off Friday, April 29 on the iconic grounds of the Empire Polo Club after two weeks of Coachella success.
Come back here to see the sights, sounds, food and magical moments that make Stagecoach one of the world’s country music festivals.
Every year, stagecoach festival attendees have the chance to take home a souvenir of the festival. . . and we’re not just talking about products with the Stagecoach logo. Nikki Lane’s Stage Stop Marketplace is a collection of vendors selling everything from boots and hats to jewelry and a bunch of Western stuff in between. They are usually small sets, a dream designer who likes to hit the road and see where he takes them. Desert Sun reporter Jonathan Horwitz met with several of the vendors, each having an exclusive Story to tell. If you’re at the festival on Sunday, be sure to prevent and say hello.
In a wild twist that probably no one saw coming, Axl Rose, the lead singer of the iconic rock band Guns N’ Roses, gave the level impression on the set of headliner Carrie Underwood on Saturday night. “Welcome to the most productive moment of my life, Axl Rose, everyone!” shouted Underwood to greet the legend on the level. The couple sang “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and “Paradise City” to the unsuspecting crowd.
Stagecoach has a rich and somewhat comical history of attracting tv personalities from the truth of the “The Bachelor” franchise, and in a full-circle moment on Saturday, Blake Horstmann from the season of Becca Kufrin’s “The Bachelorette,” who is now a dj of sorts. He filled the Honkytonk for a Saturday night filled with women screaming for the Denver idol. the look in an elegant red jumpsuit. In fact, his might or might not have had general enthusiasm for making a song with his remixes of Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” and several Taylor Swift hits.
Grammy-winning country singer Naomi Judd and part of mother-daughter duo The Judds died Saturday. He was 76 years old.
Judds’ daughters, Wynonna and Ashley, died Saturday, USA Today reports.
“Today, the sisters have experienced a tragedy. We lost our mother-in-law to an intellectual illness,” the two sisters tweeted. your audience. We are in uncharted territory. He did not elaborate.
The artists performing Stagecoach this weekend in Indio expressed their condolences.
Carrie Underwood, who is expected to headline the Mane Stage on Saturday night, tweeted: “Country music has lost a true legend. . . sing with the angels, Naomi! We are all sending prayers for Judd’s circle of relatives today. . . . “
Country music has lost a true legend. . . sings with the angels, Naomi !!!We are all sending prayers for Judd’s circle of relatives today. . .
Maren Morris, who directed at the Mane Stage on Friday night, tweeted: “Rest in peace, Naomi Judd. It’s an honor to have witnessed “Love Can Build a Bridge” a few weeks ago.
Rest in peace, Naomi Judd. Es an honor to have witnessed “Love Can Build a Bridge” a few weeks ago. ??
Country artist Breland, who dazzled the Stagecoach crowd with an evening set Friday that included special guest Taylor Lautner, made the impression in the middle of Saturday’s NFL draft from the grounds of the Empire Polo Club.
Breland, a longtime Philadelphia Eagles fan, brought the team’s fifth-round pick Saturday into ESPN’s 2022 NFL Draft policy in what gave the impression of being a pre-recorded advent filmed Friday afternoon.
“What’s new, Breland, coming from Stagecoach, California’s country music festival,” he said as he wore an Eagles jersey to welcome our next pick in the Philadelphia family. Let’s see who he is in Las Vegas.
The broadcast then returned to the live draft where Kansas linebacker Kyron Johnson announced as the team’s pick, no. 181 overall.
If you’re a fan of “The Bachelor” franchise, well, let’s say Stagecoach can be a celebrity paradise for you. Desert Sun’s feature editor: Niki Kottmann indexed all the sightings and how each of those other people connects in a very confusing web of interactions. Stay with us, we will provide you with updates from the celebrity scene over the weekend.
The country’s queen, Tanya Tucker, took some time in her Palomino tent on Friday to see how another queen, Brandi Carlile, was doing, who a few days earlier had to cancel her scheduled Stagecoach performance due to a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. During the call, Tucker called Carlile, who is his mutual friend and collaborator, his “hero. “Desert Sun reporter Ema Sasic has the video and a full review of the set.
Review: Country legend Tanya Tucker brings to the crowd, FaceTimes Brandi Carlile set
Tanya Tucker calls Brandi Carlile, who had to leave #Stagecoach due to COVID-19 pic. twitter. com/5Vkb9hRcV3
The classic “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers proves to be a popular song for Stagecoach artists. On Friday, Jordan Davis included the jam in his set at Mane’s level. It went well. Midland followed on the same level and closed his performance on the same song. Once again, he roared from the crowd. Indicated.
Midland’s golden hour scheduled for Friday drew a large crowd to the Mane Stage, which erupted in applause when Jon Pardi joined the band halfway through “Longneck Way to Go,” which premiered April 22 and is included on their upcoming album “The Last Resort. “: Greetings from”, which will be released on May 6.
A festival-goer will return from Stagecoach with a serious outfit: a diamond ring. During a break between songs, a male player will kneel, surprising his wife. Although obviously not heard, her frame of language obviously indicates that she said yes, with a big smile and luring her to kiss her while the festival-goers around cheered her on. Congratulations to the satisfied couple!
Stagecoach attendees can pay more to be closer to the level at this year’s festival, but unlike big sister Coachella, there’s no designated VIP domain. This created a much more inclusive atmosphere on Friday, with another bar, a mini general store, and plenty of shaded seating open to everyone in coachella’s classic VIP domain at the foot of the Mane Stage observation section.
Few couples can say they are colleagues, let alone share a music festival level together, but Stagecoach artist Ryan Hurd can say something after his Friday performance. Hurd shared a special moment with his wife, country star Maren Morris, when she joined him on The Mane Level for the last two songs on his set. The song that, unsurprisingly, won the maximum applause, was “Chasing After You”, nominated for grammy, which the lovebirds co-wrote and recorded as a duet.
The Desert Sun team spotted a lot of tweaks to Stagecoach’s design at its first box walk on Friday, but all the fundamental elements are still in place: Guy Fieri’s Stagecoach Smokehouse, all the mild neon symptoms and, of course, the iconic boots and bronco sculptures.
One of the tweaks was the location of Nikki Lane’s Stage Stop Marketplace, who discovered a new shaded space under what’s known as the Sahara tent at Coachella. What the domain lacks is made up for by the immense amount of shade the big tent provides, not to mention the abundance of fun antique shops. Compton Cowboys’ dominance is a novelty in the market this year, where the iconic Southern California riding organization will showcase its horses and teach attendees about African American heritage in equine and Western heritage. .
Other things we noticed: Sonny’s bar (which offers at Coachella but is hard to find, though it’s now prominent); the iconic Rose Garden (usually reserved for VIP guests, but open to everyone at Stagecoach); and the same Mayor of Flavortown in a position provided in the barbecue area, in a position to soften the grill for the following demonstration program:
A program of demonstrations:
Friday
sabbath
Domingo
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Famed DJ and maker Diplo (real name Thomas Wesley Pentz) will bring back his night in the Palomino tent this year when he plays on Sunday after Luke Combs’ main performance. On Thursday on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Diplo praised the Stagecoach festival and recalled his debut there in 2019, mixing space music with country and dance rhythms.
“The last time I did Stagecoach, I spent the afternoon with Guy Fieri and drank a bottle of mezcal and at night I was level and looked at the turntables and forgot how they worked,” he told Fallon with a laugh. “But anything happened, it was magical and I put the set in combination and we released Little Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus, the first time they played, and it was an amazing moment because country had that crossover facet where everything was going on with hip-hop and country and anything just magical happened at this Stagecoach festival and I hope to repeat it on Sunday. “
Diplo, who had long blond hair in 2019 and now has a soft, tight blue, didn’t reveal any secret visits she might date him this year. However, following his interview with Fallon, he played a song from his new self-titled album with Miguel.
Doors open today at noon for Day 1 of Stagecoach 2022, and Goldenvoice has released several maps for you to plan your weekend. . . to get there, enter the festival venues and where you expect to camp on the Mane stage.
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Won’t be attending Stagecoach but still need to notice the music?The good news is that you can stream the festival live on YouTube, so you can enjoy Thomas Rhett’s scooter boots in your living room or enjoy Tanya Tucker’s fried fish on the terrace.
Here is the broadcast program.
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Goldenvoice quietly added a new rule to its Resort General Rules page on the online diligence page this year, in particular by stating “There are no department symbols, including but not limited to Confederate flags and racist or misplaced public images/displays. “
Festival organizers have yet to respond to Desert Sun’s requests for more data on the new rule and how it will be enforced, but there’s a smart chance that those heading to camps will be asked to remove their flags or other potentially offensive decorations.
NASCAR banned Confederate flags on all racetracks in June 2020 in a bid to be more inclusive, and Stagecoach 2022 performer Maren Morris said in an early 2021 verbal exchange with festival leader Luke Combs and NPR moderator Ann Powers that she “doesn’t want to play. “”these festivals” where Confederate flags are allowed to fly.
Gigi Mitchell, a self-proclaimed country fan and regular Stagecoach participant, filed a petition in change. org for Goldenvoice to ban Confederate flags shortly after NASCAR announced its own ban in 2020, but only 57 other people signed it and Goldenvoice never responded publicly. .
Brandi Carlile will no longer perform at Stagecoach on Friday.
The singer posted a video on her Instagram on Wednesday that began with “Hello friends. . . after all it happened. So I probably couldn’t go to Stagecoach,” with a look of sadness on my face.
Carlile is a six-time Grammy Award-winning artist whose paintings span many genres, but is primarily related to American, country and folk music.
His departure from the festival prompted Stagecoach to update its programming on Wednesday night, making several changes to the start times at the Palomino Carlile level scheduled to take place, as well as at the SiriusXM Spotlight level.
Here is the updated schedule (the schedules and schedule of mane Stage are the same) for Friday:
palomino scene
13:30 Kiah amethyst
14:40 Cactus flowers
15:55 charley croquet
5:10 p. m. Neal McCoy
18:25 The Marcus King Group
7:40 p. m. Tanya Tucker
Afternoon in Palomino
23h20 Bréland
SiriusXM Featured Scene
1:30 p. m. Spencer Crandall
2:20 p. m. Walker County
15:20 ryan grifon
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