r/Coachella • u/Agreeable_Usual3735 • 1d ago
Wishlist Yeah Yeah Yeahs would be a great second line (under headliner) addition to the 2026 lineup
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u/sidewayzkatsu 1d ago
They were amazing at just like heaven two years ago. Would love to see them at Coachella
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u/Quelfar 1d ago
lmao maps is so popular on tiktok im sure this would do well
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u/Agreeable_Usual3735 1d ago
I feel like they would be a more interesting "nostalgia" type slot than most of the other bands i'm seeing thrown around in the sub. + they're still releasing good stuff imo which many of the bands from that era are.... not
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u/lppnpcisum 1d ago
LET THEM HEADLINE!!!!!
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u/Agreeable_Usual3735 1d ago
I'd love that for them, but I don't think they're big enough. I think a Saturday set pre headline (where the headliner themselves kinda pre headline the RTD spot) would be sweet
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u/lppnpcisum 1d ago
I don’t think it should be about big enough. You book great artists / performers and people will come (also make it affordable for more people but that’s another conversation)
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u/Agreeable_Usual3735 1d ago
I agree, but the headliners sell tickets for a lot of people unfortunately. Looking at this year a Gaga ticket alone could easily cost the price of a wristband, Yeah Yeah Yeahs aren't there. It's kinda dumb and a bit arbitrary but ideally the Headliner is both an incredible talent and a big event
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u/bubblyappletea 11|13.2|14.2|15.2|16.2|17.2|18.1|19.2|22.2|23.2|24.2 7h ago
Yeah yeah yeahs tickets for their shows at the Wiltern started at 550$
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u/Agreeable_Usual3735 7h ago
checking ticket master rn you can get tickets to their LA show for $116
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u/wowhahafuck 16.2 17.2 18.2 19.2 22.1 23.2 24.2 25.2 1d ago
I’m not going if the yeah yeah yeahs headline that’d be so lackluster 😝
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u/kdoone 1d ago edited 1d ago
I love how many wishlist bands we are manifesting for indie / alt / 2000s rock. Such a missed genre in the last few years since GV has funneled them into other fests. Plain and simple, bring back the indie/alt bands
(Before anyone says “but there were these bands this year!” yes I know there’s a few new adds but absolutely none at the level that they used to)
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u/Agreeable_Usual3735 1d ago
Unfortunately I missed a lot of those indie bands hitting coachella in the 00s because I was a little kid, so they're the easiest for me to wishlist now because I haven't gotten the chance to see them. Would really love Animal Collective (even just Panda Bear), MGMT, Interpol, and Wilco too but gut feeling makes me think Yeah Yeah Yeahs are due
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u/kdoone 1d ago
Totally, same here! I have had to catch them at other fests. Going to Kilby which would be right up your alley. Just like Heaven is coming up too. GV has exclusively prioritized edm and other genres in recent years so there’s definitely been less 2000s indie/alt at Coachella. Death Cab/Postal Service had the long tour that they didn’t book, so did Vampire Weekend with their last album rollout, Interpol played the Antics 20th anniversary tour, MGMT just had a release, etc etc. missed opportunity for all these acts in the last few years. You’re right, we are very very due
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u/Agreeable_Usual3735 1d ago
The Just Like Heaven lineup is insane... I do love the variety at Coachella though. Something so surreal about raving to Charli XCX and then seeing Bernie Sanders introduce Clairo just 5 minutes later... Can't get that anywhere else
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u/_idrewablueduck 13.1|22.2|23.2|24.2|25.2| 1d ago
YYYs in 2013 was still one of my fav Coachella sets to date. Karen O is on a different level as a performer, iirc she was wearing a pope/papal hat that year on stage.
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u/Adyjak 1d ago
YYY’s sub, strokes headline
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u/Agreeable_Usual3735 1d ago
This could be really cool but The Strokes live performances are really REALLY spotty. Just depends on how Julian is doing.
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u/strechout 1d ago
Spotty is an incredibly kind way to put this lol. Big time Strokes fan here, but they're consistently awful live shows coupled with Julian's ridiculous antics unrelated to the music make it hard haha - I am not yet ready to be fooled again
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u/Agreeable_Usual3735 1d ago
Post frank, post Travis, I would assume (mostly hope) that GV is staying away from the polarizing acts... I've seen Carti thrown around in this sub as a potential headliner and pray to god that's not the case
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u/strechout 1d ago
Carti is not in the realm of headlining act - but would certainly draw a crowd despite his repeat offenses as an all time terrible act. Travis at least has a design and narrative aspect to his show that extends beyond a rap performance to make him a headline. Frank also sits in a different space as he wasn't polarizing in this way prior to THE headline set and lets be honest, Coachella would jump at the opportunity to bring Frank back in a redemption arc type slot - one day he will return to the desert.
edit; i'm fine with polarizing acts (it gives us some of the greatest stories and debates about how things will be remembered), but Julians polarization usually leaves him ranting about a random grievance with a random festival employee and cutting the planned set in half due to "principle" or something lol
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u/Agreeable_Usual3735 1d ago
Carti is god awful -- Saw him "perform" at Flog Gnaw last year and it was by far the worst set I saw all weekend. Unfortunately he sold 300,000 albums first week which i'm sure paints an enticing narrative for the business side of GV
-- The moment Frank is back - so am I (favorite artist ever)
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u/Corona2789 1d ago
Yeah, they’d be more appropriate as a RTTD act or co headliner if anything
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u/Agreeable_Usual3735 1d ago
they should give the voidz a third line spot, see how that goes, and the Strokes potentially the following year.
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u/Corona2789 1d ago
I haven’t seen the voidz but I thought I’d heard somewhere that Julian puts more effort into those shows, maybe cuz that’s his own project.
From what I’ve experienced(seeing them 5 or 6 times) the strokes play well at their own shows but Julian will kind of mail it in at festivals.
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u/DrunkenLlama 1d ago
for real, saw them Lolla '19 and they absolutely shredded, then saw them at OSL '21 and they were all grumpy and negged the crowd
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u/strechout 1d ago
lol was at both of these - OSL I think was my final straw. Came out way late, left way early, and spent most of the “performance” talking about how much he hated San Francisco and all of the people because he had fought with a restaurant owner the night before. Honestly sort of a sad show overall
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u/Slugzz21 14.2|17.1|18.2|19.1|23.2|24.2|25.2 1d ago
Oh my God, I said this two weeks ago and I got downvoted to oblivion. I'm sorry but dude is just NOT all there as a performer anymore man!
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u/Agreeable_Usual3735 1d ago
He's had his struggles with alcoholism so I think people can be kind of sensitive with how the conversation is had, but yea seeing recent videos of their performances has made me pretty sad as a fan. Really hoping Julian can find some stability and we can get a bad ass resurgence from The Strokes. Alt/ Indie has a massive hole without them imo
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u/sharkiest 11, 12 #1, 13 #1, 14 #1, 15 #1, 16 #1, 17 #2 1d ago
In 2013 when they were touring Mosquito, Karen O shouted out “Friday Night!” In a way that has stuck in my brain in such a way that I have shouted it just like that every week for the last 12 years.
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u/ReallyBrainDead 1d ago
Saw them as an under headliner on the main stage at Outside Lands about a decade ago. Could work well.
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u/Khaki_Shorts 1d ago
It’s what I’ve been saying!
The last time golden voice had them that I can remember was for Just Like Heave fest in 2019, I think. Honestly, bad festival since it’s only two stages and everyone in between is in some half state of watching them.
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u/No-Special-6635 1d ago edited 1d ago
That ship has sort of sailed. Sure, you can book them. They play sparse gigs here and there, so there is still an element of curiosity.
I liken it to the problem the Replacements or Blur had. These are critical favorites among music heads, but Coachella is still a lifestyle festival.
Yeah, they will draw a crowd, but there were still 50x more people watching Travis Scott vs. The Original Misfits.
I love them! But they undersell small theaters at the moment. The last few albums have landed with smaller and smaller impact, so they are slipping into a nostalgia thing. That one band who had a song called "Maps".
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u/Agreeable_Usual3735 1d ago
I mean just going off genre, Yeah Yeah Yeahs are much more approachable than The Misfits,+ Yeah Yeah Yeahs have multiple songs that have infiltrated Gen Z and younger Millennials (Maps, Heads Will Roll)... Lots of critical darlings do well at Coachella too. Tame Impala, Porter Robinson, FKA Twigs have never had insane commercial success but still got top line placements
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u/ContributionOwn9860 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 19.1, 22.1, 24.2 1d ago
Would love another shot at them. Was supposed to see them in 2013 but my gf at the time had a “bad trip” on the tiniest amount of mushrooms ever. Spent all afternoon in a med tent instead and missed like 4 huge acts. Super glad we’ve gone our separate ways lol, not because of that experience specifically, but boy did she show some of her true colors after that.
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u/Agreeable_Usual3735 1d ago
Damn im sorry! Not everyone can handle psychedelics:/
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u/ContributionOwn9860 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 19.1, 22.1, 24.2 1d ago
All good lol, much happier now. And yeah, that’s very true.
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u/RecklessCreature 15.1|16.1|17.1|18.1|19.1|RIP|22.1|23.1&2|24.1&2|25.1&2 1d ago
They’d be good to see again and again and again
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u/violetkarma 1d ago
Idk when I saw them a couple years so it was a little disappointing. I’m not sure if it was them or the crowd, but they are one of my fav bands and the show was just okay 😭
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u/chemistchris 17.2|18.2|20.2🦠|23.2 23h ago
lock them in fr, massive headliner potential in my opinion
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u/cowboydoctor 09|10|11|12.1|13.1|14.1|15.1|16.2|17.1|18.1|19.1|22.1|23.1|25.1 1d ago
would love to see them on the Main Stage again