Arcade Fire at Coachella - April 2011 - PRESS REVIEW - REVUE DE PRESSE
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
Arcade
Fire
at
Coachella
–
April
2011
PRESS
REVIEW
–
REVUE
DE
PRESSE
LOS
ANGELES
TIMES,
États-‐Unis
17
april
2011
|
By
Margaret
Wappler
Coachella
2011:
Arcade
Fire
releases
the
bubbles
If
Woody
Allen's
orgasmatron
(from
"Sleeper")
mated
with
a
beach
ball,
you'd
have
something
like
the
white
bubbles
that
poured
from
the
top
of
the
stage
into
the
sea
of
people
at
the
end
of
Arcade
Fire's
headlining
set.
For
a
few
minutes,
the
audience
pummelled
and
tossed
them
back
and
forth.
From
the
stage,
frontman
Win
Butler
grinned,
looking
as
though
he
was
watching
his
kids
open
presents
on
Christmas
Day.
Then
the
LED
orbs
started
glowing
red,
purple,
orange,
yellow,
green
...
sometimes
a
melange
of
all
colors.
And
that's
when
the
balls
stopped
bouncing:
Some
audience
members
wanted
to
keep
their
power
(if
only
to
stuff
them
under
their
car
seats
an
hour
or
so
later)
all
for
themselves.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/04/coachella-‐2011-‐arcade-‐fire-‐releases-‐
the-‐bubbles.html
THE
NEW
YORK
TIMES,
États-‐Unis
17
april
2011
|
by
Ben
Ratliff
Spectacle
Day
at
Coachella
And
during
“Wake
Up,”
the
last
song
before
a
string
of
encores,
its
contents
were
dislodged:
hundreds
of
enormous
white
balloons,
each
about
twice
as
big
as
a
beach
ball,
implanted
with
computerized
lights
that
started
flashing
various
colors
—
red,
purple,
orange
—
in
time
to
the
music.
After
a
few
minutes
of
bouncing,
they
became
concentrated
and
stationary
in
the
front
section:
audience
members
had
latched
on
to
their
artifact
and
wouldn’t
let
go.
Look
for
them
today
on
eBay.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/spectacle-‐day-‐at-‐coachella/
LOS
ANGELES
TIMES
(Times
Music
Blog),
États-‐Unis
25
april
2011
|
by
Todd
Martens
So
what's
the
going
rate
for
a
giant
Arcade
Fire
LED
ball
from
Coachella?
Leave
it
to
Arcade
Fire
to
one-‐up
the
standard
T-‐shirt
as
a
concert
souvenir.
As
many
fans
are
no
doubt
aware
by
now,
the
act
unleashed
about
2,000
glowing
beachball-‐like
orbs
upon
the
Coachella
Valley
Music
&
Arts
Festival
crowd.
Those
who
snared
one
of
the
LED-‐
enhanced
spheres
found
themselves
with
an
unexpected
free
piece
of
art,
and
it's
never
long
these
days
before
band-‐related
loot
makes
its
way
to
the
secondary
market.
So
what's
the
value
of
a
limited-‐edition
LED
beachball?
Even
those
selling
them
seem
unsure.
"I
want
to
share
the
joy
of
having
one
of
these
LED
balls
from
the
Arcade
Fire
show
at
Coachella
2011,"
wrote
one
happy
entrepreneur
offering
one
of
the
balls
for
auction
on
EBay.
"I'm
not
sure
what
it's
worth
so
I'm
starting
the
bid
at
a
$0.01
with
no
reserve."
(…)The
bidding
in
the
EBay
auction
referenced
above
was
at
$41
after
14
bids.
There
are,
however,
some
more
ambitious
sellers
out
there.
One
dealer
is
asking
for
a
starting
bid
of
$899
for
what's
claimed
to
be
an
unused
and
unopen
beachball,
although
there
are
no
pics
of
the
item,
only
the
concert.
There
were
zero
bids
as
of
the
time
of
writing.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/04/so-‐whats-‐the-‐going-‐rate-‐for-‐a-‐giant-‐
arcade-‐fire-‐led-‐ball-‐from-‐coachella.html
THE
NEW
YORK
TIMES,
États-‐Unis
18
april
2011
|
by
Ben
Ratliff
At
Coachella,
Every
Note
is
Writ
Large
The
audiovisual
happenings
made
a
difference.
This
year
they
ran
more
conceptually,
thanks
to
the
Creators
Project,
a
partnership
between
Intel
and
Vice,
whose
work
spread
across
the
site’s
tents
and
stages.
And
so
2,000
giant
white
balls
spilled
from
the
top
of
Arcade
Fire’s
stage
on
Saturday
night,
each
containing
an
LED
light
flashing
in
alternating
colors
and
coordinated
with
the
music.
(The
band
played
hard,
and
the
finale
offset
its
vast,
rigid
and
grandiose
sound.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/arts/music/kanye-‐west-‐and-‐arcade-‐fire-‐at-‐coachella-‐
festival-‐review.html
ROLLING
STONE,
États-‐Unis
17
april
2011
|
By
Steve
Appleford
Day
Two
of
Coachella:
Amazing
Sets
by
Arcade
Fire,
the
Kills,
Mumford
&
Sons
and
More
As
that
song
came
to
its
soaring
crescendo,
Arcade
Fire
released
2,000
large
balloons
from
above
the
stage,
blinking
in
shades
of
red
and
blue
as
they
tumbled
across
the
top
of
the
crowd.
It
was
a
stunning,
otherworldly
sight,
and
small
groups
of
fans
were
soon
seen
gathering
round
the
glowing
orbs
all
across
Coachella's
vast
polo
fields.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/festivals/day-‐two-‐of-‐coachella-‐amazing-‐sets-‐by-‐
arcade-‐fire-‐the-‐kills-‐mumford-‐sons-‐and-‐more-‐20110417
WIRED,
États-‐Unis
19
april
2011
|
by
David
Bullock
Coachella
2011
:
Glowing
Balls,
Giant
Art
and
Mucho
Music
More
than
a
thousand
glowing
balls
drop
from
the
top
of
the
stage
as
Arcade
Fire
plays
"Wake
Up"
on
Saturday.
The
effect
was
striking
with
the
balls
(mostly)
changing
color
in
unison.
Unfortunately,
after
a
few
bounces,
most
people
held
onto
the
balls,
either
to
keep
them
as
souvenirs
or
sell
them.
One
is
already
listed
on
eBay
with
a
buy
it
now
price
of
$999.
The
not-‐yet-‐glowing
balls
for
Arcade
Fire's
finale
sit
waiting
backstage
(above)
to
be
loaded
into
the
black
tent
behind
them.
Technicians
from
Eski
spent
most
of
the
weekend
putting
together
the
electronics
for
the
balls,
which
contained
battery-‐powered
circuit
boards
studded
with
LEDs
that
changed
colors
in
unison,
thanks
to
built-‐in
IR
receivers
and
microphones.
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/04/coachella-‐
2011/?pid=3447&pageid=65772&viewall=true
NIGHTLIFE.CA,
Canada
19
april
2011
|
by
Michael-‐Olicer
Harding
NightLife
at
Coachella
:
10
reasons
why
Californians
have
the
best
thing
going
This
time
around,
the
highlight
of
the
night
occurred
as
the
band
reached
the
chorus
to
“Wake
Up”:
some
1,250
LED-‐enhanced,
blown-‐up
beach
balls
came
crashing
down
into
the
crowd,
with
each
ball’s
inner
glow
producing
a
kaleidoscope
of
colours
when
observed
from
afar.
Entitled
"Summer
into
Dust",
the
spectacular
interactive
stunt
was
made
possible
thanks
to
a
collaboration
between
Montreal
companies
Moment
Factory
and
ESKI
with
Vancouver's
Tangible
Interaction
and
NY-‐based
Radical
Media.
http://www.nightlife.ca/sorties/nightlife-‐coachella-‐10-‐reasons-‐why-‐californians-‐have-‐best-‐
thing-‐going
LE
JOURNAL
DE
MONTRÉAL,
Canada
23
april
2011
Arcade
Fire
met
plein
la
vue
au
festival
de
Coachella
Cette
nouvelle
expérience
visuelle
et
sensorielle
a
été
conçue
et
mise
en
scène
par
deux
boîtes
montréalaises,
Moment
Factory
et
ESKI,
avec
la
collaboration
du
réputé
directeur
artistique
Chris
Milk.
«C’est
Chris
Milk
et
Moment
Factory
(qui
a
souvent
collaboré
avec
le
Cirque
du
Soleil
et
qui
a
récemment
conçu
l’imagerie
du
nouveau
spectacle
de
Céline
Dion
à
Las
Vegas)
qui
ont
développé
l’idée
des
ballons
lumineux
et
qui
nous
ont
approchés
pour
concevoir
et
chorégraphier
le
tout»,
explique
David
Parent,
directeur
général
d’ESKI.
Cette
mise
en
scène
innovatrice
qui
s’est
échelonnée
sur
quatre
chansons
(la
dernière
du
spectacle
et
les
trois
morceaux
du
rappel)
a
été
minutieusement
chorégraphiée
pendantplusieurs
semaines
précédant
le
concert
du
groupe
montréalais.
Les
couleurs
de
chacun
des
ballons
sont
contrôlées
à
distance
par
ordinateur,
selon
le
rythme
et
l’ambiance
des
chansons
interprétées.
Le
coup
d’éclat
n’est
pas
passé
inaperçu:
plusieurs
critiques
musicaux
présents
ont
souligné
ce
bon
coup
dans
leurs
article
http://lejournaldemontreal.canoe.ca/artsetspectacles/musique/archives/2011/04/2011042
3-‐115414.html
HITFIX,
États-‐Unis
17
april
2011
|
BY
Katie
Hasty
What
you
missed
at
Coachella
:
Kanye
west,
Arcade
Fire,
Kings
of
Leon
But
most
outlets
seem
taken
by
the
souvenirs
the
group
unleashed
into
the
crowd.
Giant,
beach-‐ball-‐looking
orbs
dropped
during
"Wake
Up,"
and
the
objects
glowed
different
colors
at
different
times,
sometimes
in
tandem
with
each
other.
They
were
art
pieces,
crafted
for
the
Creator's
Project,
a
multi-‐media
effort
from
Intel
and
Vice
that
paired
up
musical
artists
and,
well,
art.
http://www.hitfix.com/articles/what-‐you-‐missed-‐at-‐coachella-‐kanye-‐west-‐arcade-‐fire-‐kings-‐
of-‐leon
HUFF
POST
LOS
ANGELES,
États-‐Unis
17
april
l
2011
Coachella
2011
Day
2:
Arcade
Fire
Dazzles
With
Glowing
Orbs
Coachella's
second
day
ended
with
Arcade
Fire
on
the
main
stage.
During
their
act,
the
band
released
color-‐changing
balls
onto
the
audience,
and
The
Wrap
notes
that
these
ethereal
orbs
"became
one
of
the
most
prized
souvenirs
of
another
hot,
crowded
and
star-‐studded
day
at
the
Empire
Polo
Club
in
Indio."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/17/coachella-‐2011-‐day-‐2-‐
arca_n_850261.html#s265305&title=Arcade_Fire_Set
EXAMINER,
États-‐Unis
17
april
2011
|
Jodi
Jill
Arcade
Fire
has
LED
balloons
at
Coachella
2011
:
Fans
showered
by
colors
In
a
one-‐of-‐a-‐kind
performance
for
the
day,
the
band
had
balloon
type
bubbles
to
amuse
and
share
with
the
entire
crowd.
In
a
mysterious
black
box
that
was
above
the
main
stage,
it
unleashed
a
stream
of
LED
bubble
type
balls
that
the
crowd
were
recipients
of
during
the
performance
of
‘Wake
Up.’
As
if
it
was
a
giant
waterfall
of
balloons,
these
fell
from
above
the
stage
to
the
crowd
below
and
then
the
individual
balloons
lit
up.
Sometimes
it
was
random
colors,
other
times
it
was
in
unison.
As
the
balloons
bounced
around
above
the
audience
it
created
a
visually
stunning
art
piece
that
gave
another
element
to
the
show.
This
balloon
phenomenon
lasted
for
several
minutes
as
the
items
continued
to
bounce
around
and
go
further
back
into
the
audience.
Arcade
Fire
performed
for
over
two-‐and-‐a-‐half
hours
on
the
Coachella
stage.
While
fans
were
tired
from
the
day
and
the
heat,
the
crowd
didn’t
mind
the
cool
night
air
that
accompanied
the
performance
as
well
as
the
balloons.
After
the
concert
was
over,
the
balloons
were
taken
home
in
the
night
be
concert
goers
who
wanted
a
little
piece
of
Arcade
Fire
to
remember,
even
if
it
glowed
in
the
dark.
http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-‐headlines-‐in-‐national/arcade-‐fire-‐pulls-‐out-‐the-‐led-‐
balloons-‐fans-‐showered-‐by-‐colors-‐video#ixzz1LDoLciMX
IN
LAND
SOCAL,
États-‐Unis
17
april
2011
|
Vanessa
Franko
Coachella
2011:
Arcade
Fire
crafts
Coachella
moment
Arcade
Fire
teamed
up
with
artist
Chris
Milk
for
the
installation
that
was
made
possible
by
The
Creators
Project.
The
pinnacle
of
the
set
was
the
main
set
closer,
"Wake
Up,"
when
the
globes
came
crashing
down,
bouncing
off
audience
members
in
a
kaleidoscope
of
changing
colors.
In
my
five
years
of
covering
the
festival,
I
have
seen
a
lot
of
things,
including
Prince
doing
a
Radiohead
cover,
the
Rage
Against
the
Machine
reunion,
a
giant
pig
floating
up
in
the
sky
thanks
to
Roger
Waters
and
the
great
Paul
McCartney
playing
one
of
the
best
sets
I
have
ever
witnessed
in
my
life.
http://blogs.inlandsocal.com/music/2011/04/coachella-‐2011-‐arcade-‐fire-‐cra.html
KROG
106.7FM
17
april
The
Arcade
Fire
Make
It
Rain
Glowing
Balloons
Over
Massive
Coachella
Audience
The
Arcade
Fire
made
fighting
the
blistering
heat
of
Coachella
Day
2
completely
worth
it.
Not
only
did
they
have
over
70,000
fans
singing
along
to
every
song
but
they
hired
an
enormous
crane
hoist
1200
internally
lit
balloons
above
the
crowd.
Just
before
their
encore,
they
gave
the
cue
and
it
rained
a
rainbow
of
colors
from
the
moonlit
sky.
As
the
mood
and
tempo
changed,
so
did
the
colors
of
the
giant
orbs.
It
was
the
perfect
way
to
end
an
incredible
performance.
http://kroq.radio.com/2011/04/17/photo-‐gallery-‐the-‐arcade-‐fire-‐make-‐it-‐rain-‐glowing-‐
balloons-‐over-‐massive-‐coachella-‐audience/#photo-‐1
BROOKLYN
VEGAN,
États-‐Unis
17
april
2011
Arcade
Fire
headlined
Coachella,
it
was
awesome,
there
were
light
up
balloons!
(pics,
video,
setlist)
Arcade
Fire
headlined
the
main
Coachella
Stage
Saturday
night
(their
third
and
biggest
time
playing
the
annual
California
fest),
and
as
if
their
sound
and
crowd
size
and
setlist
wasn't
impressive
and
massive
enough,
a
surprise
came
during
"Wake
Up,"
their
last
pre-‐encore
song.
Courtesy
of
Creators
Project,
who
promised
something
big
via
a
press
release
earlier
in
the
day,
lots
of
white
balloons
descended
upon
the
crowd.
But
they
weren't
just
any
balloons.
Honestly
I
don't
know
how
they
worked,
but
they
lit
up
and
changed
colors
as
you
can
see
in
the
pictures
above
and
below.
And
they
stayed
lit
up
during
the
four-‐song
encore
that
helped
close
out
the
second
of
three
hot
days
of
Coachella
2011.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/04/arcade_fire_hea_1.html
SPINNER
CANADA,
Canada
17
april
2011
|
by
Charley
Rogulewski
Arcade
Fire
Turn
Coachella
2011
Crowd
Into
Art
With
Balloon
Spectacle
–
Video
As
the
opening
guitar
chords
of
the
set
closer
'Wake
Up'
began
with
almost
every
person
automatically
throwing
their
arms
up
into
the
sky
while
singing
the
"ahhahh"
harmonies,
a
waterfall
of
giant
white
balloons
poured
out.
Now,
yeah,
we've
all
seen
balloons
at
rock
shows
before,
but
these
weren't
ordinary
balloons.
With
the
help
of
the
Creators
Project,
who
took
initiative
to
beef
up
the
visual
performance
element
at
Coachella
this
year,
the
balloons
changed
from
one
fluorescent
color
to
the
next,
sometimes
even
in
sync.
The
overall
effect,
when
looked
upon
from
above,
made
the
audience
look
like
another
one
of
Coachella's
glow-‐in-‐the-‐dark
art
installations.
With
the
balloons
bouncing
around,
Arcade
Fire
came
back
and
followed
up
with
a
four-‐song
encore,
eventually
finishing
the
evening
with
'Sprawl
II.'
http://www.spinner.ca/2011/04/17/arcade-‐fire-‐coachella-‐2011/
EXAMINER.com,
États-‐Unis
17
april
2011
|
by
Jodi
Jill
Arcade
Fire
has
LED
balloons
at
Coachella
2011
:
Fans
showered
by
colors
In
a
one-‐of-‐a-‐kind
performance
for
the
day,
the
band
had
balloon
type
bubbles
to
amuse
and
share
with
the
entire
crowd.
In
a
mysterious
black
box
that
was
above
the
main
stage,
it
unleashed
a
stream
of
LED
bubble
type
balls
that
the
crowd
were
recipients
of
during
the
performance
of
‘Wake
Up.’
As
if
it
was
a
giant
waterfall
of
balloons,
these
fell
from
above
the
stage
to
the
crowd
below
and
then
the
individual
balloons
lit
up.
Sometimes
it
was
random
colors,
other
times
it
was
in
unison.
As
the
balloons
bounced
around
above
the
audience
it
created
a
visually
stunning
art
piece
that
gave
another
element
to
the
show.
This
balloon
phenomenon
lasted
for
several
minutes
as
the
items
continued
to
bounce
around
and
go
further
back
into
the
audience.
(…)
After
the
concert
was
over,
the
balloons
were
taken
home
in
the
night
be
concert
goers
who
wanted
a
little
piece
of
Arcade
Fire
to
remember,
even
if
it
glowed
in
the
dark.
http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-‐headlines-‐in-‐national/arcade-‐fire-‐pulls-‐out-‐the-‐led-‐
balloons-‐fans-‐showered-‐by-‐colors-‐video
IN
MUSICA.CA,
Canada
17
april
2011
|
by
Luke
Fox
Coachella
Day
2:
Canada’s
Arcade
Fire
blaze
as
main-‐stage
headliner
But
the
grand
finale
belonged
to
our
Grammy
winners,
Arcade
Fire,
whose
late-‐night
main-‐
stage
closing
set
was
decidedly
more
theatrical
than
the
band’s
daytime
side-‐stage
Coachella
appearance
six
years
ago
(get
a
taste
for
both
below).
While
all
of
the
lights,
the
flickering
jumbo
screens,
and
the—wait
for
it—balloon
lantern
drop
make
for
a
calculated
spectacle
that
the
tens
of
thousands
ate
up
with
limbs
in
the
air,
the
quality
of
the
tunes
still
burns
through.
http://eatthis.inmusic.ca/2011/04/coachella-‐day-‐2-‐canadas-‐arcade-‐fire-‐blaze-‐as-‐main-‐
stage-‐headliner.html
THE
HOLLYWOOD
REPORTER,
États-‐Unis
17
april
2011
|
by
Jeff
Miller
Arcade
Fire
wows
Coachella
Audience
With
Light
Show
Literally.
They
actually
had
hundreds
of
them,
which
were
released
into
the
audience
during
the
main
set's
final
song,
the
epic
“Wake
Up.”
Launched
from
atop
and
to
the
sides
of
the
stage,
each
sphere
was
the
size
of
a
beach
ball
-‐-‐
and
each,
somehow,
was
magically
lit
up
in
varying
shades
of
blue,
red
and
green
by
remote
control,
creating
an
audience-‐wide
light
show
as
breathtaking
and
all-‐encompassing
as
can
be
hoped
for
at
a
concert
on
this
massive
scale.
Audience
members
held
the
balls
aloft
through
the
encore,
beginning
with
the
radio
hit
“Ready
To
Start”
and
continuing
through
the
slow-‐burning
“Neighborhood
#1”,
and
the
bouncy
80's
throwback
“Sprawl
II
(Mountains
Beyond
Mountains)”,
all
of
which
which
came
after
an
already
emotionally
hefty,
cathartic
set
full
of
“whoa-‐oh-‐oh”
singalongs
and
hand-‐
clap
aggressiveness;
in
other
words,
any
promise
left
for
Arcade
Fire
to
deliver
(and
any
doubts
of
their
newfound
status
as
festival
headliners)
was
put
to
rest,
mightily.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/arcade-‐fire-‐wows-‐coachella-‐audience-‐179275
COED
MAGAZINE,
États-‐Unis
17
april
2011
|
by
COED
Staff
Arcade
Fire’s
Encore
Coachella
Performance
Arcade
Fire
amazed
the
crowd
of
100,000
with
an
encore
performance
to
remember.
With
help
from
the
bright
young
minds
of
Intel’s
Creators
Project
the
band
released
dozens
of
8
foot
white
balloons
into
the
crowd.
Each
balloon
had
a
multi-‐colored
LED
light
and
were
wireless
synced
to
change
color
simultaneously
to
the
beat
of
the
band’s
closing
song
“Ready
to
Start.”
It’s
hard
to
explain
but
the
final
product
was
mind
blowing.
We
have
a
must-‐see
video
along
with
amazing
hi-‐def
pics
below!
http://coedmagazine.com/2011/04/17/arcade-‐fires-‐encore-‐coachella-‐performance-‐hd-‐
video-‐pictures/
PLSN
(Projection,
Lights
and
Staging
News),
États-‐Unis
27
april
2011
|
by
PLSN
Glowing
spheres
Serve
as
LED
Pixels
at
Arcade
Fire’s
Coachella
Show
During
Arcade
Fire's
Coachella
Festival
performance
April
16,
more
than
2,000
glowing
interactive
PixMob
Zygote
balls
dropped
from
the
sky
like
luminous
dust.
Montreal-‐based
ESKI's
PixMob
technology
can
be
used
for
unique
crowd
experiences
by
transforming
groups
of
mobile
objects
with
light-‐emitting
LED
pixels,
which
can
then
be
precisely
and
instantly
controlled
relative
to
their
real-‐time
location.
http://wherearetheynow-‐watn.blogspot.com/2011/04/coachella.html
NOW
(Blog)
17
april
2011
|
by
Jason
Keller
Arcade
Fire,
the
kings
of
Coachella
!
The
glowing
orbs
that
cascaded
down
from
atop
Coachella’s
main
stage
during
the
final
songs
of
Arcade
Fire’s
headlining
set
must
have
created
quite
a
visual
for
Win
Butler.
The
affable
lead
singer
was,
much
like
the
incandescent
beach
balls
raining
down,
beaming
throughout
the
closing
stages
of
a
seamless
Saturday
night
performance,
proving
convincingly
that
his
band
are
at
the
peak
of
their
powers.
http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/music/story.cfm?content=180191
ART
INFO,
États-‐Unis
19
april
2011
|
by
ARTINFO
How
Intel
and
David
Lynch
Infiltrated
Coachella
With
Sci-‐Fi
Art
Perhaps
the
most
popular
of
these
concert-‐enhancing
art
collaborations
was
"Summer
Into
Dust,"
for
which
American
director
Chris
Milk
arranged
to
have
white
balloons
(inside
of
which
L.E.D.
lights
gently
pulsed
to
the
music)
fall
into
the
crowd
as
the
Arcade
Fire
show
drew
to
a
close.
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/37500/how-‐intel-‐and-‐david-‐lynch-‐infiltrated-‐coachella-‐
with-‐sci-‐fi-‐art/
SPIN,
États-‐Unis
17
april
2011
|
by
William
Goodman
Arcade
Fire’s
Unforgettable
Coachella
Moment
!
It
was
a
sight
to
behold:
Hundreds
of
giant
flashing
blue,
purple,
pink,
red,
and
green
balls
dropping
from
a
crane
on
top
of
the
Coachella
mainstage
as
Arcade
Fire
worked
through
"Wake
Up,"
their
final
song
of
Saturday
night's
headlining
set.
http://www.spin.com/articles/arcade-‐fires-‐unforgettable-‐coachella-‐moment
OCWEEKLY,
États-‐Unis
21
april
2011
|
by
Lilledeshan
Bose
Coachella
2011
:
Hits
and
Misses
Well,
it's
done.
The
2011
Coachella
Music
and
Arts
Festival
had
balloons
raining
from
the
sky,
wristband
technology,
a
way-‐more-‐organized
ingress/egress
system,
celebrities
from
A-‐
listers
to
Z
bags,
a
ton
of
great
music,
and
not
a
lot
of
drama—which
is
just
the
way
we
like
it.
2.
ARCADE
FIRE'S
BALLOON-‐FILLED
FINALE.
Phish
have
done
this
every
New
Year's
Eve
gig
since
1995,
and
it's
a
trick
that
never
fails:
Pour
about
2,000
giant,
light-‐up
balloons
onto
a
capacity
festival
audience
during
the
set
closer
("Wake
Up"),
and
it's
a
guaranteed
climax.
Arcade
Fire
collaborated
with
director
Chris
Milk
for
the
Creators'
Project
to
do
it;
the
balls
were
equipped
with
LED
lights
and
infrared
receivers.
The
rest
of
their
set
wasn't
bad,
either;
headlining
Saturday
night's
show
meant
that
Arcade
Fire
sealed
the
deal:
They
are
now
a
bona-‐fide
arena
band.
http://www.ocweekly.com/2011-‐04-‐21/music/mental-‐notes-‐coachella-‐hits-‐and-‐misses/
WHERE
ARE
THEY
NOW
(Blog)
17
april
2011
|
by
Snap
Coachella
!
The
highlight
was
definitely
when
they
unleashed
a
giant
wave
of
1200
glowing
LED-‐filled
balloons
from
over
top
the
stage,
each
about
a
meter
in
diameter
and
extremely
bouncy.
All
I
remember
is
looking
over
at
Liam
and
seeing
nothing
but
a
sea
of
giant
white
balloons.
The
pictures
really
don't
do
it
justice.
http://wherearetheynow-‐watn.blogspot.com/2011/04/coachella.html
You can also read
