I am so glad that Gogol Bordello is back on the stage again. I saw them last year and they rocked, but I was about to pass out since it was my first time at Coachella.
Now they’ve moved up to bring their awesome gypsy punk and cast of characters (dancers, accordions, singer Eugene Hutz in fabulous purple-striped pants, etc.) to the main stage.
I had a chance to talk with Hutz this afternoon and asked him what made Coachella so different from other festivals.
“It’s kind of more manic,” he said. “Maybe it’s just in the ground out here.”
He also had something to say about moving up from a tent to the main stage.
“This way it really sticks to the ribs,” he said.