Will Outkast reunite at Coachella 2014? (2006/AP Photo)
The big buzz in the music world this morning is the apparent reunion of Outkast after a much-too-long hiatus and that the Atlanta hip-hop duo of awesomeness will top the bill at the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
Billboard wrote yesterday about the likely reunion of Andre 3000 and Big Boi and said that a 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival spot was being talked about.
Then, everyone got all in a tizzy when Outkast collaborator Sleepy Brown posted a photo of screaming girls with the text “Outkast Headlining Coachella 2014” on top of it and Revolt has a story with virtually no sources saying that the reunion is happening.
I have three words: The Rolling Stones.
It was only a year ago when everyone got in a tizzy because The Rolling Stones were such a sure thing to be at Coachella, myself included. The band’s own app listed the dates and Rolling Stone magazine wrote about it.
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How do we know that Sleepy Brown’s Instagram post wasn’t just his declaration for wanting the same thing the rest of us want–to see Outkast in the desert? It’s a little more blunt than a photo of a polo ball on a polo field, but it’s not concrete proof.
Of all of the sources spewing out information, I trust Billboard the most because I don’t think they’d run something like this without solid information from sources.
I do know that Outkast reunion has been on a wish list of Coachella gets, just like Bowie or the reunion ofThe Smiths, but I will tell you the one thing you have to keep in mind every year during Coachella prognostication season: The lineup isn’t final until the real poster comes out in January.
It’s seriously fluid up until that moment, something the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ manager confirmed when the Coachella 2013 lineup came out.
However, I think Outkast will be a great topic for our Coachella Live Chat, which is happening tomorrow, Nov. 21 at 5:45 p.m. Pacific.
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The 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will take place April 11-13 and April 18-20 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.
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Nov. 14, 2013: Can we all just agree that Arcade Fire will headline?
Nov. 14, 2013: Lorde, Flogging Molly
Nov. 5, 2013: Mogwai, The Dismemberment Plan
Oct. 25, 2013: Arcade Fire, The Naked and Famous
Oct. 7, 2013: The Pixies
Oct. 2, 2013: Paul McCartney, Luscious Jackson
Aug. 2, 2013: Neutral Milk Hotel
June 16, 2013: The Replacements