The shorthand definition for Stagecoach is often, “the country Coachella.” 2024 Stagecoach was closer to that description than ever.
The 25 year-old Coachella music festival has led the way, becoming harder and harder to stereotype as it’s matured. First an oasis of alternative rock, and slowly becoming an excellent venue for electronic music and more recently hip-hop and wildly international.
So what’s the country version of that?
It’s Jelly Roll covering Snoop D-O double G, Lana Del Rey doing a classic by the King of Rock & Roll, it’s Post Malone covering Dwight Yoakam and Brad Paisley and Vince Gill and George Strait, it’s Wiz Khalifa sending everyone home on Sunday night with a guest appearance from Good Charlotte.
So, yes, it’s also Eric Church with a gospel choir giving love to a 2Pac classic his hologram once performed on those very same polo fields.
Since so many aspects of modern life are now fluid and not-so-easily defined, then why not Stagecoach too?
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