ICYMI: Coachella and Stagecoach are canceled again.
Festival Pass is a newsletter that lands in your inbox weekly. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now. On Wednesday morning, I woke up and checked my email and for a moment I felt normal. Inside, there was a press release about tour dates for The Weeknd’s upcoming tour with a list of shows throughout Southern California. Of course, then I kept reading and realized the dates are for 2022, but for a minute, it was a snapshot of what life was like a year ago. In case you don’t have a TV where that Pepsi ad with people singing “Blinding Lights” is invading every commercial break, The Weeknd is playing the Super Bowl halftime show this weekend. Now you see why they released the tour information — to capitalize on the buzz. Speaking of the Super Bowl, reporter Peter Larsen has the Super Bowl halftime show power rankings and you won’t find Maroon 5 in them! In case you missed the big news Friday afternoon, Riverside County officially pulled the plug on Coachella and Stagecoach happening in April 2021.
