Festival Pass: Swedish House Mafia at Coachella; the strange saga of the FAHMfest

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It’s the fall, which successful mean years means we’re entering lineup prediction play for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. This is the clip of the twelvemonth when sources will leak who is headlining and erstwhile fans commencement poring implicit adjacent year’s tour itineraries for clues.

This year, Coachella is getting successful connected the prediction action. On Wednesday, Coachella posted a photograph to societal media showing the silhouettes of 3 figures with an orangey inheritance of the mountains, the Ferris instrumentality and the enactment of thenar trees that person go Coachella’s calling card.

Who are these 3 men who are clearly overdressed for the desert?  Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso, besides known arsenic EDM supergroup Swedish House Mafia.

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— Coachella (@coachella) October 20, 2021

The trio precocious announced a reunion and seemingly 1 of the stops volition beryllium Indio adjacent April.

The biggest question that remains is — does this mean Swedish House Mafia is the 3rd headliner? Or are they a placeholder until Coachella lands Adele?

Have Coachella predictions? Let’s speech astir them. Drop a enactment to vfranko@scng.com.

Speaking of Coachella, we talked to Danny Elfman astir it, arsenic good arsenic his large “Nightmare Before Christmas” shows coming to Banc of California Stadium.

In different festival news, we person the unusual saga of the FAHMfest successful San Pedro, which didn’t really happen, and the nutrient lineup for Head successful the Clouds successful Pasadena. Read on.

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Fans showed up to the FAHMfest connected Saturday Oct. 16 but alternatively find an bare parking batch and aboriginal find retired that the two-day festival had been canceled. (Photo by Shomita Mandal)

The fest that wasn’t

Last weekend, a fistful of fans showed up astatine Berth 46 successful San Pedro for the FAHMfest, a solemnisation of food, euphony and Filipino culture. However, the festival had been canceled and the organizer filed for bankruptcy. Richard Guzman has much connected the unusual saga of the fest.

Singer-songwriter, shaper and composer Danny Elfman volition bring his “The Nightmare Before Christmas” live-to-film performance acquisition to Banc of California Stadium successful Los Angeles with peculiar guests Billie Eilish arsenic Sally, Ken Page arsenic Oogie Boogie, Paul Reubens arsenic Lock and “Weird Al” Yankovic arsenic Shock connected Friday, Oct. 29 and Sunday, Oct. 31. (Photo by Jacob Boll)

Dead man’s party

Kelli Skye Fadroski has a dainty of an interrogation for the Halloween season. She caught up with Danny Elfman, who volition bring the “Nightmare Before Christmas” unrecorded shows to Banc of California Stadium adjacent week, and chatted with him astir the movie, music, tattoos, Coachella and more.

Crispy sushi tacos from Norigami are connected the paper for the upcoming Head successful the Clouds Festival. The nutrient vendors for the Nov. 6-7 performance astatine the Rose Bowl were curated by 626 Night Market. (Photo courtesy Goldenvice).

Food lineup dropped

Head successful the Clouds is coming to Brookside, the play people adjacent to the Rose Bowl, successful 2 weeks and the nutrient lineup has been announced. 626 Night Market is curating the nutrient and Richard Guzman has each of the details.

The Go-Go’s drummer Gina Schock with her caller book, “Made In Hollywood: All Access with the Go-Go’s,” which publishes connected Tuesday, Oct. 26. She is pictured successful Laguna Beach connected Wednesday, September 22, 2021. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Head implicit heels

The Go-Go’s drummer Gina Schock is publishing her caller book, “Made In Hollywood: All Access with the Go-Go’s,” adjacent week, days earlier the radical volition beryllium inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Kelli Skye Fadroski caught up with Schock and talked astir each of it.


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