Coachella

[AzzySmokesCigars]

fucking hell, they are missing coachella according to johnny marrs twitter

[Anty]

just read that, have to wait and see a proper confirmation from the actual twitter.

[Emma B]

I would believe it that is Johnny's Twitter- ive tweeted it from the fans one (The_Cribs- fyi)

[Chloe]

for those of you not on twitter..
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuse ... =532848793

[romanticrealist]

Sadly, this is probably the biggest press the band's ever gotten in America.

The Cribs, Gary Numan, Bad Lieutenant and Frightened Rabbit are all reportedly scrambling to find a way across the pond for the high-profile music event, which features more than 100 acts over the course of three days.

The Cribs - who are based in England - were slotted to play this afternoon at 4:30. Rick Gershon, their rep at Warner Bros. Records, tells CNN their plan to ferry to Amsterdam and catch a plane from the Netherlands had to be scrapped Friday night due to rough seas. In a blog posting on their MySpace page, the band writes, "We're really sorry it hasn't worked out, and we'd like to thank the promoters for being so understanding and helpful. They even offered to get us a private jet to the festival site if we could just get to the USA, but even that is is currently impossible. See you next year..."

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But there is some good news. Muse and Gorillaz - the British acts that are headlining Saturday and Sunday, respectively - are already safely on American soil.

The mainstream media can really write up a whopper sometimes.

[homesickalien]

their rep at Warner Bros. Records, tells CNN their plan to ferry to Amsterdam and catch a plane from the Netherlands had to be scrapped Friday night due to rough seas.

Huh? What rough sea? I think the problem would rather have been full ferries.

I give them a lot for being so determined to get to Coachella, that's really something, I'm under the impression that they've tried for a very long time to get to Amsterdam. Didn't anyone mention to them that the airspace would at first close at 14:00 but then in the end did at 18:00 (all Thursday) though?

[moomin]

commendable they would try so hard to keep the slot alive, really felt for them when I read the various news and twitter updates.
Bless their cottons, to have arrived would have been nothing short of heroic