Mr. Adler, who has been vegan for 25 years, has spent much of his career cultivating a community through Nics, and the Eat Drink Vegan Festival. To break a brand-new festival sixty days away is financial suicide. Then he had to sell his car. "When I met him in person, I was instantly sold," Mr. Fold,. One of the agents, Joel Zimmerman, of W.M.E., was so intent on getting favorable placement for his client, Martin Garrix, a twenty-year-old Dutch E.D.M. Although Coachella lost money on its 1999 dbut, nearly bankrupting Goldenvoice, and required four years to become profitable, by 2011 the festival had grown so popular that Tollett offered a second weekend, with the same lineup. In the tent, he explained how he had wrangled the biggest classic-rock acts on the indoor touring circuitthe Who, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, and Roger Watersinto an outdoor-festival format, presenting them like jam bands. How did old punk upstart Goldenvoice snare the rock icons it once Bands like Circle One, Suicidal Tendenciestheir posses were nasty. Tovar got busted in 1989, just before Nirvana broke, ushering in grunge. It was really tough. Failure didnt crush him, however. Couldnt do it, he said. And he cajoled several high-profile acts to donate their time: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters, the Black Keys, Band of Horses and Knaan. Donly relayed other metrics: Regardless, his socials are four times bigger and he is in the top one per cent of connected artists to his fan base., Soon Zimmerman arrived. The first line noted the reunions (New Order), the critical darlings (Bon Iver, Father John Misty), and the biggest E.D.M. It was important for people to have something to take home that would represent a good feeling they had at Montys and would become part of their life. By volume, Montys sells more burgers and shakes than merchandise (about 1,200 burgers daily across all locations), but it rakes in more revenue from clothing, the company said. Going short, going long. Many high-profile fans, like Finneas, Travis Barker and Vince Staples, do custom shake collaborations, with $1 from each donated to an animal charity. They gave people a reason to think about being plant based. Mass happenings like those at Bethel and Watkins Glen have never much interested city officials, for obvious reasons; promoters of multiday events are largely confined to perimeter islands and parking lots, and not to more centrally situated parks where the citys free outdoor concerts take place. Paige said the door and the overall size of the bar will makefor great jokes. The spirit of green field festivals lived on in the United Kingdom, at the Reading Festival and at the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival, which became Glastonbury. The following January, the Human Be-In attracted as many as thirty thousand people to Golden Gate Park, some with flowers in their hair, inspiring John Phillips to write the song that sent many more that way. Your thinkers.. With someone like Justice or New Order, you know theyre solid. The French techno group and the British New Wave band were two of the occupants of Sundays second line. I asked ChatGPT to tell me where to eat for a week. Goldenvoices production team had created a pop-up, thirty-five-thousand-seat arena on the polo fields for the occasion, complete with sky boxes; after tonight, they would take it all apart. He kept his word. A prototype of the poster was on the table. And not everyone needs dark. The cross-dressing indie rocker Ezra Furman, who is an observant Jew, needed to be in a synagogue by sundown on Friday, and Saturday was obviously out. "I say dont be ashamed by what you like,just own it and love it. A couple bands let us slide, he said. I needed a break and wanted to leave after Desert Trip, but he talked me into staying a little bit longer.". also bought fifty per cent of Bowery Presents, an experienced local promoter.