Coachella’s main stage plagued by sound issues throughout day one
Day one of Coachella 2024‘s first weekend has wrapped, but not without controversy as fans have been taking to social media to voice their disdain for the sound quality at this year’s festival.
Throughout the course of day one (April 12), several artists faced sound and technical issues, especially on the main stage – known as the Coachella Stage. Some of these acts include headlining Lana Del Rey, Sabrina Carpenter and The Japanese House.
The Japanese House were one of the first bands to take to the Mojave stage. Amber Bain and co. hit the stage roughly ten minutes late and were met with various technical difficulties while performing. “This is my first Coachella, can you tell?” joked Bain as she tried to solve the issues so that they could continue their set.
Though there were issues including the lack of vocals feeding into Bain’s in-ears along with too much guitar and no keys, The Japanese House were able to pull through, performing a mix of fan favorites including ‘Sad To Breathe’, ‘Touching Yourself’ and ‘Boyhood’ which Bain dedicated to all the gays.
Whoever Coachella had for sound during The Japanese House needs to be FUCKING FIRED GET HIM THE HELL OUT OF WHEREVER HE IS
Then, Sabrina Carpenter took to the Coachella Stage, where she faced several technical difficulties including the volume of her microphone, and a sustain pedal not being set up correctly.
why does sabrina carpenter’s audio sound so bad on the coachella stage rn oh my god justice for her
| Sabrina talking to the crowd at #Coachella “Hold on i have to make sure my sustain is working, otherwise it’ll sound bad… fuck it still sounds bad, it’s probably the 5 inch heels”
— Sabrina Carpenter Canada is caffeinated (@SabrinaCCanada) April 13, 2024
NME’s The Cover stars YOASOBI also experienced rough sound conditions, with fans sharing that they could “hardly hear” singer Ikura.
— Janジャニス l YOASOBIドームツアー大阪東京全参戦予定 (@Jan_YOASOBI) April 13, 2024
However, it was headliner Lana Del Rey who drew the shortest end of the stick. Throughout the course of her performance, fans aired their grievances about the sound quality, as Lana’s microphone volume was noticeably lower than her backup singers’ and her microphone would occasionally beep and crackle.
At one point, Lana addressed the sound, saying to the crowd: “As quiet as I am, how are you doing? There’s little that I have to say, can you hear me well?”
“As quiet as I am, how are you doing?”
Lana Del Rey addresses sound issues during her headline set at Coachella. Apparently, the sound engineer really wants everyone to hear the piano, but isn’t too fussed about things like vocals, drums, bass… pic.twitter.com/d12EsNKxZC