Music festival lineups for 2023 have fans excited

by Ava Marinos Opinion Co-Editor

“Win a 3-day pass to the Bottlerock festival!” You may have heard something like this on the radio. With a large number of music festivals coming up, it can be hard to keep track. Coachella, Bottlerock Festival and Outside Lands are just a few that will be here before we know it. A marketing strategy used time and time again by these music festival companies is to post the lineup several months in advance. This keeps the festival on music fans’ radar, which usually leads to immediate sellouts.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is arguably the most popular music festival, with influencers and celebrities raving about it all over their social media platforms. It begins on April 14 and ends on April

23 this year. The lineup was posted on January 23, with performers including Harry Styles and Billie Eilish. Posting it several months prior to the festival is intended to get fans hyped and buying tickets, leading to their ultimate sellout.

“Last year I went to Coachella for two and a half days, which was super fun but also by the end of it I was really tired and overstimulated,” says senior and avid concertgoer Delaney Icard-Cullen.

“Then I went to one day of Bottlerock after Coachella, in Napa Valley. I actually liked Bottlerock more, because I found it to be a lot more chill. I am going to Coachella 2023 this year. My dad got me tickets again for Christmas, and I am so excited.”

Bottlerock Festival is an annual three day music and food festival in Napa, California. The festi- val is from May 26 to May 28 this year, but tickets are already selling out due to the lineup of popular artists. The three day passes are already sold out, but the one day passes are still available to buyers. Artists that will be performing at the festival include Lil Nas X, Post Malone, Lizzo, Carly Rae Jepsen and Yung Gravy, just to name a few.

On the contrary, other notable concerts coming up, such as Outside Lands, have not posted their 2023 lineup yet. Their concert is in August, so this is understandable, but music fans are already planning on going from their past experiences attending Outside Lands.

“My friends and I decided on Outside Lands because it’s close, just being in San Francisco,” says senior Cora Jolls. “It’s also fun to go there and run into other people you know from the Bay Area, which wouldn’t really happen at other festivals. I don’t believe they released the 2023 lineup, but I was very pleased with the one from

Music festival Outside Lands gained popularity for its unique selection of performers.

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With the lineups of popular music festivals being posted and shared, it makes it all the more tempting to purchase a ticket.

The popular artists that are promised to perform encourage fans to help make the festival both a success and a sellout.

Grammys celebrate music

by Eva Nichter News Co-Editor

The sixty-fifth annual Grammy awards took place on February 5, 2023, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Trevor Noah returned as the host for the event after hosting the event previously in 2021 and 2022.

History was written at this year’s award show. Beyoncé made history as the artist with the most Grammys in history (32) after winning “Best Dance/Electronic Album” with “RENAISSANCE.”

Kim Petras also won one for the record books as the first transgender woman to win a Grammy. She won alongside Sam Smith for “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance” with their viral hit “Unholy.”

Beyoncé had the most nominations for this year’s awards with nine nominations, adding to her list of 88 making her the highest-nominated female artist in Grammy history.

Kendrick Lamar followed with eight nominations and Adele with seven.

There were big names nominated and awarded this year in major categories. Harry Styles won the biggest award of the night, taking home “Album of the Year” with his May 2022 release “Harry’s House.”

A variety of pop, rap, Latin and R&B albums made this year’s “Album of the Year” nominee list. While Styles took home this album-related award, fellow nominees won big with their albums in other categories. Lamar won for “Best Rap Album,” Bad Bunny for “Música Urbana Album” and Beyoncé for “Dance/Electronic Album,” to name a few.

Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)” was up for contention in the “Song of the Year” category, and Swift went home with the award for “Best Music Video” for “All Too Well: The Short Film.”

The award show also recognized new, upand-coming artists from a variety of genres including pop, indie, rap and others under the “Best New Artist” category. Jazz artist Samara Joy won the award, and fellow nominees included Måneskin, Omar Apollo, Latto, Anitta and Wet Leg.

The Grammys continued to honor music throughout the night with performances and tributes as well. The awards show celebrated 50 years of hiphop with a tribute performance featuring big names including Queen Latifa, LL Cool J, Missy Elliot, Future, Ice-T, Lil Wayne and RUN-DMC, among many others. The almost-15-minute performance was directed by the Root’s drummer, Questlove. Hip-hop producer and former rapper Dr. Dre received the “Global Impact Award” before the performance to commemorate his legacy in the genre.

Other performers included Styles, Lizzo, Steve Lacy, Bad Bunny and Luke Combs.