Yes, you read that right: a literal fire broke out at Coachella on Friday, right in the middle of the shower block, of all places. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and the fire was quickly contained.
WHAT IS GOING ON!!! THERE IS A HUGE FIRE AT THE COACHELLA MOBILE SHOWERS!!! #Coachella #Coachella2019 #FyreFestival pic.twitter.com/d0DrI4TJym
— Owen (@Odaddy24) April 13, 2019
showers at Coachella campground caught on fire…
“everybody out of the showers now!” – someone in their towel running out pic.twitter.com/WPPUHjXgxe— venus (@spxheda) April 13, 2019
Fires confirmed in Lot 4 at the Coachella Campgrounds. #coachella #coachellacamping #fire pic.twitter.com/xTNS7Oghcw
— ♡Paige♡ (@Paige_LA) April 13, 2019
That still gave people enough time to make the obvious Fyre Fest jokes though.
Coachella just turned into a FIRE FEST. The showers just exploded!! pic.twitter.com/mcHzpEegKu
— Tenani French (@Tenani) April 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/RealFORTES/status/1117133367701581826
Glad no one was hurt which leads to my next point that there’s definitely a joke about Coachella being lit af & Fyre festival somewhere in here pic.twitter.com/dEdA4h819e
— Mykie (@GlamandGore) April 13, 2019
Elsewhere at the festival, Donald Glover was AirDropping photos of his shoes, made as part of a collaboration with Adidas, to random punters, and anyone who accepted the photo was then sent a coupon for a free pair of said shoes.
childish gambino airdropped a picture at coachella of his adidas collab and everyone who accepted got a pair of his unreleased shoes… pic.twitter.com/JLKsmNb4LM
— jay (@THEGOODSlDE) April 12, 2019
It would be more exciting if the shoes didn’t look pre-worn, but I guess that’s fashionable? I wouldn’t know, I like my new shoes to look new.
To top it all off, Kacey Musgraves almost instantaneously became a meme after the audience she was performing to failed to follow basic instructions regarding a call-and-response.
She shouted to the audience, “when I say yee, you say haw!”, to which they responded with “haw!”, causing Musgraves to deliver the now classic line, “I didn’t say fuckin’ yee.”
“i didn’t say fuckin yee!” @KaceyMusgraves pic.twitter.com/AJ817DfmyI
— ???? (@wecanmeetagain) April 13, 2019
Legendary.
All in all, the first weekend of Coachella has been about as hectic as you’d expect. Sorry about your FOMO.