I’m one of those reporters where just writing the words isn’t enough. When I have a chance to illustrate something with charts and infographics, I will. By using our analytics software, I could tell that readers were finding my blog by searching for when the 2014 Coachella Festival lineup would be released. I used that knowledge to create an infographic. I also used the phrase in my blog headline to attract more readers via search engines.
This post originally appeared at the Audio File blog on The Press-Enterprise’s website on Jan. 4, 2014.
The crowd cheers for the Red Hot Chili Peppers during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif., on Sunday, April 14, 2013. (2013/File Photo)
We’re only in single-digit days in January and I’m already getting a barrage of “When will the Coachella lineup be announced?” emails and social media messages.
The short answer: The 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup will be announced when Goldenvoice says it’s ready. (Remember last year when the ink had barely dried on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ when the lineup announcement came out?) The work continues until that poster comes out.
That being said, because I am a geek who loves charts and data and maps, I did update the Coachella release date charts that I made last year with the 2013 information (and Helix Poeticus, everyone’s favorite Coachella Snail).
By the numbers, Monday and Tuesday are still the most likely days for Coachella to release its lineup, but in 2013, Goldenvoice announced the Coachella performers on a Thursday for the first time.
Note: If you notice that there’s no data for the year 2000, the festival took that year off after its initial run in 1999.
I didn’t get as fancy with this next chart, but here are the lineup release dates by year, from 2001 through 2013. I excluded 1999 because the festival occurred in October and the lineup was announced in August. As I mentioned before, Coachella skipped 2000.
Also of note–Coachella’s website and social media networks have been seeing a little more activity in recent days. There have been videos posted and updates shared. This typically happens before the lineup comes out–sometimes days, sometimes longer.
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