Shad Powers
Sports Columnist at The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA)
I'm the sports columnist at The Desert Sun. Also I'm tall. Got a unique story idea for sports fans in the Coachella Valley? I'd love to tell it - (760) 778-4627
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desertsun.com | Shad Powers
For festivalgoers of a certain age, aka my age, The Go-Go's hit the nostalgia button at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and put us in the way-back machine smack dab in the middle of the 1980s. And if The Go-Go's were the drumbeat of my youth, then Green Day was the backbeat of my college days.
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desertsun.com | Shad Powers
You spend all day at a music festival, not everything is going to go perfectly. There's going to be peaks and valleys. You'll twist your ankle scurrying across a field in the dark only to get to the stage just in time to see a magical performance. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is no different. It delivers the goods and dishes out a few bads, too. With that in mind, here are the highs and lows from Day 1 of Weekend 1 of Coachella.
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desertsun.com | Shad Powers
The Go-Go's played a memorable afternoon set on the Outdoor Theatre stage on Friday, April 11, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Here is the setlist for said performance, which featured a surprise guest performance by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
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vvdailypress.com | Niki Kottmann |Shad Powers |Ema Sasic |Paul Albani-Burgio |Brian Blueskye
Niki Kottmann Shad Powers Ema Sasic Paul Albani-Burgio Brian BlueskyePalm Springs Desert SunWe are so back, music fans. The first day of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicked off Friday, April 11, with a few classic moments as well as a few surprises. There are fewer art installations this year, for one, and the placement of the Do Lab and Quasar stages has been flipped, but there's still one constant throughout it all — that sweltering desert heat.
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1 week ago |
desertsun.com | Niki Kottmann |Shad Powers |Ema Sasic |Paul Albani-Burgio |Brian Blueskye
Niki Kottmann Shad Powers Ema Sasic Paul Albani-Burgio Brian BlueskyePalm Springs Desert SunWe are so back, music fans. The first day of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicked off Friday, April 11, with a few classic moments as well as a few surprises. There are fewer art installations this year, for one, and the placement of the Do Lab and Quasar stages has been flipped, but there's still one constant throughout it all — that sweltering desert heat.
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Firebirds still scoreless with San Jose but that doesn't mean this has been boring. Teams who could meet in the opening round developing a bonafide rivalry/hatred with 11 penalties in the second including multiple scuffles. Highly entertaining 0-0 game at @AcrisureArena tonight.
Entertaining, yet scoreless, first period at @AcrisureArena between the Firebirds and San Jose. Key game for home-ice in the first round of the playoffs. Of note: 18-year-old Nathan Villeneuve making Firebirds debut. No Poturalski for San Jose. He's out with lingering injury.
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Well, that was pretty entertaining. Wild swings, tense throughout, nerve-wracking conclusion and a final moment that unfortunately didn't live up to what had been building ... but enough about White Lotus, let's talk about that college basketball game. #WhiteLotus #MarchMadness
