Fred Durst wants a Coachella alternative for those who don't get invited - what would that look like?
I take anything Fred says with a heavy pinch of salt, he seems to think out loud a lot. However, my memory says he was at least heavily involved with the Family Values tour and he’s got his A&R history.
If the stars aligned and he really did organise something, what do you think it would look like?
One-off show? Annual show? Annual touring festival? How many stages? What genre of artist? Which artists? USP? Can I play there?
I wouldn’t mind something like Family Values happening again. Feels like those kinds of touring festivals (Family Values, SnoCore, Ozzfest, etc) died in the mid-2000s and nostalgia might bring that kind of event back. I’d love to see Durst team up with someone like Ian Mackaye to make it a truly accessible event, where it’s less about the prestige of being there and more about embracing the music while still turning a small/sustainable/realistic profit. But I also believe it’ll never happen.