Reviewing The Best And Worst Fake Coachella Posters

If you were engaged with any sort of social networking last week, odds are at some point in time a “source” leaked a poster for Coachella 2011 on your page.  Some impulsively went berserk, calling friends, enemies and anything with a beating heart sharing potential information that’s worth more than gold.

Now that we’ve known the real lineup since last Tuesday, we thought we’d poke fun at the worst fake Coachella posters, while applauding those who were eerily close to the legitimate one.

Here I offer you a Coachella that could have been brutally awesome.  Instead of Arcade Fire, The Strokes, The Black Keys, and Kings of Leon, we’re bombarded with pure inspiration and musical genius.

Imagine starting off your Coachella experience with a frothy brew in hand, mesmerized by Paris Hilton’s classic “Stars Are Blind,” a refresher to the sweltering dessert sun.  Next is Celine Dion, LFO, Gerardo, with a night-cap performance by Toto…and that’s only day one.

This poster actually has one day that looks pretty damn good if you look at it closely -  Barry Manilow and The Partridge Family on the same Sunday affair?  How about a 35-minute set with Fabio where he tells jokes he stole on-set of a Toyota commercial?

I think the real winner here is the resurrection of Lynyrd Skynyrd, followed by a 12-hour Q & A session.

Here’s a farce that is freakishly accurate compared to the authentic poster; guessing correctly on an impressive number of bands including Interpol, Mumford & Sons, Animal Collective, and The Chemical Brothers. What’s even more impressive is nailing night 3′s headliners with Kanye West and The Strokes. There’s so many questions I want to ask whoever created this, like “Will the Lakers threepeat?”, “Will humanity survive 2012?”, “Will my dream mashup of Gwar and Wing ever come true?”

I think this one is funny enough as is.

“Brochella”

The last time I was at party and someone turned on Nickelback, she was immediately pummeled with empty beer bottles and locked away in a dark room.  Ok not really, but she was from Minnesota and that sucks just as much.  Shout out to my O-Town peeps!

This is a wall in our promotions office decorated by our good friend Adrian.  As you can see, we’ve collected a number of fake Coachella posters.  Yeah, we have a lot of time on our hands.