All passes for The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival’s 21st year appeared to have sold out as of Tuesday, Jan. 7, and fans on the internet lamented their missed chance to see a list of artists that included Rage Against The Machine, Travis Scott and Frank Ocean.
Coachella sold out rip pic.twitter.com/1HX3M62hCx
— Richie Figs 🔜 AX & DreamCon (@piratekingFigs) January 8, 2020
https://twitter.com/Official__pe/status/1215002734828474368
I was gonna buy my weekend 2 ticket to Coachella today but…. SOLD OUT 💔
— LISS 🦋 (@eyesofalissa) January 7, 2020
The now sold out weekend two passes (weekend one had already sold out well ahead of time) went on sale Monday, Jan. 6, and fans spent much of the afternoon and early evening on that day clamoring for their chance at passes.
They sat at their computer or watched their phone screen and hoped the infamous little blue man on the loading screen would get them in for their shot at a purchase.
Weekend two general admission passes by themselves sold out in less than an hour during a presale for fans who registered on Coachella’s website ahead of time. The presale began at noon.
A sale for the rest of the public began at 3 p.m. Monday and it was during that time that the festival confirmed that only very limited quantities of general admission pass and shuttle combos ($504) and VIP passes ($999) were still on sale via its website.
Weekend 2 on sale begins now. Very limited General Admission + Shuttle & VIP remain at https://t.co/x8PRTb12Eh pic.twitter.com/lNKsq7ZTpq
— Coachella (@coachella) January 6, 2020
Before the passes were ready to go on sale at noon Monday, the anxiety was real and people were already hoping for some good luck.
Coachella tickets are on sale in 30 minutes I’m so NERVOUS
— jake (@pxjake) January 6, 2020
good luck to all the people staring at the little blue guy running trying to get coachella tickets today. shoulda done presale🤷🏻
— Jon (@jon_panfil) January 6, 2020
Coachella tickets are on sale in 30 minutes I’m so NERVOUS
— jake (@pxjake) January 6, 2020
good luck to all the people staring at the little blue guy running trying to get coachella tickets today. shoulda done presale🤷🏻
— Jon (@jon_panfil) January 6, 2020
Good luck to everyone trying to cop these coachella tickets right now!
— Henny (@Hanoak_24) January 6, 2020
Fans were also planning on what their reaction would be if they did or didn’t get passes.
https://twitter.com/steve_stexg/status/1214273200063803397
https://twitter.com/zairaaoviedo_/status/1214274991975321605
https://twitter.com/lilthangggg_/status/1214268311795453954
Then the moment arrived and some fans got passes right away while others found themselves at the mercy of the blue man.
Just bought my Coachella ticket 🤩🥳🤩🥳🤩
— Alena (@potaatoprincess) January 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/BeyIloveYougirl/status/1214275865883754496
Currently in line doing the running man for these @Coachella 2020 passes! LOL 🙄🥳 pic.twitter.com/w03JHuzY8R
— GDE (@GlobalDanceGDE) January 6, 2020
Tell my little blue man to pick up the pace 😡
— Rob (@Robert0_1) January 6, 2020
Time to be reacquainted with my little blue walking buddy 😐 @coachella
— Barrios (@jdb_chillin) January 6, 2020
My blue man moved a tiny little bit after almost 10 minutes … there is hope #Coachella
— roronoa zoro (@alliecea) January 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/noemi_xc/status/1214277568414781440
At Southern California News Group, we conducted our own spot check and it took approximately 55 minutes for the blue man to take us to the loading page to purchase the tickets. Fans noted similar wait times.
https://twitter.com/johnnyrod__/status/1214291645316780033
https://twitter.com/blkflwrr/status/1214289980299915266
Fans who did get their passes were excited (even if their bank account had to be sacrificed in the process).
Got my Coachella ticket 🤪 rip to my bank account
— ąrį (@mayorga0916) January 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/mamiimariii/status/1214288115155648513
https://twitter.com/hsgucciking/status/1214288078770077696
