The combined age of AC/DC’s members? The festival by the numbers.
Every year, Coachella just gets bigger. That’s true literally, in terms of attendance, but also in terms of the festival’s sheer cultural scope. Headliners such as AC/DC and Drake are among the biggest live draws in music. The food, drinks, luxuries and customization options on-site at the Empire Polo Grounds swell with each turn on the lawn. And by the time Weekend 2 is over and the bills come due, fans are already speculating about next year’s lineup. Here are a few figures to illustrate the scope of America’s most coveted music festival.
579,000: Total 2014 attendance over two weekends
191: Number of acts performing in 2015
26: Number of acts fronted by women
19,000: Number of Googleterm “Brochella”search results for the
250: Combined age of AC/DC’s four current members
20: Number of specialty restaurants on-site
45GB: Size of a widely shared single file with Lil B’s
entire recorded output
241 million: Estimated YouTube views for Stromae’s “Papaoutai”
$5-$50: Price range for H&M’s licensed Coachella collection
170: Total arrests for two weekends in 2014
$375: Price of a 2015 general-admission ticket
$899: Price of a 2015 VIP
ticket
$439.85: Current lowest price of a 2015 GA Weekend 1 ticket on StubHub
40: Minutes that three-day passes to each weekend were available before selling out
$600 (still available): Price of a GA Weekend 1 ticket with a fully catered gourmet meal in the Rose Garden
$1,500: Price of a round-trip private Surf Air jet from Burbank to Coachella in 2014
$7: Price of a small Heineken
$2: Price of bottled water