Is Kanye West Ready for Coachella? Is He Finished Ruining Big Events?

By Matthew Shepatin Posted Jan 27th 2011 01:45PM

With Kanye West set to headline the final night of three-day sold-out music festival Coachella in April, the only question is whether the mercurial rapper/producer/Twitterer will spoil his own big moment.

The talented Kanye is sure to give concertgoers a special treat -- though "special" could signify a mind-bogglingly impressive performance or mind-numbingly immature antics. With 'Ye, you never can tell.

West infamously played the "hit the stage three hours late, blame Pearl Jam" card at summer festival Bonnaroo in 2008, turning thousands of happy hippies into a bitter, trash-throwing mob chanting "Kanye sucks" at 4AM. That said, West has preached good intentions via Twitter lately and made a public show of turning his act around since the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards and Taylorgate. Here, we peg the odds of how Kanye could botch his Coachella experience.

12 to 1: Verbally scuffles with The Strokes. Mortally wounds Julian Casablanca's pride.

20 to 1: Grabs mic from Simon Le Bon during Duran Duran set, claims Toni Basil should have won 1984 Grammy for Best Video Album.

22 to 1: Accuses Arcade Fire's Win Butler of hiding his shutter shades somewhere around the backstage catering tent. Refuses to take stage until Butler gives them back.

25 to 1: The lime-flavored beer served at concession stands personally affronts him. Eff that, he's outta there.

31 to 1: Stops playing when he spots a shaggy-haired kid texting in the crowd during his performance. Waits exactly as long as it takes texter to put away cell phone and stop being rude.

44 to 1: Crashes the stage during Kings of Leon performance, drunkenly announces he's Kate Hudson's real baby daddy.

419 to 1: During his set, he tells audience, "Barack Obama doesn't care about black people!"

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Thursday 27 January

By snj

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Oh...this article was trying to be funny. Not. Also, someone might want to change the headline...too much bias. I bet Kanye tears it up at Coachella, though.

Sunday 30 January

By Brokerswr

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What I have a hard time understanding is why why people put up with a stupid , drunk who has no REAL talent.

By Lily

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Yes it was meant to be funny and guess what .... IT WAS!! HAHAHAHA Kanye West is the biggest crybaby egomanic to hit the music world in a long time. Im sick of his antics and his dilusions of grandure. He ruins things for other artists as well as his owns fan. Nothing humbles this man. Not even the loss of his mother. Hes still as big a jerk as ever. I LOVED THIS ARTICLE.. sometimes the truth hurts and sometimes its funny!!!! Go cry somewhere else Kanye fans... boohoo

By Harriette Carlton

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I LOVE KANYE!

By Lola

I thought it was funny because its true. No ones being bias they are stating facts about kanya the idiot. Deal with it

By Ron

The "talented" Kanye?

By Donald

Kane West deserves what he gets for his racist attitude toward everyone!

By Mim

Too bad white people get away with their racist atitude.

Friday 28 January

By YouWish

Mim ... you have that backwards... plus that was a very racist statement you made. Seems youre the racist on the board. Find God and get a life.

By aj

he's right about Obama not caring for black people or anyone else!

By Denise

That low life doe's not even deserve a spot in the musical world.

By dave

what a talentless piece of garbage,low life punk!!!!!

By Sekinu2

Thats one show to avoid. Kayne can just go away. Those of us here in chicago that knew him back in the day couldnt stand him now he is hated world wide.Gotta be brain dead to like him his music sucks and is elementary and he owes everything to No Id

By ANG

THATS SOME MUG , LOOKS MEAN AND EVIL , SMILE YOU UNHAPPY MAN

By cherishthemusic

Because he rocks!

Saturday 23 April

By Hahahahahah

I find this article so much funnier now because Kanye killed the Coachella show. Absolutely murdered it. This writer should be given a proverbial slap in the face for how wrong they were, and how laughable their analysis was of one of the greatest superstars in the game. You sir, are a fool.

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