Oregon Festival Sues Coachella Over Five-State Radius Clause, Alleged Anti-Competitive Behavior
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billboard.comPosted Apr 10, 2018, 7:40 PM UTC
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billboard.comC3 and Lollapalooza have an insanely strict contract with many artists. Big names are able to get out of it to perform at summerfest, but for some it's crappy. It affects shows in Detroit, Columbus, Minneapolis, Des Moines and all areas in between. When Chance headlined Lolla, he couldn't perform in Chicago for 6 months before, or after I believe.
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I think they've only lifted the radius clause twice for SummerFest
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Detroit
i'm wondering if this is why Movement's lineup sucks this year
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Does lollapalooza book techno now or something?
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I am interested to see how this plays out. I am fairly certain Roo does the same thing, so this will be one to watch.
Yeah Roo does radius clauses too, but thiers pale in comparison to this. Coachella (it would seem) is saying you cannot play "within a five state radius during a five month period from December to May."
They're basically locking down the west coast for a half a year. And the thing is these bands really want to play Coacehella. They will trade every other festival during that time for the exposure of Coachella.
Dua Lipa is playing Atlanta Friday during Roo.... so yeah, different ballgame there.
To further the point of this post.... if a court were to decide that these clauses are too restrictive (which seems likely to me as a non-attorney but someone who has worked with attorneys to draft non-competes), it could have a pretty massive impact on both Coachella and the west-coast festival scene.
If Coachella's non-compete became similar to Bonnaroo's, I'd imagine we would see festivals blow up all over the west coast in April/May before artists start heading eastward.
Coachella 1300 miles and 6 months vs Bonnaroo 300 miles and 60 days (and Roo is in the middle of no where, it would have some reason to be somewhat big anyways)
They don't even compare.
Yeah a huge number of roo's artists are playing in the southeast right before/after the festival (Sylvan Esso, Broken Social Scene, Brockhampton, The Revivalists, just off the top of my head), but I'm definitely curious to see how this plays out.