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Sorry Kids: Coachella 2013 Advance Passes Just About Totally Sold Out* [UPDATED]
If you wanted to rock out at the just-announced Coachella 2013 your options are slim, and getting slimmer. There's already been official announcements about tickets selling out for Weekend #1.
*We should note: These are the Advance Sale passes that are selling out today; there will be a General Sale in early 2013.
Weekend 1 Tent Camping is now sold out. There are still some Tent Camping spaces available for Weekend 2. #Coachella
— Coachella (@coachella) May 17, 2012
Weekend 1 Advance Sale General Admission passes are no longer available. pic.twitter.com/2fqKiFq2
— Coachella (@coachella) May 17, 2012
WK1: Adv Sale GA and VIP passes are no longer available. Lake Eldorado packages are still available and include either GA or VIP passes.
— Coachella (@coachella) May 17, 2012
Weekend 2 Tent Camping is now sold out. Car Camping spaces are still available.
— Coachella (@coachella) May 17, 2012
All that in just two hours, with only a couple of days notice, and no indication (beyond a couple of amusing speculations) of who is actually playing this insanely popular two-weekend music fest.
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Okay, who is in for weekend 2? Or are you just gonna hold out for the general sale?
UPDATE 2:19 PM
More sell out news:
Adv GA & VIP are no longer available. Lake Eldorado & Travel Packages are still available http://t.co/QdMXrdkJ Thanks pic.twitter.com/mcqKmogC
— Coachella (@coachella) May 17, 2012
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