Australia gets Coachella livestream this weekend

Australia will get access to a livestream of the first weekend of America’s Coachella festival on YouTube.

The Australian stream is presented by Optus, and only covers the first weekend April 13—15.

The only other countries to get the livestream are the US, through T-Mobile, and Canada through Garnier.

Some of the advertised performers include Beyoncé, The Weeknd, ODESZA, Post Malone, The War on Drugs, Kygo, Chromeo, Alan Walker and alt-j.

Australian acts scheduled are Alison Wonderland, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and Vance Joy.

Viewers will have a choice of four live stream feeds with different artists simultaneously.

It includes a new VR180 channel that will allow viewers to experience performances and exclusive on the ground coverage using headsets like Google Cardboard and Daydream View.

In the lead-up to the festival, fans can create personalized viewing schedules featuring the live acts they want to see, with the live streams automatically switching to the pre-selected artist’s shows.

Weekend highlights will be available through a video-on-demand hub with interviews.

In addition, Google Home will provide a custom voice-enabled experience for festival goers and fans at home watching the live stream.

Users can discover music from this year’s performers and test their knowledge of the festival, present and past by saying “Hey Google, talk to Coachella.”

Google Home will also provide information on the festival, from set times to travel information, with fans at home getting an exclusive backstage experience via live interviews throughout the weekend.

One of Coachella’s stand outattractions will come to life through Google Pixel, which will train its lens on the giant Ferris Wheel, where festival goers on select gondolas will create unique photo moments in a special Pixel photo booth.

Pixel 2 will also capture artist portraits backstage.

Verified lineup artists will be able to post updates and information on performances and livestreams to fans directly in Google search through a recently launched integration that allows artists to customize content.

Coachella last year sold out its 125,000 tickets in three hours, despite an extra 50,000 tickets on sale, and grossed $114 million.

Promoter Goldenvoice vice president Skip Paige says they could “do five Coachellas with the amount of people who want to come.”