

While indisputably attractive as a concert draw around the world, the Louis Vuitton Don has a spotty record with live performance. “What a goof that dude is.” Another grammar and punctuation averse commenter added: “kwest is a deal breaker and thats saying a lot with the lineup they have but I don’t want to support him in any way.” Heading into West’s 10:30 set time Sunday night-the grand finale of a three-day dance music-rock-hip-hop extravaganza in the low California desert that drew approximately 90,000 fans a day-you’d have been forgiven for fearing the worst from him. “A real disappointment that loudmouth Kanye West is going to be there,” commenter oldskool57 wrote on the LA Times’ Pop & Hiss blog in January.
