The British hard rock trio Muse had played a set or two earlier, delivering a good mix of hits such as “Hysteria” and “Supermassive Black Hole” and strong new material off their 2022 release “Will of the People.” He didn’t stop playing his guitar, singing, or skipping and hopping across the stage for his full 40-minute set, from the hard blues-rock opener “Taking Me Back” to the Stonesy “A Tip From You to Me.” And definitely not during the familiar stuff that wrapped it all up - White Stripes’ “Icky Thump” and the Raconteurs’ “Steady As She Goes - with a massive finale on the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army.” You go to see Jack White for the thrilling rush of whatever he plays - solo stuff or songs from from his past in the White Stripes and Raconteurs - more than to sing along with the hits.
White, coincidentally, also released a pair of new albums last year, but here that didn’t quite matter as much.
White played just before the Red Hot Chili Peppers and like the biblical John delivered one revelation after another during his set. So thank you, ALTer EGO, for giving them the spotlight they deserve on Saturday. Guitar rock rules: Both Jack White and Muse have headlined Coachella in the past, but Coachella is an eclectic pop festival now with these strains of aggressive blues and bombastic hard rock nearly eradicated.
Why not ditch the instrumental jam between Flea, guitarist John Frusciante, and drummer Chad Smith, and add another classic? And while it was strangely cool to hear Frusciante do a solo cover of Loggins & Messina’s “Danny’s Song” - “Even though we ain’t got money / I’m still in love with you honey” - maybe that could be saved for a full show when there’s more room for the other hits. (Of those, “The Drummer” was a standout.) A band can play what a band wants to play, and the Chili Peppers played five numbers off the two new albums they released in 2022, “Unlimited Love” and “Return of the Dream Canteen.” There are some very good songs on those records - “Black Summer,” for one - but three of them had apparently never been played live before, so some in the crowd might have been a little bit lost at times.
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