deadmau5 returned to Coachella final weekend to play the recently-added Quasar stage as his alter ego Testpilot, however he ended up pre-gaming a bit too arduous earlier than (and through) his set time.
Billed in a B2B alongside Zhu, deadmau5 (A.Ok.A. Joel Zimmerman) was speculated to play an prolonged, multi-hour set on Friday evening. Nonetheless, the efficiency was reduce abruptly brief after Zimmerman was ripping pictures, slurring his speech, making some… sturdy mixing decisions, and falling over behind the DJ sales space. Ultimately, he needed to be helped off stage, and the efficiency concluded earlier than its scheduled finish.
He ultimately acknowledged his stupor in an Instagram put up on Saturday, writing, “I dont bear in mind a factor. However I don’t assume I had a cig? So… that’s good I assume? Going again to mattress. Wake me up round Thursday ish” on an image of a water bottle. “In all probability my final Coachella,” he wrote in a remark.
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He adopted it up with a extra severe put up later within the day, posting an image of his cat and writing, “Man, even my cat is upset in me. Tho, it may very well be argued that she at all times has been. sorry about final evening. Lol. TO BE FAIR, I felt the primary 3/4 was nice! Large shout out to @zhu for introducing me to whisky and carrying my dumb ass until the bitter finish. lemme give up smoking, do some fucken private resetting right here at dwelling, discover my spirit animal, work on some new music, and are available again higher. ;)”
See his posts under together with just a few movies of his efficiency. Coachella closed out its second weekend on Sunday; learn our recap of what you didn’t see on the livestream throughout Coachella Weekend 1.
@autografmusic Deadmau5 confirmed as much as Coachella and forgot he was the DJ throughout his b2b with zhu 💀 #coachella #dj #djmix #edm #deadmau5 #fyp
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@stagehoppers Deadmau5 shortly earlier than getting kicked off stage for being drunk 😂 set was a very good time although! #deadmau5 #coachella2025 #coachella
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