They Shoot Aging Pop Stars, Don't They?

If you listen to the indie buzz, now is about the time Madonna should start to quake in Her designer boots. Only ten days remain until what has been touted as Her first festival performance, next Sunday's gig at Coachella. Should She be worried the jaded hipsters will turn up their nosejobs at Her?

Nonsense.

Sure, She's never quite been "alternative" in the strict sense of the term. With all her dance cred, however, She is given a free pass to share a bill with stalwarts Massive Attack and Daft Punk. Any detractors guised as festival purists are caught in a Catch-22: If Madonna is "irrelevant," then surely she's not "mainstream," making Her a perfect candidate for the festival, no?

You can bet fans and pooh-poohers alike will line up for most of the day to get into the small "dance tent" venue where Madge will preview a scaled-down segment of the Confessions Tour, reportedly the same set list as Her G-A-Y and KoKo shows from last November. At $85 admission for a full day, Coachella Sunday will be a relative bargain for those who balked at the tour ticket prices.

At the risk of exposing my innocent mind to spoilers, I still plan to check out the performance. (How elaborate could the gig actually get?) Make sure to tune in to the live stream of the event, courtesy yet another indie mainstay, AT&T.