21-04-2025
deadmau5 Apologizes for Blacking Out During Coachella Set
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deadmau5 returned to Coachella last weekend to play the recently-added Quasar stage as his alter ego Testpilot, but he ended up pre-gaming a bit too hard before (and during) his set time.
Billed in a B2B alongside Zhu, deadmau5 (A.K.A. Joel Zimmerman) was supposed to play an extended, multi-hour set on Friday night. However, the performance was cut abruptly short after Zimmerman was ripping shots, slurring his speech, making some… strong mixing choices, and falling over behind the DJ booth. Eventually, he had to be helped off stage, and the performance concluded before its scheduled end.
He eventually acknowledged his stupor in an Instagram post on Saturday, writing, 'I dont remember a thing. But I don't think I had a cig? So… that's good I guess? Going back to bed. Wake me up around Thursday ish' on a picture of a water bottle. 'Probably my last Coachella,' he wrote in a comment.
He followed it up with a more serious post later in the day, posting a picture of his cat and writing, 'Man, even my cat is disappointed in me. Tho, it could be argued that she always has been. sorry about last night. Lol. TO BE FAIR, I felt the first 3/4 was great! Huge shout out to @zhu for introducing me to whisky and carrying my dumb ass till the bitter end. lemme quit smoking, do some fucken personal resetting here at home, find my spirit animal, work on some new music, and come back better. ;)'
See his posts below along with a few videos of his performance. Coachella closed out its second weekend on Sunday; read our recap of what you didn't see on the livestream during Coachella Weekend 1.
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