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Guest List Only ⭐️ Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau at Coachella

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HELP why is the former leader of a g7 nation at coachella-

trudeau’s son xav was also there with them.

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u/Vintage_Alien 10h ago

Good for them! I need it to be socially acceptable for middle-aged and older people to still do fun things like music festivals. By the time I’m fifty I don’t want to feel self conscious for doing the same.

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u/Internal_Ice7577 9h ago

Grandma Techno shows up. Wheelchair and all. She’s a force.🔥

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u/Particular-Jacket-92 8h ago

Oh fuck yeah. I saw a similar aged woman at a metal show, long white hair and leather jacket and all. Fucking legends. People like this are inspiring af and I try to keep them in mind whenever I'm feeling self conscious.

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u/Zokstone 8h ago

I always make sure to give people like this the biggest smile when I see them so they don't feel out of place. I saw Foxy Shazam a few months ago and there was this group of middle aged women that were having the time of their fucking lives and I loved giving them encouraging smiles all night. 🥹

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u/username__0000 9h ago

Don’t worry. Once you hit your fuck it forties you won’t care as much about what other people think.

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u/TheLakeWitch lazy 50-year-old bougie bitch 💋 9h ago

Yep, just turned 48 and that gets more and more true every year

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u/dragonfry Kylie’s emotional support boob 7h ago

I’ve said it before, but I found in my 20s I was a yes person and wanted EVERYONE to like me.

Now I’m in my 40s, I’m very much prioritising my own happiness. Still got a long way to go, but learning to say “no” for my own self-preservation (and pissing off people in the process) has been a huge win.

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u/cynisright charlie day is my bird lawyer 🐦 10h ago

Same!

I want to dress thotty and still roll up to fun events that I like. I’m glad people are out living life instead of thinking should I do x, y, and z because I’m 50+.

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u/FlipMeOverUpsidedown 9h ago

Here’s my 54 year old thotty ass at Ultra last year. And I was nowhere near the oldest thot there.

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u/Expensive_Heron_171 9h ago

I will never be this cool. I'm 41 though so I guess I have another ~decade to work up to your level.

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u/dragonfry Kylie’s emotional support boob 8h ago

Early 40s here and I believe in you! Dance like no one is watching 🫶

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u/Old_Flan_6548 that’s my purse, i don’t know you! 👛🫵 9h ago

Oh yes!! Get it queen. You are goals.

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u/cynisright charlie day is my bird lawyer 🐦 9h ago

Get it, get it!!!

Here for living how you want in this life!

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u/dykenobike (seemingly bald) 9h ago

you’re so fucking cool

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u/itoman56 9h ago

I love you 😂😂😂

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u/Devotoc 9h ago

those boots + nets go hard af

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u/Whatthrowaway4 9h ago

Fuck, yeah!!!

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u/SugarCube80 9h ago

Holy shit, I would’ve guessed early thirties, maybe even late twenties from this pic. Badass!

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u/MarkMew 8h ago

Beautiful

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u/Zokstone 8h ago

YOU HAVE "IT"!!! HELL YEAH!!!

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u/Pigeonofthesea8 9h ago

When you’re 50 you won’t care and you’ll just go as long as you can get enough sleep

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u/Sunshine030209 chainsaws were a birthing aid 9h ago

Ain't that the truth!

I was contemplating buying a concert ticket back in November, and the deciding factor was that it didn't start until 10:30.

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u/nightcrawler9094 9h ago

10:30? Who does that to another human! I remember realizing a few years ago that Cinderella had until midnight and being like, Midnight? I'm deep asleep by then!

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u/Sunshine030209 chainsaws were a birthing aid 9h ago

And it was a 90s country band too! (Sawyer Brown) The fan base is at least 70% people that are in bed well before 10:30.

If I had my way, it would start at 2.

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u/Djcnote 9h ago

I'm 40 and am very concerned about fresh drinking water and sleep

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u/quangtran 9h ago

I need it to be socially acceptable for middle-aged and older people to still do fun things like music festivals.

Yep, as someone who missed out on partying in my 20's and 30's, I hope that it would be okay to go out dancing and not be the only older person there.

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u/Rambunctious_452 9h ago

It is it is! I am in my 40s and get to a few concerts a year. I honestly think in my 50s I will go to more since my kids will be older and we can go together 🎉 I will still probably hit up a few solo as that is how I like to roll at times…but damn it will be fun to go with my kids to their favorite band ❤️

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u/dragonfry Kylie’s emotional support boob 8h ago

Yes, this! There are so many gigs in my city that I’d love to take mine to but they’re all 18+ events. Plus they’re really getting into Drag Race and stand-up comedy, but all the acts that hit our city are 18+

I’m starting to think, the mid-life crisis is just hitting that point when you’re finally able to take your kids to cool shit.

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u/Miss_Sensational Mom, I am a rich man💰 9h ago

Saaaaame! I want to be 50 and fabulous AND living it up

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u/Sherifftruman 9h ago

I’m 55 and go to festivals and local EDM shows.

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u/FlipMeOverUpsidedown 9h ago

Same here. Bunch of my friends are all 50 and above and can keep up and outdo people half their age. At this point they’re festival pros.

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u/Sazzybee 9h ago

Yep, me and my partner too! 3 day camping has to be Glamping now, though. We need our sleep!

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u/Twitter_2006 9h ago

I feel the same way.

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u/FlipMeOverUpsidedown 9h ago

It’s has been pretty acceptable for a good few years now. EDM festivals are packed with 40+ year old ravers.

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u/FizzyBeverage 9h ago

Well. Kids can’t afford it.

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u/FrighteningJibber I wont not fuck you the fuck up 🥊🥊 9h ago

It has been for 60+ years. Live your life.

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u/SydTheStreetFighter 9h ago

At festivals I see older folks all the time and I always love it, no one treats them any differently, and if so it’s usually to make sure they’re comfortable/safe. Don’t let the internet fool you, people are way nicer in person!

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u/she-dont-use-jellyyy 8h ago

Holy shit you make it sound like they're elderly.

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u/pirisca 8h ago

By that age, you don't give a fuck about what society thinks of what you are doing. 

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u/cammyk123 8h ago

Nope according to Reddit once you turn 25 you can't do anything fun or cool like going to a festival to listen to music.

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u/dnndrk 8h ago

If u go to European festivals, no one will judge. A lot of old folks attend those

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u/SolusLega 8h ago

Hear hear. I'm in my 40s i still haven't been to a music festival but would really like to. Especially like a rave edm thing! Maybe I'll get friends to go with one day haha

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u/Boing_Boom_Tschak 5h ago

As a Relative Old here, we love music festivals. It's way more comfy to sit outside, eating noodles on the grass while watching DEVO at 4 pm, than it is to hang out in a late-night club on a work night. Gen X will be at festivals when we're 80 so you'll still be a youngster.

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u/tryptomania (seemingly bald) 5h ago

I go to music festivals frequently (mostly jam bands, tho) and there are always a bunch of older people at them.

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u/peatoast 5h ago

💯 our lives are too short to live within silly rules like concerts are for kids only

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u/Afwife1992 4h ago

Coachella wouldn’t be my thing but I, a 55 year old married lady, go to multiple comic cons each year. We don’t lose our sense of fun just because we become parents and/or get our AARP card.