Outside Lands 2013: By The Numbers
Paul McCartney (credit: Josh Withers/ Outside Lands)
SAN FRANCISCO (RADIO.COM) - San Francisco's Outside Lands Music Festival is an explosion of sights, sounds and experiences that's not easy to convey in words. With four stages sprawled across the massive Golden Gate Park, concertgoers are inundated with synapse-firing stimulus that can prove to be overwhelming for even the most stalwart music fan.
Given everything that happened on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Outside Lands this year, we've compiled this numerical rundown of the bands, people, music and moments that made the 2013 installment of this spectacular festival memorable and magical.
How long before a concertgoer was spotted wearing a pair Google Glasses on the first day of the fest: 4 (as in minutes)
Number of women seen wearing flower crowns: We lost count around 6,000, but it was still less than there were at Coachella this year.
Number of men seen wearing flower crowns: 2
Number of times someone in the crowd pronounced the band name "Rhye" as "Ree": 2
Number of children conceived during Rhye's set: 5 (apx.)
Percentage of the crowd during Chic's set who learned for the first time how many massive hit songs by artists ranging from David Bowie to Diana Ross were written and/or produced by band leader Nile Rodgers: 77%
Number of people overheard telling their friends that Nile Rodgers is the guy who co-wrote Daft Punk's "Get Lucky": 37
Number of times "Get Lucky" was heard at Outside Lands this year (even though Daft Punk wasn't there): 9
Number of times people freaked out and started dancing like crazy when "Get Lucky" was played: 9
Number of times Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" was heard over the weekend: 0
Number of people showing off impressive displays of really bad dancing when Hall & Oates played "You Make My Dreams": 9,467
Number of gate-crashers seen climbing over the fence to get into Outside Lands for free: 5
Number of times Grateful Dead founder Bob Weir appeared onstage with other acts: 2 – The National and Willie Nelson
Number of massive white balloons released into the crowd during Kaskade's set: 42
Number of beers in the "Beer Lands" area named after a marijuana strain: 1 – Ale Industries' Cherry Kush
Number of times it started raining over the weekend: 6
Number of miles walked over the course of Outside Lands: 27
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