PLAYA ON THE PLAYA

AEG Presents topper Jay Marciano, the contents-page VIP in our new print edition, is in the spotlight as the music world obsesses on Coachella, still the most consequential of all music festivals. Marciano has had a very busy 2023 amid the boisterous post-pandemic rebound of the live sector and still has Stagecoach, Jazz Fest (Dead & Company, Ed Sheeran, Mumford & Sons, Lizzo, Santana) and Hyde Park (Guns N’ Roses, BLACKPINK, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen), among other engagements, on his calendar. He probably wishes he’d told us he was too busy for this shout-out.