Liam Howlett on Playing Coachella

US Incendiary beats meet indifferent crowds      16/04/25

The Prodigy continue their world tour, playing Coachella at the weekend - with the rather unsurprising sight of a largely stagnant crowd, stood before one of the all time greatest electronic groups... presumably too busy pouting and posing to appreciate or get lost in the show. See some videos of that below.
 
Prior to this performance, Liam spoke to the LA Times about playing the festival; the focus of the story being how they came back after the death of Keith Flint:
 

Man, it was f-- just highly emotional. I've never felt so affected just because the crowds were totally with us. It was like jumping off a building. We just didn't know what the f-- was gonna happen. This is why we had to do it. I'll never forget the feeling, like the crowd gave us the answers we needed to carry on.

But I will say that us carrying on isn't a Keith tribute show. We want to honor him, and we will continue to do that, because Keith is more than just a person they saw on stage. Even though he wasn't a musician, he was such an important person in the studio as a right-hand man. When I'm writing music now, he still survives in my mind, and that's a beautiful thing, you know. That's knowing we've got more to give. Because that's when I'll stop, when I've got nothing more to give.

 
Liam also shared his view on AI in music:
 
I'm interested in any technology, but I think it's so dangerous to rely on anything like that, anything that takes any type of creativity away from the person. I think instead of being afraid of it, I believe that an artist can be in the studio, and if A.I. could be utilized to shine a light or help unlock an idea, then I think that's a good thing. As far as relying on it to produce, we don't want to take the creativity away from a person. But I'm interested what the positive things about it are, like how can it help educate people.
 
Read the full article here: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-04-10/coachella-2025-prodigys-liam-howlett-on-playing-coachella-after-keith-flints-death
 
 
 
 
More from the Prodigy https://theprodigy.com/
 
About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music. 
About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music. 


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