Congratulations to Nelly, who I’d wager had one of the livelier crowds of Stagecoach this year. You know, the festival known for country music.

The set was focused heavily on the music, with a bare-bones stage that had no graphics or other visual gimmicks, and Simpson barely spoke a word to the crowd.

It's always a bad luck of the draw when a Stagecoach performer is slated to play early in the day, but Indio native and ...