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Deadmau5 apologizes to fans for drunken Coachella set — and says it’s ‘probably’ his last: ‘I don’t remember a thing’
Apr 22, 2025
Deadmau5 might not remember his Coachella set, but his fans certainly will.
The Canadian DJ, whose real name is Joel Thomas Zimmerman, apologized this weekend after his Testpilot performance at the popular music and arts festival was cut short on Friday.
Deadmau5 and fellow music producer Zhu, with whom he was performing alongside, were seen drinking behind their DJ decks while Deadmau5 struggled to stand upright, as seen in an Instagram video of the incident.
He then stopped the music and told the crowd that he and Zhu had been asked to leave the stage.
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“I dont remember a thing,” the EDM producer, 44, admitted in an Instagram post shared on Saturday. “But I don’t think I had a cig? So… that’s good I guess?”
“Going back to bed,” he added alongside a photo of a water bottle. “Wake me up around Thursday ish.”
The DJ and music producer then took to the comments of his post to suggest that his Friday night Coachella set was “probably my last” at the annual festival.
“Probably my last coachella show,” Deadmau5 wrote.
The Instagram comments also included a back-and-forth between Deadmau5 and Zhu in which Deadmau5 admitted that he was drinking whisky during their joint Coachella performance.
“Dude… that whisky. I can’t. lol,” the “I Remember” DJ wrote. “Good to see you again tho!”
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