The best and worst of Coachella 2016

One of the strangest headlines that made rounds after Coachella's first weekend was definitely the story of at least 10 festival goers that attempted to file their taxes through the mail on the campgrounds of Coachella.

Why they waited until one of the most chaotic festivals of the year to file taxes - and especially why through snail mail? We may never know.

Unfortunately for many, reports of massive and aggressive pick-pocketing throughout the festival came to light after the festival weekend wrapped. People took to online forums to report noticing suspicious looking folk wandering the ground falsely dressed as security guards while roaming the crowd looking for loose iPhones and wallets as dozens of hopeful requests for lost smart phones came through Coachella's official Facebook page.

Though there's no one certain way to deter a pick-pocket, especially in a massive crowd like those at Coachella, it's best to keep belongings securely tucked away or close to your body.

Well known and trusted for their ability to curate a rightfully flavored line up, The Do Lab has remained a mainstay at Coachella year after year. 2016 was no different as the collective presented its own line up to match against the festival's main headliners. The Do Lab continued its tradition of saving "surprise appearances" to close out each day of the festival and brought a proper mixture of old and new. What So Not brought Friday to a close while The Glitch Mob took to the stage for a special throwback set, leaving Sunday with a double dosage of surprise appearances, first with Rufus Du Sol and later with Bob Moses.

The Coachella tradition of surprise appearances are usually a highlight of most sets, but unfortunately for Kanye West, his presence was lackluster and rather disappointing. Despite releasing 'The Life of Pablo' not too long ago, the rapper never once performed despite appearing once during A$AP Rocky's set and then later during Jack Ü.

Hilariously enough, though Kanye attempted to rap during A$AP's set, his mic was muted and both rappers were forced to shrug it off and exit the stage to silence. Kanye later walked out on stage for Jack Ü as they played his tune 'Power', but did merely stood on the stage and waved.

[Photos courtesy of Coachella]

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