Festival fantasy for Friday

Shut out of Coachella? You might want to consider a road trip to the Pacific Northwest.

The Sasquatch! Music Festival goes off Memorial Day Weekend at the Gorge Amphitheatre in central Washington, featuring some of the heavy hitters (Bjork, the Arcade Fire, Manu Chao, Interpol) who are playing Coachella in late April.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 3. They are $55 per day for the on-sale weekend and $65 thereafter. Camping and VIP packages are available too. The full lineup (expect additions) for the three-stage event:

Saturday, May 26: Bjork, the Arcade Fire, Manu Chao, M.I.A., Citizen Cope, Neko Case, the Hold Steady, Grizzly Bear, Ghostland Observatory, Electrelane, Two Gallants, the Slip, Loney Dear, Aqueduct, the Thermals, Viva Voce the Blow and Gabriel Teodros.

Sunday, May 27: Beastie Boys, Interpol, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Spoon, Bad Brains, Ozomatli, the Dandy Warhols, the Black Angels, Mirah, Tokyo Police Club, Money Mark, St. Vincent, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Smoosh, Common Market, the Helio Sequence and Minus the Bear.

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Tonight's touts: There's not a lot of straight-on prog rock going round these days, but L.A.'s Opus Dai, whose album "Tierra Tragame" from last year embraced the genre in all its sprawling glory, does prog well. The quartet headlines the Roxy. ... Singer-songwriter Matt Wertz plays the Troubadour. ... DJs extraordinaire Aurelito & Shakespeare host the Chocolate Bar party to inaugurate the Ex Plex, the new 700-capacity room located beneath the Echo. ... The Good Listeners, great last week at the Scene in Glendale, return to the venue where they did a residency last year, Tangier. ... And a side project of Irving, Afternoons, debuts at El Cid.
 

Comments

[Starr]

Hey Kevin, so it looks like Coachella is still adding bands as evidenced by the addition of The Lemonheads and Kid Beyond yesterday. Have you heard anything about any other acts being added? I've read tons of message board rumors of Morrissey, Underworld, The Stooges, Modest Mouse and so many others. Do any of these rumors have any substance behind them?