OFFICIAL COACHELLA LINEUP: Arcade Fire, Kanye West, Kings of Leon lead Indio lineup
The big names at the 12th Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival are all familiar -- the Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Black Keys and the Strokes will be return visitors to California's signature live-music event.
The lineup has stirred rumors and intense interest for weeks, but here, below, is the first official and accurate version of the schedule for the three-day gathering that will brings tens of thousands of music fans to the Empire Polo Field in the low-desert city of Indio. The festival is April 15-17. Ticket info is at the bottom of this post.
Here's the acts and the poster...
12th Planet, Afrojack, Alf Alpha, Andy C, Angus and Julia Stone, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, A-Trak, Axwell
Beardyman, Best Coast, Big Audio Dynamite, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, Bomba Estereo, Boys Noize, Brandon Flowers, Brandt Brauer Frick, Breakage, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene
Cage the Elephant, Caifanes, Caspa, Cee Lo Green, Chromeo, Chuckie, City and Colour, Clare Maguire, Cold Cave, Cold War Kids, Crystal Castles, CSS, Cults, Cut Copy
Daedelus, Death From Above 1979, Delorean, Delta Sprirt, DJ Hype, DJ Kentaro, DJ Marky, DJ Zinc, Duck Sauce, Duran Duran
EE, Elbow, Electric Touch, Eliza Doolittle, Ellie Goulding, Emicida, Empire of the Sun, Erick Morillo, Erykah Badu, Excision
Fat Freddy's Drop, Fedde Le Grand, Fistful of Mercy, Flogging Molly, Foals, Foster the People, Francis and the Lights, Freelance Whales, fun.
G.Q., Gayngs, Glasser, Gogol Bordello, Good Old War, Gord Downie, Goth Trad, Green Velvet, Gypsy and the Cat
HEALTH, Here We Go Magic, High Contrast, Hurts
Interpol
Jack Beats, Jack's Mannequin, Jakes, Jenny and Johnny, Jimmy Eat World, Joachim Garraud, Joy Orbison
Kanye West, Kele, Kings of Leon, Klaxons, Kode9, Kyle Hall
Laidback Luke, Leftfield, Lightning Bolt, Lil' B, Lorn, Los Bunkers
Magnetic Man, , Mariachi El Bronx, Marina and the Diamonds, Mary Anne Hobbs, MEN, Menomena, Monarchy, Mount Kimbie, Moving Units, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Mumford & Sons
Nas & Damian Marley, Neon Trees, New Pants, Nosaj Thing
OFF!, OFWGKTA, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, One Day as a Lion, Ozomatli
Paul van Dyk, Phantogram, Phosphorescent, PJ Harvey, Plan B, Ramadanman, Raphael Saadiq, Ras G, Ratatat, Riva Starr, Robyn, Roska, Rye Rye
Sander Kleinenberg, Sasha, SBTRKT, Scala & Kolacny Bros., Scissor Sisters, She Wants Revenge, Shpongle, Skrillex, Sleigh Bells, Steve Angello, Sven Vath
Take, Tame Impala, Terror Danjah, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, The Aquabats, The Black Keys, The Chemical Brothers, The Drums, The Felice Brothers, The Henry Clay People, The Joy Formidable, The Kills, The London Suede, The Love Language, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Presets, The Radio Dept., The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Strokes, The Swell Season, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Twelves, Thunderball, Tinie Tempah, Titus Andronicus, Tokimonsta, Trampled by Turtles, Trentemoller, Twin Shadow, Two Door Cinema Club
Warpaint, Wire, Wiz Khalifa
Yacht, Yelle
Zed Bias.
Three-day weekend passes, along with camping passes for Coachella go on sale Friday, Jan. 21 at 10:00 AM (PT) through Ticketmaster.com, by phone at (800) 745-3000 and at www.coachella.com. Three-day weekend passes are $269.00, plus surcharges, and camping passes are $75.00. More details on layaway, camping options and up-to-the minute information, can be found at www.coachella.com.
Images: Arcade Fire's Win Butler (Los Angeles Times); Kanye West (Associated Press)
The kind of people who would skip Coachella because they perceive one of the performers to be a "loudmouth" (and not because the entire lineup as a whole blows massive orca dick) are ironically the exact same kind of people who would be thrilled to see such shitty milquetoast acts as Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, and the Strokes.
The REAL reason not to go is because the lineup is boring garbage besides Lightning Bolt, Ariel Pink, and the insuperable Big Audio Dynamite.
This year is slated to be an even more outrageous douchefest than last year's Jay-Z oriented throng of meatheads -- can somebody somewhat cool with reasonable taste please start a new festival now? Kthxbyeeeee
Posted by: Fred Durst | January 20, 2011 at 06:31 PM
I don't understand why people judge people in such angles, just because a man expresses his opinion (maybe not at the right time), you relate it to his work, work and life are different, you might call him all sort of things but he gets the job done, and that's what matters.Personally i would want to see him,He brought out the best album i have heard in a long time,in a time when people don't purchase albums a lot, and rely too much on singles to judge. Everyone should stop being naive, you persecute him for voicing out, for judging him and here you are judging as well- how hypocritical,your all naive, stop listening on how the media likes to media paint people, what he does is not new, there have been people who have done far worst and you all still buy their album and listen to their songs.If you have a problem with a normal human behavior and think celebrities should be perfect and all of them should be nice-which is a stupid thought to begin with,then you have issues.Why the hell do people listen to Amy Whinehouse, when she is Crack addict,Why don't you think she is a bad role-model ,at least kanye told people to stand up for yourself weather your on your own with it,because on that night of the"Am a let u finish" incident he wasn't the only one that had a problem with the award ceremony, but none of them had the balls to stand up against it.All in all your not going to the show to hear him rant or read on his personal life, your there to listen to great music for assortment of great music, go there and have fun, and stop worrying of trivia things,like attitude problems.its daft. PERIOD.
Posted by: kehinde isimi | January 20, 2011 at 08:35 PM
This lineup is sick, sick meaning good, and diverse, and well good. It's still hard to fathom that people walk around with disgust and distaste for one person for so long. Learn from Taylor Swift and let it go. If not, than you're being just like whatever you're describing. Jokingly, you guys are pulling a "Kanye." :-) Lame!
Either way music is an art and comes in many diverse ways. This is a great lineup! Thanks Coachella!
Posted by: Cool Guy! | January 20, 2011 at 09:40 PM
the funny thing is I only hear complaints about the bands in the big print. do you people not realize theres like 40-50 other bands playing each day?? do some research before and you'll be sure to find new bands you like.
Like The Aquabats, classic ska and they put on one of the best live shows I've ever seen. or The Swell Season great singer-songwriter folk. Wire and Off! fantastic old school punk bands. read the fine print theres a bunch of bands at this festival, find some you like.
Posted by: matt | January 20, 2011 at 11:17 PM
IT seems like, as usual, people are just hating Kanye West to hate him and like Kanyesnotspoilingmyfun said one guy should not ruin your whole experience it is somewhat childish the way people are reacting.
Posted by: Bobby W. | January 21, 2011 at 10:55 AM
Coachella is supposed to be about diverse line ups. If you don't like diversity, then stay home or go visit your crappy local neighborhood strip mall instead of having a great experience with people from all over the world.
You may not like Kanye, but he is the most likely person to have great surprise guests during his set.
Posted by: MJ | January 21, 2011 at 01:22 PM
Kanye West is an artistic genius, best album of the year, more brilliant songs per square inch than many of those others combined, and his shows now are brilliantly performed. Get off the rock-chauvinism and give good music the chance it deserves... I'm going!!!
Posted by: DAVID KING | January 21, 2011 at 04:41 PM
It's Leo's fault............
Posted by: TA | January 21, 2011 at 09:22 PM
They need to get The Smiths reunited...Personally, I dont think Kanye belongs there...his jiberish rymes and pompous attitude, just irks me..let your music speak for itself, dont beg for greatness or for an audience..let it happen...glad to see BAD reuniting...good bad..
Posted by: Marc Alvarez | January 22, 2011 at 02:09 AM
"Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it..."
Posted by: Ryuk | January 22, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Who is radiohead who is wilco, who is flogging Molly. People talking down about Kanye he's the only big time performer on the list i see (GENIUS) And the list of songs he said he going to perform, most arent singels and most are his best songs ever. Well nevermind there is Nas and Damien Marley, and Kings of Loen. OH WAIT THEY GOT BRANDON FLOWERS AND LAURYN HILL!!! CEE LO GREEN, RATATAT, AND WIZ KHALIFA. All the ignorant people who dont even listen to Kanye West's classic Grammy Award winning albums, and dont want there tickets, can give them to me, it would be highly appreciated. anyway most of you are talking about him and are going to go the show anyway. mabye if see him live and dont boo him you'll aprreciate him live. And consider yourself blessed to see the Legendary LAURYN HILL perform. Bottom line is pull your head out of your butts grow up and enjoy the music.
I know you guys are going to be mad when Kanye wins a Grammy for MBDTF next year. HAHAHA get over it people didnt like Michael Jackson either.
Posted by: Lamont | January 23, 2011 at 03:13 PM
OMG KOL!! OMG OMG OMG! I WISH I COULD GOO!!!!
Posted by: kINgsOfLeON:P | January 25, 2011 at 04:04 PM
HEYY!! don't ever ever ever!! say that Kings Of Leon dissapointed you!! there great! haha im not trying to be mean haha, just bored and a really BIG fan of KOL! :D
Posted by: kINgsOfLeON:P | January 25, 2011 at 05:15 PM