Coachella is quite literally one of the biggest annual music festivals in the world, it’s easily up there with Glastonbury, SXSW, Reading and our own Big Day Out. Each April thousands upon thousands of music fans arrive in the town of Indio, California, for three days of rock, hip-hop and electronica music. By all accounts it’s an awesome experience and well worth the trip.
At a press conference 2 days ago in Mexico City the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Coachella, the lineup for the 2008 festival was announced. Here’s what you could see if you manage to get yourself over to Coachella;
Friday April 25th
Jack Johnson, the Verve, the Raconteurs, the Breeders, Fatboy Slim, Tegan & Sara, Madness, the Swell Season, the National, Animal Collective, Slightly Stoopid, Mum, Pendulum, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Stars, Battles, Aesop Rock, Midnight Juggernauts, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Minus The Bear, Spank Rock, dan le sac VS Scroobius Pip, Diplo, Adam Freeland, Santogold, Jens Lekman, John Butler Trio, Vampire Weekend, Dan Deacon, Architecture In Helsinki, Sandra Collins, Busy P, Cut Copy, Black Lips, Datarock, Professor Murder, Reverend & the Makers, the Bees, Porter, Rogue Wave, Modeselektor, American Bang, Lucky I Am.
Saturday April 26th
Portishead, Kraftwerk, Death Cab for Cutie, Cafe Tacuba, Sasha & Digweed, Rilo Kiley, Dwight Yoakam, M.I.A., Hot Chip, Cold War Kids, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, DeVotchKa, Flogging Molly, Mark Ronson, Turbonegro, Scars On Broadway, Islands, Enter Shikari, Calvin Harris, Boys Noize, Junkie XL, Cinematic Orchestra, Jamie T, the Teenagers, VHS or Beta, Carbon/Silicon, Erol Alkan, Yo Majesty!, Little Brother, Bonde Do Role, St. Vincent, Akron Family, MGMT, Institubes djs, Surkin Para One and Orgasmic, James Zabiela, Kavinsky, Dredg, the Bird and the Bee, Grand Ole Party, New Young Pony Club, 120 Days, Yoav, Electric Touch, Uffie.[3]
Sunday April 27th
Roger Waters (“Dark Side of the Moon”), Love and Rockets, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, Justice, Gogol Bordello, Chromeo, The Streets, Metric, Danny Tenaglia, Simian Mobile Disco, Booka Shade, Murs, Dmitri From Paris, Autolux, The Field, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Les Savy Fav, The Cool Kids, Sons & Daughters, Sia, Holy Fuck, Black Kids, Black Mountain, The Annuals, Kid Sister with A-Trak, Man Man, Duffy, I’m From Barcelona, Manchester Orchestra, Deadmau5, The Horrors, Austin TV, Shout Out Louds, Platiscenes, Brett Dennen.
What a massive lineup!
Just from a quick glance you’ve got Australia’s own Midnight Juggernauts, Architecture in Helsinki, John Butler Trio, Cut Copy, amongst other huge acts like Turbonegro, Portishead, Kraftwerk, Jack Johnson, The Verve, Fatboy Slim, Madness, Death Cab For Cutie, M.I.A., Flogging Molly, and Tegan & Sara.
Tickets are on sale this Saturday, for further information head on over to the Coachella website.
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