Apr 12– Apr 21, 2013
Indio, California (Empire Polo Grounds)
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival annual music and
arts festival organized by Goldenvoice held at the Empire Polo Fields
in Indio, California. The event features many genres of music including
alternative rock, hip hop, and Electronic music as well as large
sculptural art. The event has several stages/tents set-up throughout the
grounds, each playing live music continuously. This year's edition will be held over two weekends (April 12-14 AND April 19-21).
Coachella 2013: Blur, Phoenix and Red Hot Chili Peppers to headline
British bands dominate lineup for this year's festival in California, with performances from Stone Roses, the xx and Hot Chip
From Hyde Park to Palm
Springs … Blur will headline this year's Coachella festival.
Photograph: Christie Goodwin/Redferns via Getty Images.
Blur, Phoenix and Red Hot Chili Peppers are to headline this year's Coachella festival in California.
Joining
Damon Albarn and co on the first night of the event, which takes place
over consecutive weekends in April, will be the Stone Roses. The band
will be playing their first US gigs since re-forming in 2012.
The
lineup has a heavy UK presence, with performances promised from the xx,
New Order, Hot Chip, Two Door Cinema Club, Biffy Clyro, Foals, Franz
Ferdinand, Jessie Ware, Jake Bugg, James Blake and Johnny Marr.
Tupac Shakur hologram at Coachella 2012. Photograph: Christopher Polk/Getty Images
One British act not making an appearance are the Rolling Stones,
whose Mick Jagger said this week that the festival had come too early
for the band. "There was a rumour we were gonna do that one," he told NME, "but it's very early, Coachella. It's April or something, isn't it? And we're not gonna be ready to go by April. But we're not gonna stop."
Last year Coachella was headlined by the Black Keys, Radiohead and a special performance from Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg, which saw Tupac Shakur appear as a hologram.
Coachella has been held in the desert near Palm Springs since its 1999 inception. The festival recently staged a mini-festival on a cruise ship.
The 2013 festival takes place on 12-14 April and 19-21 April.
