Hot off the presses, here are the headliners
By VANESSA FRANKO
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
This year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival relies on blasts from the past and burgeoning independent acts, including a number from across the pond.
Roger Waters of Pink Floyd is one of the festival’s headliners and will be playing the band’s “Dark Side of the Moon,” Paul Tollett, of promoter Goldenvoice said at a news conference in Mexico City to announce the lineup Monday afternoon.
“We’re going to go full throttle on the production,” Tollett said.
The ninth installment of the festival will take place April 25 to 27 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio. Tickets go on sale Friday.
He said he wanted the experience to be something concertgoers would remember.
A number of recently reunited or reuniting acts will be at the festival, including Portishead, the Verve and Love and Rockets.
“We love bands that haven’t played in a long time,” Tollett said.
Portishead will be playing its first date in the U.S. in almost a decade and British pop outfit the Verve will be playing after they recently got back together for dates in the United Kingdom.
Other top acts include Jack Johnson, the Raconteurs, Kraftwerk, Death Cab for Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, Justice and the Breeders.
This will mark the second year of the event’s expansion to three days. Tickets sold out last year, with 60,000 people attending each day to see performances capped by the reunion of Rage Against the Machine.
Following the trend of recent years, a number of artists are coming back for return performances, including Death Cab for Cutie and Rilo Kiley.
This year’s festival will be followed by the second annual Stagecoach Festival, which features country music.
Tim McGraw and the Judds are set to headline that event, which happens in Indio on May 3 and 4.
Dwight Yoakam, one of the artists listed on the Coachella lineup, is also playing Stagecoach.
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