The Selecter has reunited and may be headed to Coachella 2013.
Here’s a Coachella 2013 lineup prediction for you this morning from a reader across the pond–Susan Quilligan from Loughborough, Leicestershire, U.K. passed on a tip about The Selecter:
“I’ve heard that pioneering 2-tone band The Selecter will be @Coachella as part of their West Coast US tour this year in April. they have US dates planned around the Coachella weekends. Date on www.theselecter.net Just a thought, don’t know how much they mean in America.”
Coachella has brought out a number of ska acts in the past, most recently Madness in 2012 (which is still one of my favorite sets in recent years).
Pauline Black, the band’s frontwoman who is generally regarded as the Queen of Ska, reunited with the rest of the group back in 2010.
The band announced via its website that the first U.S. Selecter tour in a decade will run April 12-April 21, which fits into the Coachella time frame. (The twin Coachellas are set for the Empire Polo Club in Indio April 12-14 and April 19-21).
Also, if you go to the tour dates page on the band’s website, they write that the U.S. tour specifics won’t be announced until January, which is when Coachella announces its lineup.
If you want to know when Coachella has announced its lineups in the past, check out the charts I made with frequency on days of the week and historical dates data.
Here’s something to keep you entertained while we wait, The Selecter doing “On My Radio.”
I’ve covered the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and the Stagecoach Country Music Festival since 2007. All of the Coachella prediction posts here are tagged with Coachellaology.
Previous Coachella 2013 picks and ponderings from the Audio File and readers:
Jan. 21, 2013: The Postal Service
Jan. 18, 2013: The Rolling Stones, The Smiths are out
Jan. 17, 2013: Rodriguez, Bat for Lashes
Jan. 16, 2013: 5 artists I want to return to Coachella
Jan. 16, 2013: Local Natives, Ben Howard
Jan. 15, 2013: Muse likely out, but is Biffy Clyro in?
Jan. 15, 2013: Big Boi, Spiritualized, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Paul Simon
Jan. 14, 2013: Animal Collective, Dan Deacon, OMD
Jan. 13, 2013: The Killers and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jan. 11, 2013: Deer Tick, Middle Brother, Deftones, Geographer, Atoms for Peace, Justin Timberlake
Jan. 10, 2013: Major Lazer, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Haim
Jan. 10, 2013: Infected Mushroom, Dr. Dog, Frank Turner, Dropkick Murphys
Jan. 8, 2013: When will the Coachella lineup be announced?
Jan. 7, 2013: Fugazi, Oingo Boingo
Jan. 5, 2013: Sound City Players
Dec. 31, 2012: Alex Clare, Lucero, Alabama Shakes, Beach House
Dec. 28, 2012: Hot Chip, Warpaint, Father John Misty, Cloud Nothings
Dec. 26, 2012: Muse, No Doubt and Alt-J
Dec. 20, 2012: Aesop Rock
Dec. 19, 2012: Daft Punk, The Rolling Stones, Phoenix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Dec. 14, 2012: The Rolling Stones
Dec. 12, 2012: Airborne Toxic Event
Nov. 30, 2012: Bjork
Nov. 28, 2012: Nick Cave, Tegan and Sara, Converge
Nov. 14, 2012: Sigur Ros, Pearl Jam
Nov. 9, 2012: Paul Kalkbrenner, Kill the Noise
Nov. 9, 2012: Passion Pit, Nine Inch Nails/How to Destroy Angels, Queens of the Stone Age, Run DMC, Rocket from the Crypt
Nov. 5, 2012: The Stone Roses, Daft Punk, Eminem, Watch the Throne, Depeche Mode
Oct. 19, 2012: Mumford & Sons, Deadmau5, Local Natives, Blur
Want more Coachella goodness? I tag all of my Coachella prediction posts Coachellaology. The iGuide also has a Coachella section that has interviews, articles, photos from previous years and more. Consequence of Sound also has an excellent running tally of Coachella possibilities and confirmations. You can email me at vfranko@pe.com.