Arcade Fire performs on the Coachella stage during the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio. (2011/File Photo)
It’s a special double-edition of Coachellaology today. Earlier I posted about Lorde and Flogging Molly, but this afternoon is an update on a Coachella favorite.
Arcade Fire announced a bunch of arena tour dates for the summer and guess what area is suspciously absent? That’s right, Southern California.
Also, if you look at the dates, you can see a big gap between a date in Austin on April 10 and a date in Denver on April 23. The 2014 twin editions of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival are set for April 11-13 and April 18-20 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.
The band has performed at the festival multiple times, most recently as a headliner in 2011. View the performance of “Wake Up” to see what happened during the headlining set.
Arcade Fire was my prediction for a headlining spot back in May when Coachella promoter Goldenvoice announced the 2014 dates. If you want to read even more about why Arcade Fire makes sense for Coachella 2014, check out this post I wrote at the end of October.
Many thanks to my Facebook friends Nate Hutchinson and Brian Blueskye and Twitter buddy @RJThomps for the tip-off on the tour announcement.
If you’re not planning to see the band at Coachella, I think the San Francisco date on July 30 will probably be near a SoCal date. I am personally hoping the band plays the Hollywood Bowl again because it was one of the bets concerts I have ever seen.
What do you think? Does the tour mean Arcade Fire is a lock for Coachella or will there be a big surprise?
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Nov. 14, 2013: Flogging Molly, Lorde
Nov. 5, 2013: Mogwai, The Dismemberment Plan
Oct. 25, 2013: Arcade Fire, The Naked and Famous
Oct. 7, 2013: The Pixies
Oct. 2, 2013: Paul McCartney, Luscious Jackson
Aug. 2, 2013: Neutral Milk Hotel
June 16, 2013: The Replacements