Bastille (Jesse Jenkins/Contributed Image)
It’s December, which means we are inching ever closer to the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup announcement in January.
I know that I already predicted Lorde as my Gotye radio one-hit wonder pick for Coachella 2014, but I think we have another contestant in that race–Bastille.
Why you know them: The song “Pompeii” is EVERYWHERE. It’s getting to the point where I wouldn’t be surprised to hear it in my dentist’s office. (On a related note, when I first heard it with those opening vocals, did anybody else think that KROQ had started playing college a cappella groups?) We’re talking KidzBop remake popularity here.
Why the band will be at Coachella 2014: The band is hot right now. Coachella has a track record for getting bands when they are hot. Also, the band released its spring tour dates and there are no SoCal tour dates AND a tell-tale hole in the middle of April. Coachella 2014 is on tap for April 11-13 and April 18-20 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.
Since the band is in San Francisco on April 10 and then in Las Vegas on April 19, we’ll see Bastille in Indio on April 11 and April 18 if these dates hold.
Is Bastille a Coachella 2014 must-see or just one to fit in if you have the time?
In more Coachella news, if you’re thinking about doing the shuttle for Coachella 2014 to bypass the wilds of the parking lot and you want to know which line makes sense for accommodation and ticket purposes, check out this awesome Coachella 2014 shuttle stop map. Thank you to longtime Audio File reader Aracely Jarrell for letting me know about it. It combines two of my favorite things–digital maps and Coachella!
If you can’t see the map below on your device, here’s a link to the Coachella 2014 Shuttle map on Google.
What do you think of Bastille at Coachella 2014? Let me know in the comments below. You can flip through the interactive timeline or click the links below to read my other predictions for the next edition of the fest.
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. For more Coachella news, photos, interviews and information, visit the iGuide Coachella page.
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Dec. 2, 2013: Grouplove
Dec. 2, 2013: The 1975, Chvrches
Nov. 27, 2013: Ellie Goulding, Broken Bells
Nov. 20, 2013: Will Outkast reunion dominate lineup?
Nov. 19, 2013: FLAG, Haim
Nov. 14, 2013: Can we all just agree that Arcade Fire will headline?
Nov. 14, 2013: Lorde, Flogging Molly
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