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STAGECOACH 2013: Photos of Zac Brown Band

The Zac Brown Band performs Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. (CHARLOTTE BRAY/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER)

The Zac Brown Band performs Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. (CHARLOTTE BRAY/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER)

Zac Brown brought a party Sunday night, and a huge crowd filled the lawn in front of the Mane Stage to see his band close out the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on Sunday night, April 28.
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STAGECOACH 2013: Photos of Charley Pride

Randy Jackson embraces Charley Pride after introducing him at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on Sunday, April 28, 2013. (VANESSA FRANKO/STAFF PHOTO(

Randy Jackson embraces Charley Pride after introducing him at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on Sunday, April 28, 2013. (VANESSA FRANKO/STAFF PHOTO(

Country music legend Charley Pride got a high-profile introduction before he sang at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on Sunday: “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson.
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STAGECOACH 2013: Photos of Thompson Square

Keifer and Shawna Thompson, who make up Thompson Square, perform Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. (CHARLOTTE BRAY/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER)

Keifer and Shawna Thompson, who make up Thompson Square, perform Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. (CHARLOTTE BRAY/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER)

Husband-wife duo Thompson Square performed on the Mane Stage at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on Sunday, April 28. Click here to see a photo gallery from their set.
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STAGECOACH 2013: Photos of Darius Rucker

Darius Rucker performs on Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. (CHARLOTTE BRAY/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER)

Darius Rucker performs Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. (CHARLOTTE BRAY/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER)

In addition to the hits he’s racked up as a country singer, Darius Rucker threw in a couple of hits from his Hootie & the Blowfish days, as well as covers of “Wagon Wheel” and “Purple Rain,” during his set Sunday night on the Mane Stage at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.
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STAGECOACH 2013: More than 100 arrests so far

More than 100 people have been arrested at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival since it started on Friday, April 26, according to a spokesman for the local police department.

Most of the arrests — none Thursday night, when the campgrounds opened, 52 Friday, 40 Saturday and 12 as of 5:30 p.m. Sunday — have been alcohol-related, Indio police spokesman Benjamin Guitron told reporter Richard Brooks. (Read the full story here.) On Saturday, there were two drug-related arrests and one DUI.
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