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Get ready for Coachella 2014. Here’s what you need to know. (2013/File Photo)

UPDATE 4/6/2014: Want to get tickets to the sold-out 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival? Here are some tips, including a way to get an official pass that doesn’t involve a scalper. Also, don’t forget to check out the iGuide’s special Coachella section for the latest details.

So you saw that the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup was released and you’ve decided you want to shake it like a Polaroid picture when the OutKast reunion takes the stage at the Empire Polo Club in Indio this April.

How do you get tickets for Coachella 2014? We can help. Consider this your primer for your best chance of getting Coachella tickets.

When do Coachella 2014 tickets go on sale?
-UPDATE: Tickets for Coachella 2014 sold out in three hours. They had gone on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 10 via Coachella.com and only through Coachella.com. If you have a buddy that tells you that you can get them on an aftermarket ticketing site, that’s not a guarantee that you’re getting a real ticket.

What do I have to do to buy tickets online?
–Register on the Coachella ticketing site ahead of time. You will want to do this before 10 a.m. Friday. If you and a friend are both trying to get the tickets, you should both register. Doing this for the first time? Coachella has a walkthrough with pictures and everything.

When is the festival again? 
-Weekend 1 is April 11-13 and weekend 2 is April 18-20. Coachella is already alerting folks that your ticket chances are better for weekend 2 and recommend registering for that.

How much are tickets?
-A general admission pass is $375 and a VIP pass is $799. Car and tent camping are $85 for either. A shuttle pass alone is $60 and a general admission with a shuttle pass is $435. VIP parking is $150. Again, the only GA option for weekend 1 is the $435 shuttle/GA pass combo.

But I REALLY want to go to Weekend 1? What are my options?
-General admission festival passes for Weekend 1 must be purchased as a shuttle combination and those are $435 ($375 for a ticket and $60 for the shuttle pass). Yes, that’s still the price even if you aren’t using the shuttle.

I’m broke. What about those payment plans?
-If you were banking on the layaway option, you’re out of luck–that only worked if you did the pre-sale last May.

OK. I signed up, I’ve got money and I’m ready to get my tickets. What now? 
-Patience, grasshopper. Coachella draws nearly 200,000 people out to the Coachella Valley for those two weeks every year and since the fest has consistently sold out, lots of people are trying to log in and buy tickets at the same time.  Be patient at the 10 a.m. on-sale time tomorrow. Also, if you’re going with friends, it’s always good for multiple people to register and be prepared to purchase.

And in the meantime, keep hanging out here and read our award-winning Coachella coverage.

Fans enjoy the music at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (2013/File Photo)

The 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup has been released.

So far we’ve talked about the diversity of the 2014 Coachella Festival lineup and time traveled back to the 1990s with Beck and Fatboy Slim. Now it’s time take a closer look at the headliners, the reunions and some of the surprises lurking in the fine print.

Muse lead singer Matthew Bellamy performs on the Coachella stage during the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds. (2010/File Photo)

The Headliners
After 15 editions of the festival, finding a new headliner is hard. Kudos to Goldenvoice for the .333 batting average this year. (That’s better than Frank Thomas and he was just voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.)
-Is it just me, or does anyone else really wish that the OutKast reunion had stayed a secret? I’m still incredibly excited about the spectacle that Andre 3000 and Big Boi will bring, but I would have loved for this to be the big Coachella lineup surprise.
-Muse. They had cool lasers the last time they played and that was just as the group turned into an arena-ready act.
-Arcade Fire is always great, but they will have to do something huge to top the 2011 performance with the glowing LED balloons that descended on the crowd.

The Reunions
Coachella is famous for its reunions. (Ahem, Pixies, Rage Against the Machine, etc.) This year includes a really strong crop of them and that’s just at first glance.
-Neutral Milk Hotel was already doing reunion shows, but you know the NMH Coachella set (I’m going to go ahead and pick it as a sunset set for the Outdoor Theatre) might spawn a unicorn or something equally magical.
RELATED: 10 Coachella 2014 artists that will remind you of why the ’90s were awesome

The Replacements have reunited. (Twin Tone Records/Contributed Image)

-RiotFest was a mere warm-up for The Replacements. They’re going to be even better at Coachella.
-The Afghan Whigs reunited two years ago. It’s about time they got to Coachella.
-I’m sad that Annette Funicello died because nothing would be sweeter at the Fishbone reunion than their performance of “Jamaica Ska.” (I’m completely serious, it would have been a Coachella moment.)

The Coachella Crowd-Pleaser
-The Knife is one of those bands that everybody talks about every year and since the Swedish duo isn’t known for its extensive tours, this is a get for Coachella and it seems to be the one thing that keeps coming up in nearly every Facebook post in my feed.

The Surprises
Every year, when some poor soul is forced to read me the lineup as I type furiously (in the case of this year, it was Charming Husband), there is always an act or two that make me stop and go “OOOOOH!” This year had a bunch of them.
-Bryan Ferry. Did anyone see that one coming? There’s always an elder statesman that gets his due (Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave), but I didn’t see it being Ferry.
-After the Pet Shop Boys had that show at the Shrine last year, I had an inkling that we might see them at Coachella, but just how many people that have messaged me about their excitement over this is surprising.
-Bad Manners! Coachella never disappoints in the classic ska act department.
-The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is more than a musical act, it’s an institution. Between this set and Trombone Shorty, N’awlins is coming to the desert.
-Even though Coachella leaked Motorhead as part of the lineup on Tuesday night, that booking is a pleasant surprise for those of us who also enjoyed when The Big 4 came to Indio.
-Gabba Gabba Heys. Not to be confused with Yo Gabba Gabba, which came to the fest a few years back, this is actually a Ramones cover band. Can’t say I predicted that one.

What surprised you on the lineup? Tell us below.

What does the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup say to you? (2013/File Photo)

The lineup for the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has been released and I’ve finally had a little bit of time to process it. Here’s my initial take on the 100+ artists we’ll see at the Empire Polo Club April 11-13 and April 18-20.

A lot of the longtime Coachella-goers I’ve talked to say that 2014 is the most diverse lineup the festival has had. When I think about the fact that I can see both Motorhead and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band this year, it certainly looks that way on the surface.

It doesn’t matter who Goldenvoice books for Coachella–there will always be the armchair promoters questioning and those who refuse to be satisfied until David Bowie decides to be Ziggy Stardust and actually abduct everyone from the polo fields.

At the same time, Coachella has consistently been a tastemaking festival, helping to launch acts like Amy Winehouse, The Killers and 2014 repeat guests MGMT.

RELATED: 10 Coachella 2014 artists that will take you back to the 1990s

And you can’t deny that the lineup is arguably the deepest of any of the major U.S. festivals. If people felt differently, there wouldn’t be so much hand-wringing and complaining about the set times every April.

I think that this is truly the music lover’s Coachella–where you’ll wander from Bryan Ferry to Ramones tribute band the Gabba Gabba Heys to The Glitch Mob to J. Roddy Walston and The Business.

Longtime Audio File reader Aracely Jarrell has attended Coachella every year and I think she wrapped it up best.

“I know I will be starting my Coachella conditioning ASAP because I will be walking many miles!” she said.

What do you think? Is this the most diverse Coachella ever? Let me know in the comments below.

Beck helped define music in the 1990s. (Gina Ribisi/Contributed Image)

Guess what? The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival released the 2014 lineup tonight. If you’re looking for the quick answers, the festival is April 11-13 and April 18-20 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 10 at 10 a.m. and OutKast, Muse and Arcade Fire are headlining.

Here’s my quick take–the festival always draws from multiple decades, but this year the 1990s are back in style just like my Doc Martens and I have proof.

Friday’s has a solid batch of noteworthy ’90s acts:

Outkast is set to perform at the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (AP)

1. OutKast
Just because the world caught on to the genius of OutKast with “Stankonia” in 2000, Andre 3000 and Big Boi were making minds melt years before. Here’s hoping we get some “ATLiens” love in their Friday night Coachella headlining set.

2. The Afghan Whigs
Once The Afghan Whigs announced that the members were reuniting, it was only a matter of time until Greg Dulli would walk back into my life with his angst and self-loathing (like a “My So-Called Life” episode written only for me). It only took two years for them to make it to Coachella. Can you think of a better band from Cincinnati? I can’t.

3.  Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
So wild. So freaky. So much theremin. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion put its stamp on the 1990s with its psychedelic punk blues garage rock of awesome. Don’t believe me? Go listen to 1994’s “Orange.”

The 1990s continue to shine on Saturday’s lineup.

4. Queens of the Stone Age
While “Songs for the Deaf” brought Palm Desert native Josh Homme to the MTV crowd in the 21st century, the band’s self-titled album came out in the ’90s and most of “Rated R” was recorded before Y2K.

5. Fatboy Slim
Is there anything more ’90s than the choreographed dance scene to “The Rockafeller Skank” from the Freddie Prinze Jr. movie “She’s All That”? It’s the dance Usher taught us.

6. Mogwai
OK, now let’s get some street cred back with Mogwai, the Scottish post-punks who get weird and experimental and reserved and explosive all in one. They formed in the mid-1990s.

7. The Dismemberment Plan
I went to the final D-Plan show at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. about a decade ago and I was insanely jealous when all of my friends back home went to the band’s first show back. I think one of the most important albums of the 1990s was The Dismemberment Plan’s “Emergency & I” and I plan to be up front and center for the band’s Coachella set.

Sunday takes us back one more time with some high-profile ’90s artists.

8. Beck
Beck was everywhere in the ’90s. In 1994,”Loser” brought his self-loathing alt-folk to radios and sparked the rise of one of the most important artistic influences of the next 10 years. However, the brilliance of the modern rock of “Odelay” in 1996 and the funky soul of 1999’s “Midnite Vultures” are what make Beck a top candidate for musician of the decade.

9. Neutral Milk Hotel
Every hipster is freaking out about the Neutral Milk Hotel reunion to begin with and they will cry when it happens in all of its beauty at Coachella. The quintessential album from the group is 1998’s “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.”

10. Superchunk
Superchunk is one of the bands that defined 1990s indie rock. That’s pretty much all you need to know. Go to that set and pay your respects.

Arcade Fire is set to perform at the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (FILE PHOTO)

Update 11:05 p.m.: The prices for the various levels of tickets available have been updated below.

OutKast, Muse and Arcade Fire will headline the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, set for April 11-13 and April 18-20 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

Festival organizers released the lineup on Wednesday night.

Queens of the Stone Age, Lorde, Motorhead, Beck and more than 100 other acts make up the undercard of the festival, which started in 1999.

The festival added a sixth stage, the air-conditioned and enclosed Yuma Tent, in 2013.

Since expanding to two weekends in 2012, the festival attracts nearly 200,000 people to the Coachella Valley each year.

The popular festival has been a taste-making event that attracts celebrities and music fans from around the world.

Festival passes for both weekends go on sale Friday, January 10 at 10 a.m. pacific. General admission festival passes for Weekend 1 must be purchased as a shuttle combination. All pass types are available for Weekend 2. The price you see is the price you pay — prices reflect all fees included. Layaway is no longer an option for either weekend.

A general admission pass is $375 and a VIP pass is $799. Car and tent camping are $85 for either. A shuttle pass alone is $60 and a general admission with a shuttle pass is $435. VIP parking is $150.

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Lineup for 2014

Lineup for Friday, April 11 and 18
OutKast
The Knife
The Replacements
Broken Bells
Zedd
Girl Talk
Ellie Goulding
Chromeo
Haim
Neko Case
AFI
Martin Garrix
Bonobo
Bryan Ferry
The Glitch Mob
The Afghan Whigs
The Cult
Bastille

Flume
Aloe Blacc
Jagwar Ma
ASAP Ferg
Grouplove
Woodkid
Carnage
Shlohmo
Gareth Emery
Michael Brun
MS MR
Kate Nash
Hot Since ’82
Damian Lazarus
Goat
Nina Kraviz
Anthony Green
Duke Dumont
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Solomun
ZZ Ward
Anti-Flag
Caravan Palace
Flatbush Zombies
Deorro
Waxahatchee
Title Fight
Davide Squillace
DJ Falcon
Dum Dum Girls
Austra
Tom Odell
Dixon
Wye Oak
Crosses
Mako
The Preatures
The Bots
Gabba Gabba Heys

Saturday, April 12 and April 19
Muse
Queens of the Stone Age
Skrillex
Pharrell Williams
Lorde
Foster the People
Pet Shop Boys
MGMT
Empire of the Sun
Fatboy Slim
Nas
Kid Cudi
The Head and the Heart
Sleigh Bells
Cage the Elephant
City and Colour
CHRVCHES
Dillon Francis
Capital Cities
The Naked and Famous

Temples
Mogwai
Warpaint
Solange
Washed Out
Future Islands
Ty Segall
Darkside
Banks
Tiga
Bombay Bicycle Club
Holy Ghost
Netsky
RL Grime
Galantis
Foxygen
White Lies
Graveyard
The Internet
Laura Mvula
The Dismemberment Plan
Headhunterz
Blood Orange
GTA
TJR
Cajmere
Guy Gerber
Nicole Moudaber
MAKJ
Bear Hands
The Magician
Young and Sick
Unlocking the Truth
Saints of Valory
Carbon Airways
Uz
Syd Arthur
Bicep
Drowners

Lineup for Sunday, April 13 and April 20
Arcade Fire
Beck
Calvin Harris
Neutral Milk Hotel
Disclosure
Lana Del Rey
Motorhead
Alesso
Duck Sauce
Little Dragon
Beady Eye
Flosstradamus
The Toy Dolls
The 1975
Adventure Club
Big Gigantic
Chance the Rapper

Laurent Garnier
Krewella
Rudimental
STR…
Fishbone
Trombone Shorty
AlunaGeorge
Art Department
Flight Facilities
Frank Turner
John Newman
Maceo Plex
Superchunk
Bombino
Daughter
Bad Manners
Surfer Blood
Lee Burridge
Poolside
Classixx
Showtek
James Vincent McMorrow
Bo Ningen
Aeroplane
Ratking
Jhene Aiko
J. Roddy Walston and The Business
Factory Floor
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Anna Lunoe
The Martinez Brothers
Scuba
John Beaver