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STAGECOACH 2014: Eric Church, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan to headline

Jason Aldean performs at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on April 27, 2012. (2012/File Photo)

The big news in our corner of the music world today is that the 2014 Stagecoach Country Music Festival dates and lineup has been announced.

The headliners are three big names and they all have been to Stagecoach before. Eric Church will top the bill Friday, April 25, Jason Aldean will headline Saturday, April 26, and Luke Bryan closes out the fest on Sunday, April 27.

One of the most notable things is that Aldean has been the only one to headline the fest in the past. All three came up from early slots on the main stage and have risen to be headlining material.

Let’s take a look at their Stagecoach pasts.

Eric Church will headline the 2014 Stagecoach Country Music Festival. (AP Photo)

Eric Church
Friday night headliner Church performed at the inaugural Stagecoach Festival back in 2007, where he busted out riffs from Ozzy Osbourne (“Crazy Train”) and Ted Nugent (“Cat Scratch Fever”). Later that year, he played San Bernardino country music club the Brandin’ Iron, which has been a stepping stone for a lot of Stagecoach artists.

Jason Aldean performs at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on April 27, 2012. (2012/ File Photo)

Jason Aldean
Jason Aldean headlined the Friday night of the 2012 Stagecoach Country Music Festival, the first year the fest returned to three days and offered limited programming on the Friday.

Aldean also performed at the inaugural Stagecoach back in 2007 when he was just emerging as a star. He was added to the 2010 lineup as a sub-headliner, too.

Luke Bryan performs on the Mane stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 28, 2012. (2012/ File Photo)

Luke Bryan
Luke Bryan is the headliner for the final night of the 2014 Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

Bryan most recently played Stagecoach as the sun was setting on the festival back in 2012. He was on the main stage.

He also played the fest in an early afternoon spot when he was just emerging as an artist in 2008.

STAGECOACH 2014: Festival dates, lineup, prices announced

Country music fans listen to Martina McBride as she performs on the Mane stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 29, 2012. (File Photo)

Eric Church, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan will headline the 2014 Stagecoach Country Music Festival. The festival will run April 25-27 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. General admission passes will be $249. The new Corral reserved seating will be $799, as will the new Corral standing pit passes. The Corral Standing Pit is a standing room only section directly in front of the main stage. The other choice to be a VIP is the Corral Reserved Seating which will be like the traditional VIP seating at the fest, but behind the pit.

For all tickets, taxes, shipping and fees are included in the ticket prices. There are layaway options available. Children 10 and under get in for free to general admission areas. There is no re-entry to the festival unless you are camping in the RV resort.

The Stagecoach 2014 Poster. Click to enlarge. (Stagecoach Festival)

LINEUP

Friday’s lineup is topped by Eric Church and includes Brantley Gilbert, Easton Corbin, Loretta Lynn, Thomas Rhett, Shelby Lynne, Eric Paslay, Jon Pardi, Corey Smith, Katey Sagal and the Forest Rangers, The Wailin’ Jennys, Shakey Graves, The Black Lillies, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, Lindsay Ell, JD McPherson, Sarah Jarosz, The Howlin’ Brothers, Hannah and Talbot, Radney Foster’s Bluegrass Trio and the Wild Feathers.

PHOTO GALLERY: Here’s who’s playing Stagecoach 2014

Saturday’s lineup is topped by Jason Aldean and also includes Hunter Hayes, Jennifer Nettles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Crystal Gayle, Tyler Farr, Ashley Monroe, Don McLean, John Conlee, Trampled by Turtles, Daniel Bradbery, Holly Williams, Dan + Shay, Jason Isbell, Hooray for the Riff Raff, Spirit Family Reunion, Sara Haze, Whiskey Shivers, The Seldom Scene, Willy Watson and Corb Lund.

Sunday’s lineup is topped by Luke Bryan and will also feature Florida Georgia Line, Lee Brice, John Prine, Dustin Lynch, Chris Cagle, Michael Nesmith, Asleep at the Wheel, Charlie Worsham, Brenda Lee, Duane Eddy, Shovels and Rope, Sleepyman Banjo Boys, Kelleigh Bannen, Johnny Fritz, The Railers, Susanna Hoffs, I See Hawks in L.A. and Shelly Colvin.

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CAMPING

One of the changes for fans is that camping has been expanded for 2014. In 2013, promoter Goldenvoice curbed Stagecoach’s campground partying by limiting the number of RV camping passes and adding more rules to the area.

This year you ARE allowed to have rented RVs and borrowed RVs. For each RV, you can get 8 RV resort wristbands. Children 10 and younger are excluded. You still have to apply for the RV campground, though. Applications for RV camping are due by 5 p.m. Oct. 15. If you are camping with a 50 AMP power source, the price is $950. It’s $850 for a 30 AMP power source. Dry camping is $550.

Read more about the RV resort on the Stagecoach site.

PARKING
Day parking is free at the festival. However, if you are camping in an RV and arriving separately from it, the companion parking pass is $30. Preferred parking is $100.

STAGECOACH HISTORY

The country festival started in 2007 as a sister event to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and has hosted the biggest names in country music since its inception, including Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, Keith Urban, Reba McEntire and more.

Take a look at our Stagecoach timeline:

What do you think of the lineup? Are you happy with the artists?

STAGECOACH FESTIVAL: Take a look at country music event’s history

Fans cheer as Sara Evans performs on the Mane Stage at the 2012 Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on April 27, 2012. (File Photo)

We’re expecting a big announcement from the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 8 a.m.

I think we’re looking at the dates and the lineup for the 2014 edition at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

Stagecoach has been growing since its 2007 debut as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’s country cousin.

Take a look back at the highlights of the festival over the years with our interactive timeline. What are your favorite Stagecoach memories?

PE LIVE: Filming postponed, new Strangebrew Band video posted

Strangebrew Band performs at Hangar 24 for PE Live. (Matt Schoenmann/Freelance Photographer)

If you were planning to come to the PE Live taping with the McKintree Boys tonight (Wednesday, Oct. 9), I have some bad news: the weather has postponed the show.

Instead, we’ll be out Saturday, Oct. 12, at Hangar 24 Brewery in Redlands to film PE Live. The band will be playing between 7 and 10 p.m.

However, I do have a new PE Live performance for you–Strangebrew Band performing “Alive.”
(By the way, if you sign up for the PE Live newsletter, you will get access to certain PE Live performances like this one before anybody else.)

TEMECULA: The Venetia Fair, Late Night Revival play The Vault

The Venetia Fair will play The Vault in Temecula. (Contributed Image)

The Venetia Fair, a rock band out of Boston, is stopping at The Vault in Temecula on Saturday on its national tour.

Late Night Revival, Survive This, One Below, Fly By Night, The End Returns and Dope By Design will be the supporting acts.

The venue has two notable shows coming up: Andrew W.K. on Friday, Oct. 18 and Voodoo Glow Skulls return for Ska-Loween on Thursday, Oct. 31.

6:30 p.m. Saturday, The Vault, 41607 Enterprise Circle North, Temecula, $10 in advance, $12 at the door, all ages.

Visit www.thevaultconcerts.com for more information.

CORONA: Go for Gold plays EP release show

Riverside’s Go For Gold is celebrating the release of EP “Mixed Feelings” in Corona on Saturday. (Janette Dominguez/Contributed Image)

Go for Gold, a pop punk band out of Riverside, is holding its EP release show at Maya’s Café in Corona on Saturday, Oct. 12.

The band’s debut EP, “Mixed Feelings,” is a six-song pop-punk assault that has some sweet synth lines going on in there and even some turntable scratching.

Hard Feelings, Anchorless, Scarlett Avenue and Seasons Change are also on the bill.

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Visit http://goforgoldpoppunk.bandcamp.com to check out the EP and www.goforgoldca.com for more on the band.

7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, Maya’s Café, 13627 Magnolia Ave., Corona, $4, all ages.

You can stream the EP below.

RIVERSIDE: Salvador Santana performs Oct. 11

Salvador Santana will play the Mission Tobacco Lounge in Riverside on Friday, Oct. 11. (Contributed Image)

Salvador Santana will return to the Mission Tobacco Lounge in Riverside on Friday, Oct. 11.

Santana, son of Carlos Santana, will perform in addition to Dyles Mavis and Evan Palmer and Seefor Yourself. Santana had a well received set at the venue last October.

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Fun fact: Santana’s musical lineage goes beyond his famous dad. His grandfathers were R&B piano pioneer Saunders King, who played with Billie Holiday, and Jose Santana, a famous mariachi bandleader.

9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, Mission Tobacco Lounge, 3630 University Ave., Riverside, 951-682-4427, $10, 21 and older.

You can purchase tickets online at www.purplepass.com/salvadorsantana2013.

STAGECOACH 2014: Festival announcement due Oct. 10

Trace Adkins performs on Friday, April 26, 2013 at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. (2013/File Photo)

UPDATE (Thursday, Oct. 10): The Stagecoach Country Music Festival lineup has been announced. Click here to read the announcement.

The Stagecoach Country Music Festival just posted a photo with the words “Thursday 8 AM PDT” on its social media networks.

What is the announcement? Likely the lineup and ticket information for the popular country music festival which takes place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. The official 2014 haven’t been announced yet, but the festival typically happens after the twin editions of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Coachella is scheduled for April 11-13 and April 18-20, 2014, which makes me think if Stagecoach remains at three days, it will be April 25-27, 2014.

In 2013, promoter Goldenvoice reined in Stagecoach’s campground partying by limiting the number of RV camping passes, a move that frustrated some fans who enjoyed the camping experience as much as the show.

Goldenvoice senior vice-president Skip Paige said that camping would be expanded at Stagecoach for 2014 in his keynote speech at the State of the County in Palm Springs.

Since Kenny Chesney claims he isn’t touring next summer, and he usually hits up Stagecoach every other year, I am hoping we might get George Strait’s farewell and maybe The Band Perry to head out to Indio.

Who do you want to see at Stagecoach 2014?

Here’s a clip from Dierks Bentley’s performance at Stagecoach 2013.

HEMET: Casey Abrams to play historic theater Nov. 16

Idyllwild native, Casey Abrams performs on Saturday August 31,2013 at the Norco Fair. (Milka Soko/Freelance Photographer)

Casey Abrams, a man and his bass, will be at the Historic Hemet Theater on Nov. 16.

The former “American Idol” contestant, who grew up in Idyllwild, performed a sold out show there earlier this year. He released his self-titled debut album in the summer of 2012.

Abrams will also be releasing a new video this month and will join “Idol” pal Haley Reinhart on Oct. 22 for a performance you can pay to watch online.

The Hemet show has two tiers of tickets. The VIP ticket is $45,before fees, and gets you a reserved seat, a meet and greet and one drink ticket. You also get to enter the show an hour earlier.

The general admission tickets are $25 each, before fees.

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You can pick them up online at www.goldencrownproductions.com. Both ticket types will be upped by $10 if you purchase at the door on the day of the show.

The Hemet performance is being put on by Golden Crown Productions, who team up with local groups for each concert. The show will benefit the Diamond Valley Arts Council.

Golden Crown is also bringing Lee Rocker, of The Stray Cats, to the theater on Dec. 7. Those tickets are also $25 for general admission and $45 for VIP.

The Historic Hemet Theater is located at 216 E. Florida Ave. in Hemet.

COACHELLA 2014: Lineup predictions include The Pixies

The Pixies, from left, Kim Shattuck, Joey Santiago, Black Francis and David Lovering, pose for a portrait in New York. The band will be touring in 2014 and is a likely contender for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (AP Photo)

Happy Monday and happy start of the official Coachellaology season. I’m putting my money on alternative music gods The Pixies being high up on the lineup at the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

Why?

1. The band, which originally formed in Boston, is back together (minus Kim Deal, plus the amazing Kim Shattuck of The Muffs) and released new material in September.

2. The Pixies have a history at Coachella. The band’s big reunion happened at Coachella back in 2004. In fact, let’s watch “Caribou” from that performance.

3. The band released 2014 tour dates this morning. The band does Northern California and Las Vegas and Arizona in late February, but has no Southern California dates listed. Those cities are typically the neighbors of any SoCal shows when it comes to tour routing. There aren’t even open dates for SoCal shows to be added later.

This is what makes me think The Pixies are a lock for Coachella.

The good news is that with no Central Coast shows listed, either, I think there could be some special Pixies gigs before and in between the twin Coachellas, which are set for April 11-13 and April 18-20, 2014.

4. Never underestimate the power of The Pixies. Most of the bands that have played Coachella over the years wouldn’t exist without The Pixies.

Here’s my biggest question about the band being on the lineup: Are The Pixies strong enough to be a headliner, or are they a better fit as the penultimate act on the main stage? Discuss in the comments below.

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.

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Previous Coachella 2014 picks and ponderings from the Audio File and readers:

Oct. 2, 2013: Paul McCartney, Luscious Jackson
Aug. 2, 2013: Neutral Milk Hotel
June 16, 2013: The Replacements