DIGITAL JOURNALIST
Where’s Waldo? At weekend one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
The video making the rounds on social media today is Jimmy Kimmel tricking Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival goers into thinking they know these made up bands. Maybe I should add these people into the “People you see at Coachella” blogs.
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Tyler Glenn and Branden Campbell perform at Staples Center in Los Angeles on March 15, 2013. (Rob Inderrieden/Freelance Photographer)
Years ago, Neon Trees’ roots started in Murrieta, where guitarist Chris Allen and singer Tyler Glenn grew up.
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The Debonaires (Contributed Image)
The UC Riverside Barn Concert Series is underway and longtime Riverside ska favorites The Debonaires take the stage on Wednesday, April 24.
The band will be joined by Stranger.
The sun sets at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (Charlotte Bray/Freelance Photographer)
Now that I’ve dragged myself out of bed, I’ve been reflecting on everything relating to the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Six days, two weekends, nearly 200 performers, 60 mph wind gusts, one weird R. Kelly/Phoenix mashup.
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Dwight Yoakam is playing the 2013 Stagecoach Country Music Festival (2008/File Photo)
If you’re not heading to the Stagecoach Country Music Festival this weekend at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, you can watch it from your couch. AXS TV has announced the broadcast lineup for the weekend. Dwight Yoakam and Dierks Bentley are among the highlights.
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Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2013 (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
Many thanks to everyone who used the #PECoachella hashtag for weekend two. Here are some great photos from the weekend from readers, colleagues and sources.
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Father John Misty performs at Coachella 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
Father John Misty wasn’t just a musical set at the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, it was comedy in between some great California country songs.
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OMD performs at the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
OMD was one of my highlights of the entire 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, of both weekends. They were fantastic.
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Wu-Tang Clan performs at Coachella 2013. (Charlotte Bray/Freelance Photographer)
The Wu-Tang Clan’s Sunday night set at the Outdoor Theatre was so nuts at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival that people filled the area all the way back to the Gobi Tent and Do Lab spaces, plus started to spill over near the main stage.
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OMD performs at Coachella 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
Here’s a look at how we spent our Sunday at weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. We tried to hit different things than last week.
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