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The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival just posted a new photo on the Coachella Facebook page of a spherical object in front of the Santa Rosa Mountains out in Indio.
Here’s my question–is it a round stone, perhaps rolling, on the Empire Polo Club field? Is it a hint that The Rolling Stones headlining rumors may be real? Is it Goldenvoice just having fun with all of the anticipation?
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The 2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, shot from the Ferris wheel. (2011/File Photo)
Here’s my final Coachella 2013 lineup predictions post of 2012.
I did a quick search for bands playing San Francisco from mid-late April and came up with four more Coachella Festival predictions: Alex Clare, Lucero, Beach House and Alabama Shakes.
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Justice plays Coachella 2012. (File Photo)
Goldenvoice held two successful concert cruises under the S.S. Coachella moniker in the last couple of weeks, setting sail for the Bahamas and Jamaica and packed with music. I wrote a little bit about the Inland artists who kept the ship rocking a little while back, but I think the S.S. Coachella can lead us to clues about who might be on the lineup of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The twin Coachellas will return April 12-14 and April 19-21, 2013 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. (Want more Coachella goodness? I tag all of my Coachella prediction posts Coachellaology.)
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Concert goers get wet in the Do Lab during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio. (2012/File Photo)
The excitement keeps growing for Coachella 2013. A number of Audio File readers have been commenting on the Coachellaology blogs and I’ve been fielding a few emails, too.
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Kaiser Chiefs performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on April 21, 2012. (2012/File Photo)
At the end of the year, reporters get hit with all kinds of year-end pitches about what people searched for and the most-watched pop videos.
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DJ Juice from Morefire Mondays, shown here at Coachella 2012, is aboard the S.S. Coachella. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
Even though the S.S. Coachella is thousands of miles away form the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, the spirit of the Inland music was strong as artists like Alf Alpha, Gabe Real, Juice, Jimbo Jenkins and Mantastique provided the soundtrack on the high seas.
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Will Aesop Rock be on the Coachella 2013 lineup? (Contributed Image)
Los Angeles rapper Murs may have leaked Aesop Rock as a performer for the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival during his video announcement for the 2013 Paid Dues lineup on Thursday.
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Another year, another wish for Daft Punk to return to the Coachella stage. (Contributed Image)
Good morning. The Coachella 2013 hype is growing ever louder and NME over in England has a report that Daft Punk, The Rolling Stones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Phoenix are playing the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
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Fans cheer for Fitz and the Tantrums as they perform on the Coachella stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 15, 2012. Photo by Rodrigo Pena.
According to Rolling Stone, The Rolling Stones posted a tour date for Indio, Calif. in April via the band’s mobile app and then took it down.
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Will The Airborne Toxic Event be on the list for Coachella 2013? (Contributed Image)
Add The Airborne Toxic Event to the heap of Coachella 2013 predictions.
The Los Angeles-based band just announced its 2013 tour dates. They have one show in Los Angeles at the end of January, which would just make it outside of the window for shows in L.A. during the lead-up to Coachella.
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