Tag Archives: Coachellaology

Atoms for Peace performs at Coachella 2010. (2010/File Photo)

It’s getting to the point in the anticipation of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup that anything seems plausible, well, except maybe a reunion of The Smiths.
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!!! performs at Coachella 2011 (2011/File Photo)

I’ve really been enjoying the comments and suggestions everyone has been posting and sending to me for the Coachella 2013 lineup. Covering the festivals is my favorite part of my job and it’s really cool to hear from people who are as passionate about them as I am.
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Sunset at Coachella 2008. (File Photo)

As we wait for the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup to be released (check out my post with charts based on the historical data of the Coachella lineup release), I’ve been keeping an eye on tours that might give us some more lineup clues.
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Fans crowd surf at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (2012/File Photo)

You know it’s January when everything that people are responding to on your blog is Coachella-related.

One thing that keeps coming up is the magical question: “When will the Coachella 2013 lineup be released?”
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David Bowie is releasing a new album. (2007/AP Photo)

Dear David Bowie,

Happy Birthday! I’m glad you’re celebrating your 66th trip around the sun with new music.

Your new album, “The Next Day,” is arriving in the U.S. on March 12. March is the month before April, which happens to be when the twin Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festivals take place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio (April 12-14 and April 19-21). I think you and Iman would really enjoy a trip to the Coachella Valley for the spring.

You could take your photo with the Lucille Ball statue in Palm Springs or go buy many lovely scarves on El Paseo in Palm Desert. Don’t forget about the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway and Shields Date Gardens, either. At Shields you can have a tasty date shake and see the educational film “Romance and Sex Life of a Date.” Trust me, it’s not any weirder than “The Man Who Fell to Earth.”

Would you consider making the collective dream of tens of thousands of music fans come true? Will we finally live the impossible dream of David Bowie on the Coachella 2013 lineup? I mean, you don’t have to play “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” in its entirety. Heck, I’d be cool with some Tin Machine. And if you’re really feeling festive, maybe we could look into procuring a hologram Bing Crosby.

You know, it’s just that we think you’re really, really great and you’re one of a kind. I mean, you inspired probably 90 percent of all bands who have ever played Coachella. Plus, it would be kind of awesome to dance in the moonlight, the serious moonlight, among the palm trees at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains to a soundtrack of “Young Americans” leading into “Rebel Rebel.”

If you want to know more about it, ring up Paul McCartney. Macca enjoyed his time so much in 2009 that he keeps coming back as a fan.

With warm regards and California sunshine,

Vanessa

Here are some previously published Coachella 2013 predictions and wishes in the Audio File blog:

Jan. 7, 2012: Fugazi, Oingo Boingo
Jan. 5, 2012: Sound City Players
Dec. 31, 2012: Alex Clare, Lucero, Alabama Shakes, Beach House
Dec. 28, 2012: Hot Chip, Warpaint, Father John Misty, Cloud Nothings

Dec. 26, 2012: Muse, No Doubt and Alt-J
Dec. 20, 2012: Aesop Rock
Dec. 19, 2012: Daft Punk, The Rolling Stones, Phoenix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Dec. 14, 2012: The Rolling Stones
Dec. 12, 2012: Airborne Toxic Event
Nov. 30, 2012: Bjork
Nov. 28, 2012: Nick Cave, Tegan and Sara, Converge
Nov. 14, 2012: Sigur Ros, Pearl Jam
Nov. 9, 2012: Paul Kalkbrenner, Kill the Noise
Nov. 9, 2012: Passion Pit, Nine Inch Nails/How to Destroy Angels, Queens of the Stone Age, Run DMC, Rocket from the Crypt
Oct. 19, 2012: Mumford & Sons, Deadmau5, Local Natives, Blur

Want more Coachella goodness? I tag all of my Coachella prediction posts Coachellaology. The iGuide also has a Coachella section that has interviews, articles, photos from previous years and more. Consequence of Sound also has an excellent running tally of Coachella possibilities and confirmations. You can email me at vfranko@pe.com.

The Cure plays Coachella 2009 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. (2009/File Photo)

It’s January–that magical time of the year when the anticipation for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup increases tenfold and the rumor mill goes on overload, where even a polo ball is seen as a clue to the year’s lineup.
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The Rolling Stones perform at the Prudential Center in Dec. 2012. (Evan Agostini/AP)

It’s amazing what the power of a photo and the anticipation of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup can do. On Thursday, Jan. 3, Coachella posted a photo of a round object on the Eldorado Polo Club field on the festival’s Facebook page.
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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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