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I just got the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival set times.

Here’s Friday:

Coachella Stage

2-2:30 p.m. The Courteeners
2:50-3:40 p.m. We Are Scientists
4:05-4:55 p.m. The Airborne Toxic Event
5:20-6:10 p.m. The Black Keys
6:35-7:25 p.m. Franz Ferdinand
8:30-9:30 p.m. Morrissey
10 p.m. Paul McCartney

Outdoor Theatre
1:25-2:10 p.m. Alberta Cross
2:25-3:15 p.m. Noah and the Whale
3:40-4:30 p.m. Molotov
4:55-5:45 M. Ward
6:10-7 p.m. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
7:30-8:30 p.m. Leonard Cohen
9:05-9:55 p.m. Silversun Pickups

Gobi Tent
12:25-1:40 p.m. El Gran Silencio
1:55-2:40 p.m. Ryan Bingham
3:05-3:55 p.m. People Under the Stairs
4:20-5:10 p.m. Los Campesinos!
5:35-6:20 p.m. Buraka Som Sistema
6:35-7:25 p.m. The Bug Featuring Warrior Queen
8:30-9:20 p.m. Peanut Butter Wolf
9:45-10:35 p.m. A Place to Bury Strangers
11 p.m. Bajofondo

Mojave Tent
1-1:45 p.m. Dear and the Headlights
2:05-2:50 p.m. The Aggrolites
3:15-4:05 p.m. Cage the Elephant
4:30-5:20 p.m. The Hold Steady
5:45-6:35 p.m. White Lies
7:15-8:05 p.m. N.A.S.A.
8:30-9:20 p.m. Beirut
9:45-10:35 p.m. Patton & Rahzel
11 p.m. Genghis Tron

Sahara Tent
12-1:30 p.m. Switch
1:30-2:30 p.m. Craze & Klever
2:30-3:30 p.m. Gui Boratto
3:30-4:30 p.m. Steve Aoki
4:30-5:30 p.m. Felix Da Housecat
5:30-6:20 p.m. The Ting Tings
6:40-7:30 p.m. Crystal Castles
7:50-8:40 p.m. Ghostland Observatory
9-9:50 p.m. Girl Talk
10:10-11 p.m. The Presets
11:25 p.m. The Crystal Method

Now that my head has stopped spinning, I am going to finally get down things I’m thinking about Coachella. We have a story I’m really proud of running in tomorrow’s paper about Coachella, but I wanted to throw my two cents in.

The only two bands I really thought would be there and I’m disappointed they won’t be are Kings of Leon and the Rapture. I was also hoping for a Pavement reunion. But I know there are more than enough acts to keep me occupied.

Here are my early faves. Feel free to chime in and tell me I’m way off base, or to to share your thoughts.

Friday:
I think Friday is my favorite day.

I love Paul McCartney. I love the Beatles. I don’t trust people who don’t like the Beatles. I am ridiculously excited. He’s not what you would traditionally think of as a Coachella artist, but he’s written some of the greatest songs of all time, with the help from a guy named John Lennon, of course. And yes, I still love Paul even if he has some turkeys in there, ahem, “Give My Regards to Broad Street.”

The fact that Leonard Cohen is going to be there just blows my mind. He hasn’t played the U.S. in more than 15 years!

I love Conor Oberst, too and the Black Keys are one of my all-time favorite bands to see live. I’m intrigued by Morrissey and Franz Ferdinand.

Other artists I definitely want to see are: Noah and the Whale, M. Ward, N.A.S.A., The Airborne Toxic Event, We Are Scientists, the Presets and Ryan Bingham, who played last year’s Stagecoach and is just an amazing songwriter.

Saturday:

There is one man I am determined to see and interview at Coachella. His name is Henry Rollins and he is on my list. Every journalist has one, full of dream interviews. Mr. Rollins, you are on mine. Let’s talk. And by the way, what are you doing at Coachella? Are you doing your spoken word thing? Are you bringing a band? I want to know about your dinner with William Shatner. Call me.

I also want to see Amy Winehouse again. Plus, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, TVOTR, Drive-By Truckers, Booker T, Calexico, Mastodon and someone told me I really need to check out Blitzen Trapper. Oh, and TRAV$DJ-AM.

Also, I think this is where one of the festival’s big surprises is going to come in. I don’t think the Killers are the real headliner for Saturday. I think they could pull of Friday, but not Saturday.

Sunday:

I love the Cure, even when I saw them a few years ago and Robert Smith forgot the words to “Friday I’m in Love” and just kind of shouted “Thursday! Love!” I do want to give him a makeover, though.

I want to see Paul Weller, X, Antony & the Johnsons, Public Enemy (I LOVE LOVE LOVE Public Enemy), Jenny Lewis, The Horrors and a few more.

Here’s the Coachella lineup for April 17, 2009.

* A Place To Bury Strangers
* Alberta Cross
* Bajofondo
* Beirut
* Buraka Som Sistema
* Cage the Elephant
* Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
* Craze and Klever
* Crystal Castles
* Dear and the Headlights
* Felix da Housecat
* Franz Ferdinand
* Genghis Tron
* Ghostland Observatory
* Girl Talk
* Gui Boratto
* Leonard Cohen
* Los Campesinos!
* M. Ward
* Molotov
* Morrissey
* N.A.S.A.
* Noah and the Whale
* Patton & Rahzel
* Paul McCartney
* Peanut Butter Wolf
* People Under the Stairs
* Ryan Bingham
* Silversun Pickups
* Steve Aoki
* Switch
* The Aggrolites
* The Airborne Toxic Event
* The Black Keys
* The Bug
* The Courteeners
* The Hold Steady
* The Knux
* The Presets
* The Ting Tings
* We Are Scientists
* White Lies

The Associated Press

Paul McCartney will headline opening night of the 2009 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio on April 17.