Coachella

[jgmoore]

Get well Jim and please come out to Cali and play Coachella.  They are still working on the line up and its been an amazing festival the last couple of years - better than Lolla and ACL.

http://www.coachella.com/

[Specialist]

Maybe if the Jacket plays Coachella, the organizers will allow them a set longer than 30 minutes.

[jgmoore]

Unless you're headlining, they don't often give them more than 45-60 minutes to play.  But here' hoping...

[Specialist]

That's why Bonnaroo is the best out of all of the festivals, great artists, with longer sets, and a great vibe. ACL and Coachella have a ton of great artists, but squeeze in tiny sets, and the 2005 Lolla line-up wasn't very impressive this past year. They need to go back to the travelling festival format.

[primushead]

Didn't radiohead headline Coachella a few years ago?  Wish I coulda been there for that.  I guess there's not a big chance they'll play at Bonnaroo ;)

[Specialist]

i beg to differ. The folks at Bonnaroo have been trying to get Radiohead for two straight years. And they will be on this side of the ocean on the weekend of Bonnaroo.

"Supervisors of Chicago's brand new, gleaming gem -- a Frank Gehry-designed music pavilion within Millennium Park -- claim that they want to have more popular music performances, but clearly actions speak louder than words: City officials have vetoed Radiohead's request to play the venue on June 19 and 20. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago's Cultural Affairs Department turned down Radiohead's appeal "even though the group would have paid rental fees of $100,000 -- because the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to hold a rehearsal June 20."

Bonnaroo is 16-18, so my prediction is that they will headline on Friday or Saturday.

[primushead]

Oh wow.  That's some great news.  Thanks for the info :)

[Specialist]

keep them fingers crossed

[LaurieBlue]

From the Pearl Jam discussion groupt: (alt.music.pearl-jam)

(Tickets for 2006 Coachella will go on sale Saturday, February 4th at Noon (pst).)

Lineup So Far...


DEPECHE MODE
TOOL
 SIGUR ROS
  FRANZ FERDINAND
  COMMON
  YEAH YEAH YEAHS
  BLOC PARTY
  DAMIAN MARLEY
  PAUL OAKENFOLD
  MATISYAHU
  SCISSOR SISTERS
  MY MORNING JACKET
  TV ON THE RADIO
  LADYTRON
  GNARLES BARKLEY
  WOLF PARADE
  CAT POWER
  HARD-FI
  SHE WANTS REVENGE
  THE LIKE

[Mr. T.]

No no, I heard through the grapevine that My Morning Jacket will tour Europe from may 'til september ;D

[Mike]

its on Billboard today, they are playing.

[Mr. T.]

You know what? I think/hope that's speculation.

[LaurieBlue]

http://www.nme.com/festivals/news/22108

Day 1:
Depeche Mode
Franz Ferdinand
Sigur Ros
Common
Damien Marley
Atmosphere
Carl Cox
My Morning Jacket
Ladytron
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Posca
Cat Power
Animal Collective
Hard-Fi
Devendra Banhart
She Wants Revenge
The Walkmen
The Juan Maclean
Audio Bullys
Lady Sovereign
Deerhoof
The Duke Spirit
Editors
Stellastarr
Lyrics Born
The Zutons
White Rose Movement
Colette
Wolf Mother
The Living Things
Nine Black Alps
Youth Group

Day 2:
Tool
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bloc Party
Paul Oakenfold
Scissor Sisters
Matias Yahu
James Blunt
Mogwai
TV On The Radio
Sleater Kinney
Gnarls Barkley (Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo)
Coldcut
Digable Planets
Amadou Mariam
Little Louie Vega
Mylo
Seu Jorge
Phoenix
Wolf Parade
The Go! Team
Metric
Imogene Heap
Art Brut
Dungen
The Dears
Jamie Liddell
The Magic Numbers
Los Amigos Invisibles
Jazzanova
Michael Mayer
Mates of State
Gilles Peterson
Gabriel & Dresden
The Subways
Minus the Bear
Be Your Own Pet
Giant Drag
            
    
  







 

[BIGVICLBI]

Hopefully this will kick off or be in the middle of a tour. Too far to go since I'm not digging too many of those bands.

[Specialist]

Other than MMJ and Sigur Ros, it looks to be somewhat of a weak lineup compared to 04 and 05.

[Dorothy_Mantooth]

what do you consider to be a strong line up?

[Specialist]

don't get me wrong, if i lived in California i would definetly be there. There are plenty of artists i love on the lineup, not to mention MY MORNING JACKET. To me it just doesn't compare to years past. For instance in 2004 they had Radiohead, The Cure, The Flaming Lips, The Pixies, Kraftwerk, Desert Sessions, Air, Belle and Sebastian, and Wilco. Now that is a strog lineup.

Eh well, to each his or her own, I guess i am just let down that the Pumpkins didn't reunite. Not to mention the My Bloody Valentine rumors.

[EC]

When is Coachella?

[Specialist]

April 29-30

[EC]

Hmmmm....  okay thanks.  :)