While there was some big news out there today, including a brand new
Strokes song that
nobody seems to like, yesterday's revealing of the 2013
Coachella lineup is still the big story.
As with last year's lineup, the Indio, California festival will span two separate weekends in April (12-14 and 19-21). Following up last year's
impossibly good lineup, this year looks to top it.
Featuring the shockingly rare
Blur and
Stones Roses as the day one headliners is enough on its own, but throwing acts like
Phoenix,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
Modest Mouse,
New Order,
Wu Tang Clan, a reunited
Postal Service, and TWO
Nick Cave acts make it the early front-runner for festival of the year.
Not just top heavy, the fest's mid-card and lower tier acts are ... just damn good: The Descendants, Thee Oh Sees, Violent Femmes, Major Lazer, Trash Talk, Japandroids, Local Natives, Four Tet, Dinosaur Jr., Danny Brown, Wild Nothing ... it just keeps going.
Click on the poster above to see the full lineup, but tickets won't be available for a few days. There's a special countdown on the
Coachella website that you can keep track of, but tickets will sell fast when it comes.
As for
Lollapalooza fans, while my status is uncertain this year, Coachella does have some forbearance on who performs at the Chicago festival. In 2011, the two huge events shared 31 acts (18 percent of the billing), although none of the acts were headliners. Last year, only one major headliner (
The Black Keys) performed at both.
What does this mean for 2013? Well, don't expect Blur, The Stone Roses, and
Red Hot Chili Peppers to appear, but don't count out Phoenix.
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