^Have you not seen some of cities Deadmau5, skrillex, and bassnectar are playing right now? And EDM isn't on the rise? People still carry pagers in some of those towns. The shit's everywhere now dude.
^Kiss FM bubble gum pop hits are now just basically rip offs of old trance music. I also heard Skrillex on an insurance commercial, there's no doubt EDM is bigger than ever.
Who buys festival tickets?18-30 year olds Which is the exact demographic to which DP would sell out instantly. I'm not saying that they would be popular with everyone but they would definitely sell out both weekends and be the most attended set on the grounds. Them and Radiohead would be special just because the buzz around the festival for those sets would be amazing.
And to the moron citing Daft Punk's most mainstream song as a some weak form of a comeback...you either hate electronic music or have never seen a video of the Alive 06/07 tour. Daft Punk when they are ready will be insane...Probably 2013 unless they're planning some crazy last second announcement.
Im not one to hate on you all, as it is more than entertaining to read all of your insanity.
First of all, the festival world has changed. I am sadened to say that it has changed dramatically since my first Coachella 4 years ago. (and to all of you about to start hating I know that 10 years ago festivals were probably even cooler).
Festivals use to be for music extremists and for people who loved to dabble in drugs and alternative lifestyles to some degree. Today, they are enjoyed by the mainstream and the more we talk about how awesome festivals are to some dumb blonde at a bar to make her think we are cool so we get laid, the more lame ass people are going to start showing up.
Coachella itself has made itself less special and exclusive by going to a 2 weekend format which is extremely lame. Who would want to go the 2nd weekend. A moment can only happen once, you can't have the same festival a week apart.
So as much as I would love to see rare acts every year, it isn't going to happen. Would Daft Punk be rare, yes, but you aren't going to get them for $300 a ticket. If Coachella would raise prices a little they could get better talent and pay for exotic bands. Even 30 a ticket would be over 2 mil more they could throw at a band.
Too many festivals + Too many people who are greedy = not as cool festivals.
Sure festivals have gotten bigger but that doesn't mean worse. Coachella sold out in 6 days. The supply was low and the demand was high so they added a second weekend. It's called capitalism. They only reason things like Coachella are around is because they make $. I promise the 2nd weekend will not affect you at all.
And just becasue some of the headliners have gotten more mainstream doesn't mean it's not still for the music "fringe". Coachella is more of a mainstream festival. If you want no really big acts at all go to FYF or something of that nature.
Coachella still gets fringy exotic acts. Just look placeds other than the mainstage. Of the 10 best acts I saw this year, maybe 2 were from the mainstage. And this isn't IHEARTRADIO either. Animal Collective and the Chemical Brothers had prime mainstage slots. You aren't going to hear those acts on the radio.
And even witht he mainstream acts, Atoms for peace did 12 total shows, 1 was Coachella. Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, and Prince have done 1 US festival each. Gorillaz first festival was Coachella...even amongst the headliners they aren't as mainstream as they could be. Lolla gets Lady Gaga and Green day, you won't see that at Coachella.
Overall I think they do a great job of blending semi-lame mainstream headliners (or sometimes like Arcade Fire awesome ones) and awesome undercards. I think they do a better job than any festival in the country.
And yes, as you alluded to, festivals have been going on for more than 4 years. Also more than 10 years. Glastonbury has been around for 40 years. They aren't new. And when the Who and Led Zeppelin would headline them nobody complained it was too mainstream (or maybe they did?)
Im not saying that Coachella doesn't do it better than other festivals. That is why I still choose Coachella over the rest year in and year out. I was just responding and trying to make sense of what sounds like the end of the world on here by most posters.
I love Coachella, best weekend of the year! Im sure that the second weekend will be great too, but it cheapens it a little to me. I want to have the same memories as everyone at the fest that weekend, those that attend are in some way a family that will always have an experience no one else will have.
Didn't think about Coach on 4/20...That is dope. Have fun 2nd Weekenders!
you guys, the line up is due in 3 months and a few weeks! As headliners go, the one that's for a fact is Radiohead. And with that in mind, Everything in its right place :)
No one said anything about getting Daft Paunk- The argument was whether they could headline, which is still yes.
Most of your two weekend argument is right, esp the "one moment" comment but as someone else pointed out thats why we have coachella because they have more money.
Also with 2 weekends, Everyone but the highest acts must have some kind of deal. Not everyone is going to get paid thier full asking price twice, I bet Paul cuts deals on talent. So that DOES leave you with more money for acts. Maybe not to the tune of multiple millions but more money in general to spread around. I also feel like with rare acts like Radiohead and Daft punk its never a money issue, its whether GV wants them that year and if they personally are ready. I doubt last year GV was like man we really gotta keep ticket prices the same but an extra half million will get us Daft Punk, oh well.
And while I know Weekend 2 people need to justify thier sloppy seconds with 420 talk...but when is coachella not a 420 like atmosphere? People smoke all day everyday on the grounds and while 420 might get a few more squares to take a hit of the blunt I dont think 420 will be super epic. Not to mention the best part of 420 after coachella is you need a full day of getting straight blitzed to recoved from a weekend of epic music, dancing, hard drugs and no sleep.
No one is arguing Coachella has gone somewhat more mainstream in the way of headliners the last few years but outside of KOL, everyone was legitimate in some way or another.
Most of them were previous Coachella attendees moving up to headliner (Arcade Fire, Muse even lame ass KOL fit that bill). Arcade is great and say what you will of Muse but they put on a solid live show. Kanye and Jay Z are the two biggest rappers, both coming off hugely popular albums who also have some crossover appeal with at least most of the Coachella demographic. And the Gorillaz performance was maybe thier 2nd or 3rd live show and first without the hologram setup.
Coachella still does a very good job of getting a diverse mix of indie, electronic and rap up and down the lineup, with reunions are rare US shows still the norm. In comparison to Bonnaroo or Lolla you get much better headliners and the undercard at Coachella is unmatched. When KOL and Muse are disappointments to some, they seem like gods compared the KROQ/KISS mainstays like Lady Gaga that others get.
At the end of the day its not really about headliners. The people that play in contention to headliners are always excellent and Coachella is always looking to make the festival run better than the previous year-like the 2010 debaccle compared to the layout of 2011. Just because you are getting older and current artists are less and less appealing doesnt mean the festival is declining because they book acts that are relevant. And well see this year when Coachella has at least 1 epic headliner to sell out the 2 weekends (heres to Daft and/or Radiohead)
The second weekend allows for issues to be addressed to make the festival run more smoothly. Sound board issues, parking lot bottlenecks, traffic into the venue, etc., can all be improved, not to mention artists wanting to "close" Coachella with epic sets.
The first weekend kicks the whole thing off and offers the opportunity for many surprises, let alone riding the buzz of "holy crap it's Coachella."
Settle down, either weekend will be joyous, beautiful and awesome. If you're that worried about spoilers or missing out on something, go to both.
two weekends would be epic. even if you didnt have work/school the downtime in between itd be hard to get up for another 4 days of going hard. weeknd 2 would be Rallychella. Its hard to make it through one weekend on the camp grounds let alone two.
Youd have to stay in a hotel unless you are charlie sheen. I always camp coachella but doing the hotel thing for outside lands i could have kept going back for a week straight. Full night sleep, showers and meals make a large diffrence. Although nothing can match the experience of a huge group on the campgrounds.
if gv does get radiohead, outkast and daft punk(one can dream,right?)i wonder how many people would make it to both weekends? they dont need to do that to sell out both weekends but i wonder if tickets would make it past the first 24 hours.
Monk, a question (that I'm sure you won't answer yet anyway). You had Daft Punk and Rolling Stones listed until the last minute last year...any chance that you learned that one (or both) of those names was actually booked for this year, hence the move to two weekends because they realized they got somebody so big?
@ 7:31 - I agree with everything that you said except with the statement that with Radiohead/Daft Punk it's about whether GV wants them to play. I guarantee you both acts are asked literally every year. The whole thing is that those two are so legendary because of their exclusivity. Daft Punk more or less owes their career resurgence to Coachella, and Radiohead has already proven they like Coachella (rare Atoms for Peace performance), so really once either of them is ready they're playing...GV will shell out the money. Looks like this may be the year for Radiohead. Daft Punk, probably next year at the earliest (unless they want to blindside everybody).
When Monklish posted, "Who do you want to see (besides Daft Punk and Radiohead)?" ...MAYBE she/he/it wasn't joking, but was very literally implying that both bands are already signed.
No. Daft Punk, Radiohead and any other fantasy headliner (Bowie, Stones, whoever) have the power here. This isn't the undercard where GV has a lot of say. If you don't understand that headliner choices are as much about who is actually available to play than Coachella hand selecting them then you have no business commenting on who is and who is not likely to show up. A couple of the more infamously poor headliner choices were because every single headliner on their list either asked for too much or didn't have a production ready. You better believe that if Radiohead, Talking Heads, Daft Punk, Bowie, etc. are ready, GV is doing anything they can to book them. They don't have a shred of power in that situation.
Coachella doesn't jump to book Smith Westerns, Smith Westerns jump to play Coachella.
Coachella doesn't jump to book mediocre headliners like Jack Johnson or Kings of Leon, they jump to play Coachella when they have a headliner spot open after their first choices do not pan out.
Coachella jumps to book The Knife and Radiohead, they do not jump to play Coachella.
That is the power struggle. "Fantasy" headliners and the ultra rare acts are more about them being ready and/or willing to play the festival. The other 90% of the lineup all jumps to play the festival and Coachella can pretty much pick who they want.
@4:35, everyone knows they have tried and failed to get, for example, David Bowie, on numerous occasions, but you would be surprised at the acts that never get invited.
I agree with 435. For example, Madonna asked Coachella for years if she could play before they finally let her in 2006. But that same year they kept asking Daft Punk until they finally agreed to start their tour early and it ended up being the first date on Alive.
I bet you a lot of bands would play the festival for free just for the exposure. But Radiohead could play any festival they want. If they choose to play Coachella there is no chance of them not being welcome.
It is not saying that Daft Punk & Radiohead can play EVERY year. But they are both due for a return to Coachella now, and so can therefore play when they are ready.
Daft Punk isn't happening, neither is Bjork, No Doubt is back in as a headliner, Radiohead and Coldplay are still a go, Beastie Boys are in pending medical clearance. The Avalanches, Blur, Pulp, The Knife, and a couple smaller reunions are being pursued but nothing is set in stone and most will inevitably not happen.
Update for 9/20: Cat Power Fiona Apple Lana Del Rey Little Dragon Skrillex Superchunk Underworld
Beastie Boys would be a co-headliner, presumably with No Doubt on Saturday night. I don't know why No Doubt is back in the game, but they are. Expect at least 3 electronic acts going at once during the night time hours. It is what is currently trendy, like it or not.
I would say that COS article and Thom confirming Radiohead touring means, Coachella has them snatched up. Hopefully with an exclusivity clause. This is my most anticipated show since first attending Coachella. Im pumped!
A Perfect Circle A Tribe Called Quest Abe Vigoda Above and Beyond Amon Tobin Aphex Twin Archers of Loaf Arctic Monkeys Atlas Sound Austra Avi Buffalo Bag Raiders Bassnectar Bat for Lashes Battles Beastie Boys Beat Connection Beirut Belle & Sebastian Bjork Blitzen Trapper Blur Bombay Bicycle Club Bon Iver Born Gold Braids Buzzcocks Calibre Caribou Casiokids Cass McCombs Cat Power Cibo Matto Coldplay Com Truise Craft Spells Crystal Stilts Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Danger Das Racist Death in Vegas Destroyer Digitalism Does It Offend You Yeah Dj Shadow Dom Drake Dresden Dolls Ema Erasure Explosions in the Sky Fake Blood Fang Island Feist Fiona Apple Fitz and the Tantrums Fleet Foxes Florence and the Machine Four Tet Friendly Fires Fruit Bats Fukkk Off Ganjasufi Gaslamp Killer Girls Glasvegas Gold Panda Grouplove Ha Ha Tonka Hercules and Love Affair Holy Ghost Hooray For Earth Islands James Blake Jamie xx Jay Electronica Jeff Mangum John Maus Junior Boys Justice Kaiser Chiefs Kaskade Kate Bush Kurt Vile Lana Del Rey Le Butcherettes Little Dragon Local Natives Lykke Li M83 Mac Miller Manchester Orchestra Memory Tapes Metric Metronomy Miama Horror Midlake Milagres Mister Heavenly Modeselektor Mr. Oizo Murs My Morning Jacket Naked and Famous Neon Indian Netsky New Order Noah and the Whale Noisia Ocean Lab Odd Future Panda Bear Peter Bjorn and John Porter Robinson Pulp Radiohead Royal Bangs Royksopp Santigold Sh!t Robot Simian Mobile Disco Skrillex Sleep Smith Westerns Spectrals St. Vincent Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks Superchunk Surfer Blood Tangerine Dream Teebs The Antlers The Cars The Cave Singers The Chain Gang of 1974 The Field The Glitch Mob The Growlers The Head and the Heart The Horrors The Knife The Kooks The Olivia Tremor Control The Phantom's Revenge The Raconteurs The Rapture The Vaccines The War on Drugs The Weeknd Theophilus London Thundercat Tom Waits Toro y Moi Treasure Fingers Tune-Yards TV On the Radio Underworld Unknown Mortal Orchestra Washed Out When Saints Go Machine Wild Nothing Wild Beasts Wilco WU LYF Wye Oak Young Galaxy Young the Giant Yuck Zola Jesus
I agree with what you're saying here. My first year was 06 and what a different world that Coachella was to the one that we see now. That's why we're seeing more contemporary headliners now too. It's kind of sad, but it's just the way things are.
That being said, nothing is going to stop me from going because no one can ruin your time except for yourself. The possibilities for next years lineup are still awesome.
Aphex Twin Arctic Monkeys Bassnectar Beastie Boys Bjork Blur Bon Iver Coldplay Dj Shadow Drake Feist Fleet Foxes Florence and the Machine Justice Kaskade My Morning Jacket Naked and Famous Peter Bjorn and John Pulp Radiohead The Cars The Knife Underworld Wilco +Deadmau5 and No Doubt
there is no way in hell all these bands are on the lineup. every one of these names would garner a billing in the top 2 lines, and you have 4 headliners not including Beasties. not to mention the comical throwback to 2001 DJs(Dj Shadow, Aphex Twin and Underworld in the same year, really?)
Because I have inside information. You wish you had sources. Just wait and see. I'm doing this as a common courtesy because I am the only person on this blog that has someone close enough to GV to obtain such intel. Should I not post again or would you like me to keep all of this legitimate inside info to myself. There's no fun in that.
Enjoy all the different predictions by the real and fake Walter J alike.
There is no way of regulating my input any longer considering my choice to not post under a google account and other people's continuous attempts to pose as me and post nonsense.
Walter J, what do you expect? You continue to flat out refuse to make it so the impersonations will stop for absolutely no logical reason at all. Creating a blogger account would have taken all of one minute. You got what was coming to ya.
I really hope lady gaga goes. She has struggle to get were she is, and shes one of the decades greatest artist. If not the greatest. She truly deserves it :)
i-heart radio festival lineup is something that coachella needs to take note on. The artist are amazing! hopefully it looks something like that for coachella 2012
if you like the iheartradio lineup youre a complete tool who shouldnt be at coachella. if coachella has anyone other than coldplay from iheartradio it would be a travesty
lady gaga, nikki minaj and sting? really? download spotify and discover some real music
Walter J is an impostor and an idiot...why people even bother asking him stuff is moronic. Walter J thinks he's an insider for posting anonymously and claiming to have a source...could he be any cooler? I guess if he got mad and threatened to stop making up information that he anonymously posts on another persons blog comments section, he could be a little cooler.
But in all seriousness, my boyfriend works with GV all the time and is in charge of coordinating shows and events at the El Rey (thats as far as I can go with the details on my source). We love Coachella and he always has his ears open especially when he visits GV. The lineup is starting to take shape and now you don't need to wait until Nov for Monk to rip off the Coachella Message Boards and make up her own rumors like Daft Punk and The Stones last year....if people want, I'd be glad to make a profile to confirm my identity without giving it away(Walter J, fucking idiot). Here's what is pretty much locked up as of today as far as top of the poster goes...I'll try and get a post of the whats been booked for the under card tomorrow/Monday.
Official Walter Gay update-9/24 Headliners and Subs: Friday: Adele->Florence+The Machine->Coldplay
$aturday: Fleet Foxes->Beastie Boys(possible Co, most likely sub)->Daft Punk
Although I don't think that Gaga should be at Coachella, I highly object to people who say that she has no talent. She is one of the most talented artists in the business right now.
She has a talent for ripping off Madonna and acting like a freak to get publicity. Is she a pop star because of her charisma, message and solid voice...100% yes.
Is she one of the most talented acts in show business... absolutely not. You got to broaden your horizons on talented singers. She's uber talented when you compare her to other pop mainstays right now like Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Jlo, but not to the industry at large...that's just igg-nent. Maybe that's what talent means you but I feel like real talent has more to do with music and less to do with dressing like a man or dry humping male dancers while having a good voice. You're confusing popularity and power with talent.
Gaga's decision to be crazy, etc. is smart. Sure, other people have done it, but not only Madonna. Queen, David Bowie, etc. Is Madonna not a copier of those? No one is 100% original and the smart popstars look to their successful predecessors and take notes.
@11:55, did you REALLY JUST SAY THAT KRAFTWERK COULD HEADLINE U FUCKING IDIOT?!?!?!?!?!
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
No way could they headline, NO WAY.
Not a chance, that would be an epic FAIL like 08 when Prince had to come in and save the day for when not enough people one wanted tix to Saturday to see Portishead
I would like to know what everyone's list of LEGIT HEADLINERS for next year.
PIPE DREAM LIST -Daft Punk
-Rolling Stones
-Pink Floyd reunion
-Led Zeppelin reunion
-White Stripes reunion (i think it's too soon, but maybe they will bill it as a "last show")
-Bowie
-Talking Heads
REALISTIC
-Coldplay (new album and new tour, havent been to Chella since 05)
-Radiohead (new album, starting one-off shows next wk, havent been to Chella since 04)
-Foo Fighters (Grohl does it Chella all the time in other forms and they are doing a victory lap now and have new material and just won the VMA and have never done Chella as a group)
-Beastie Boys (they only didnt do last year because they were dealing with thelath issues still, that seems to be over i hear, and they have a new album and have not toured on it yet and havent done Chella since 03)
-Metallica and Lou Reed (for some reason, I could see this happening, its two titans together and they have yet to do a cool double group like this and most fest havent doen it really, so i could see it taking place MAYBE as they have a new album coming out together and Metallica has never done it but they DID just do Indio for the Big Four)
-TOOL (they havent been thre since 2006 and i do hear new material rumors rumbling)
-Bjork (she has done it twice and its always packed when she does)
-Eminem (just did Bonnaroo AND Lollapolooza and before u say that that is crazy, remember Arcade did both those fests and then did Chella right after and remember, there has been a hip hop headliner for the past two yrs at Chella too and he is the best rapper alive)
-Outkast (there are new album rumors and they have been Chella die-hard demands for a while now like Bowie)
-Pearl Jam (their documentary is just coming out and they ALWAYS tour and have never fucking done it)
-Jane's Addiction (they have a brand new album, Perry helped start Chella and they are on tour and they have not done it since the FIRST one!! why is no one mentioning them??)
REALISTIC BUT PLEASE SAY IT AINT SO
-No Doubt (I mean come ON Goldenvoice...come on, NO one cares, I repeat NO one cares)
-Red Hot Chili Peppers (is anyone even talking about this new Frusciante-less album???)
-My Morning Jacket (they are building a broader fanbase, but is it really enough to freaking HEADLINE? I dont know, I say no, I say sub at best not even co-headline)
-Lady Gaga (man, I just dont know about this. She MIGHT be cool in the Sahara ironically and while rolling my tits off for a laugh, but man, i just dont know about mainstage...ugh
NO ONE EVER THROWS THESE ARTIST OUT AS IDEAS, BUT HOW COME?
-Tom Petty (dude is a blast live and has headlined Bonnaroo and is a genuine crowd pleaser)
-Bob Dylan (dude has never done it but I guess he just doesnt really "put on a show", no spectacle, just blase excitement that u are staring at the man i suppose, would make him more on a Outdoor stage closer but he would never be billed that low by his camp, shame though, cause that would be neat over on Outdoor heading into something that kicks like Daft on mainstage)
-STEVIE WONDER (remind me, why the FUCK has this not happened yet???? DUDE IS PURE TALENT. He did Bonnaroo in 2010 and man, he is something to see and EVERYONE would dance like CRAZY if this took place. Everyone.
-BLACK CROWES ( i know they are SUBS but i love them adn they should do Chella!)
Am I missing anyone else that could HONESTLY do it/I obviously left off Muse, Kanye, Cure and anyone else that has done it in the last 4 yrs as it is not likely for a repeat that soon.
I want your honest feeback, and lets keep it positive on here and actually TALK about the MUSIC and not bash each other....Coachella wouldnt like it any other way!
ha, i create walter gay for 2 hours and someone already believes and someone has already copied
YOU GUYS ARE ALL MORONS noone has any insider information. Maybe to an act here or there, but see how insanely easy it is to sound legit? Its fucking not even october. Theres a reason the insiders who spill information arent posting anything yet, its because there is nothing to post. No one has tour schedules for 2012 yet to look for a void in LA dates, 2012 CD release dates havent been given. Come on, have some common sense. The people who know are under nondisclosures and those who are gonna break them arent gonna feed thier buddy a full list of 100 bands.
So seriously chill out, there wont be any real info until late fall/xmas. And the lineup isnt set in stone until 3rd tuesday of january. So stop listening to people name probable bands and act like they have any inside information.
Walter J, Gay and anyone else are full of shit. Look for real rumors yourself around boards and fansites, not on a anonymous speculation blog
Walter Gay suck fat cock. Why waste your time trying to make your point? Walter J believers will believe him regardless of your arguments....on that note return to obscurity and die.
No Doubt is close to completing their first album in nearly 10 years. They've been hunkered down in the studio with producer Mark “Spike” Stent, putting the finishing touches on an album almost three years in the making.
No Doubt started recording the album in 2008 but had to take a break when singer Gwen Stefani had baby Zuma. The album is expected to be complete within the next two months.
“Writing with other people is like a big orgy,” bassist Tony Kanal said to the magazine. “But when you start to cum, and you’re fucking in a room together, it feels like heaven".
Bon Iver is clearly mainstage at this point, they have sold out virtually every venue on their tour. The crowd for them (because let's be real, they WILL be there) is going to be gigantic, even too big for Outdoor. That being said I see them getting the Mumford & Sons timeslot.
my plan is to cook a huge amount of meth... so much i can hire daft punk, roger waters and david gilmour, radiohead, and queen! methhhhhhhhhhhhhhthhhhhh
Looks like after Walter J decides to abandon the intel ship the assholes and asshats decide to shit on this blog with more frequency....
...Monk, I believe this to be your cue to start a new posting and inject this blog with some sort legitimacy...it's officially troll season and this site is being run rampantly by them.
I have a close friend who works for Goldenvoice and despite the belief on here that the lineup is built from the bottom up, GV took a slightly different approach and made it priority for the top tier acts to be cemented...here is what the top of the lineups each day should look like. Headliners in CAPS.
Friday, April 13th & 20th NO DOUBT•MY MORNING JACKET Justice•Grizzy Bear•The Shins•A Tribe Called Quest Metric•Gary Numan•The Rapture•M83•Kid Cudi
Saturday, April 14th & 21st BEASTIE BOYS deadmau5•Bon Iver Feist•Beirut•Roxy Music•Bassnectar• Steven Malkmus and the Jicks•Avicii•Mogwai
Sunday, April 15th & 22nd
RADIOHEAD Adele•Belle & Sebastian Underworld•the xx•The Eurythmics•Foster the People•Simian Mobile Disco•Lykke Li
@7:34, Adele refuses to do festivals, Belle & Sebastian will not be touring yet, 2011 would have been the year for Roxy Music, and would the brunchwave trio that is Bon Iver, Feist, and Beirut all play the same day?
Fleet Foxes are boring and their set in 2009 was a complete bust. Their style does not work in an environment that not just bleeds but gushes sound from all directions.
what do you guys think the set list for Radiohead will be?
in no particular order:
Bloom Lotus flower fake plastic tress daily mail weird fishes optimistic little by little karma police staircase paranoid android reckorner everything in its right place no surprises videotape separator i might be wrong pyramid song my iron lung
2012 will feature Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, Justice, and Coldplay. Anybody not reporting these acts is wrong. Radiohead seems likely but I've learned if you think Radiohead is going to do something they probably aren't.
Some interesting things about our favorite french robots: Daft punk have released all of their previous studio cds in march. They love to surprise and do things people aren't expecting. There are founded rumors of them being in the studio for over a year (not for tron either). they played coachella as their first show in 6 years in 2006, kicking off Alive. They also were a late add to that coachella in february.
While i dont think its likely at all, if coachella got them and radiohead both weekend would be instantly sold out and coachella would be regarded as the best festival in the US, getting 2 of the most sought after and rare acts in the world to play the same year.
I know its insanely unlikely but imagine the publicity, money, buzz surrounding that lineup. it would be unprecedented and coachella cant trot out the normal lineup this year with the new setup. they need something special to make the 2 weekends work- some food for thought
Where did Monk's comment post in this thread about Daft Punk go ("I'm hearing them too?")? Anyway I don't think it's going to happen, everybody was convinced last year too (with Tron and their Phoenix performance).
Hey Daft for Daft idiot--Daft Punk was not a LATE add in 2006. They were announced on February 2, a mere two days after the initial lineup was announced.
Roger Waters says he's doing outdoor stadiums for the Wall next year and a slightly changed show. Also he doesn't want to hit the same places he hit last year...anyone have any info on this?
And LOL to Radiohead not being able to sell out both weekends. They might be the #1 most in demand festival band in the world.
@11:11 late as in anything after the original lineup drops. idiot
dont have a coronary over my interpretation of "late", i was simply pointing out some DP facts instead of just spewing pure conjecture that everyone else on this blog seems to enjoy so much.
Its not even october so why not have some conversation based on facts and history of these bands instead listening to idiots like Walter J who just pollute this site with unfounded lies
I wish Daft Punk would officially declare their retirement so that this blog would lose half of the shitheads that pollute this blog with absolutely nothing of significance and provide nothing of value towards the goal of uncovering who will be on that lineup come next January
i wish there was some concrete anything about coachella...this year seems extremely slow on the rumor/informatio front. By this time last year we had a headliner and a few big names heavily rumored/confirmed
Are you kidding? There are lot of heavily rumored acts, especially in the subheadliner/undercard section: Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Florence + The Machine, Feist, etc.
@ 3:57 - To be fair, the Florence/Bon Iver/Fleet Foxes/Justice rumors are just because they make a ton of sense, not because of any inside information. Just like how Nero will absolutely be there next year, Kaskade will absolutely be there next year, etc. Bands that have played Coachella before (or at least their lead singer played it before for Bon Iver), are in demand, wouldn't be hard to book and have a current live show they could use. I mean duh.
He meant there aren't leaking rumors of bands that are a little more unpredictable outside of the No Doubt/Radiohead "leak" (by the same source that said Rolling Stones last year).
Thank you for clarifying my position @409. thats exactly what I mean...
obviously every year there are plenty of bands that have played before, moved up in popularity with new cds that will probably be there, i was speaking to actual insider information or rumors based on actual evidence or band comments not just our own speculation
Why will Kaskade "definitely" be there? He's played many times before as recently as 2010, and I there are plenty of other DJs they could get to headline the Sahara. Also, Kaskade is awful.
@5:00 PM - He is awful but is huge with the EDM crowd and is releasing a new album. Guaranteed Sahara, maybe even in the Boys Noize closer spot. Anybody who thinks he won't be there is deluding themselves. Ditto for Avicii.
You know who also moves tickets? Tiesto. By your logic, I guess he'll be there too. Same with Swedish House Mafia. And Skrillex. And Deadmau5. And David Guetta. They all sell tickets. so they'll all be there.
Yeah but do Tiesto, Deadmau5 and Swedish House Mafia have new albums coming out? Kaskade has been releasing tons of new music recently. I am just as confident Kaskade will be there as I am that Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes and Justice will be there. You can't get me anywhere near the Sahara when it happens, but it's an obvious choice.
And Guetta? He could easily be there too with his new album, let's not even try to dance around that trainwreck. Although I think Kaskade is more likely.
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«Oldest ‹Older 801 – 1000 of 1096 Newer› Newest»^Have you not seen some of cities Deadmau5, skrillex, and bassnectar are playing right now? And EDM isn't on the rise? People still carry pagers in some of those towns. The shit's everywhere now dude.
EDM is definitely more mainstream lately.
^Kiss FM bubble gum pop hits are now just basically rip offs of old trance music. I also heard Skrillex on an insurance commercial, there's no doubt EDM is bigger than ever.
Lighten up Man, it's just comments.
You're all cooler than each other, OK?
Who buys festival tickets?18-30 year olds
Which is the exact demographic to which DP would sell out instantly. I'm not saying that they would be popular with everyone but they would definitely sell out both weekends and be the most attended set on the grounds. Them and Radiohead would be special just because the buzz around the festival for those sets would be amazing.
And to the moron citing Daft Punk's most mainstream song as a some weak form of a comeback...you either hate electronic music or have never seen a video of the Alive 06/07 tour. Daft Punk when they are ready will be insane...Probably 2013 unless they're planning some crazy last second announcement.
Tool
My Morning Jacket, At the Drive-In, Underworld, Elvis Costello
Radiohead
Pulp, TV on the Radio, Bon Iver, Justice
No Doubt
Florence & the Machine, Franz Ferdinand, Beirut, The Knife
Passion Pit, Avicii, M83, Friendly Fires, St Vincent, Childish Gambino, Lykke Li, Skrillex, The Naked & Famous, Feed Me, Lana del Rey, Royksopp
I have to poop a midget poop.
Man, you Daft Punk-tards are cray cray.
Haha, who was the tard that said those Radiohead Roseland shows WERE NOT happening? WHOOPS.
So Queens of the Stone Age are most definitely in via Josh Homme's mouth.
Im not one to hate on you all, as it is more than entertaining to read all of your insanity.
First of all, the festival world has changed. I am sadened to say that it has changed dramatically since my first Coachella 4 years ago. (and to all of you about to start hating I know that 10 years ago festivals were probably even cooler).
Festivals use to be for music extremists and for people who loved to dabble in drugs and alternative lifestyles to some degree. Today, they are enjoyed by the mainstream and the more we talk about how awesome festivals are to some dumb blonde at a bar to make her think we are cool so we get laid, the more lame ass people are going to start showing up.
Coachella itself has made itself less special and exclusive by going to a 2 weekend format which is extremely lame. Who would want to go the 2nd weekend. A moment can only happen once, you can't have the same festival a week apart.
So as much as I would love to see rare acts every year, it isn't going to happen. Would Daft Punk be rare, yes, but you aren't going to get them for $300 a ticket. If Coachella would raise prices a little they could get better talent and pay for exotic bands. Even 30 a ticket would be over 2 mil more they could throw at a band.
Too many festivals + Too many people who are greedy = not as cool festivals.
sad but true.
I sadly agree^. .
OUTKAST
BEASTIE BOYS
DAFT PUNK
RADIOHEAD
I'm going the 2nd weekend because I figure there will be less douchebags.
"a moment can only happen once" LOL What a dick.
@Anon123
Sure festivals have gotten bigger but that doesn't mean worse. Coachella sold out in 6 days. The supply was low and the demand was high so they added a second weekend. It's called capitalism. They only reason things like Coachella are around is because they make $. I promise the 2nd weekend will not affect you at all.
And just becasue some of the headliners have gotten more mainstream doesn't mean it's not still for the music "fringe". Coachella is more of a mainstream festival. If you want no really big acts at all go to FYF or something of that nature.
Coachella still gets fringy exotic acts. Just look placeds other than the mainstage. Of the 10 best acts I saw this year, maybe 2 were from the mainstage. And this isn't IHEARTRADIO either. Animal Collective and the Chemical Brothers had prime mainstage slots. You aren't going to hear those acts on the radio.
And even witht he mainstream acts, Atoms for peace did 12 total shows, 1 was Coachella. Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, and Prince have done 1 US festival each. Gorillaz first festival was Coachella...even amongst the headliners they aren't as mainstream as they could be. Lolla gets Lady Gaga and Green day, you won't see that at Coachella.
Overall I think they do a great job of blending semi-lame mainstream headliners (or sometimes like Arcade Fire awesome ones) and awesome undercards. I think they do a better job than any festival in the country.
And yes, as you alluded to, festivals have been going on for more than 4 years. Also more than 10 years. Glastonbury has been around for 40 years. They aren't new. And when the Who and Led Zeppelin would headline them nobody complained it was too mainstream (or maybe they did?)
Anon 309 with a TKO FTW...
It's Coachella 420 guys...
I choose that moment :)
Anyone excited for the new season of The Office this Thursday?!
..more excited about Parks and Rec.
oh, and Parks and rec!
Im not saying that Coachella doesn't do it better than other festivals. That is why I still choose Coachella over the rest year in and year out. I was just responding and trying to make sense of what sounds like the end of the world on here by most posters.
I love Coachella, best weekend of the year! Im sure that the second weekend will be great too, but it cheapens it a little to me. I want to have the same memories as everyone at the fest that weekend, those that attend are in some way a family that will always have an experience no one else will have.
Didn't think about Coach on 4/20...That is dope. Have fun 2nd Weekenders!
you guys, the line up is due in 3 months and a few weeks!
As headliners go, the one that's for a fact is Radiohead. And with that in mind, Everything in its right place :)
^ FACT
No one said anything about getting Daft Paunk- The argument was whether they could headline, which is still yes.
Most of your two weekend argument is right, esp the "one moment" comment but as someone else pointed out thats why we have coachella because they have more money.
Also with 2 weekends, Everyone but the highest acts must have some kind of deal. Not everyone is going to get paid thier full asking price twice, I bet Paul cuts deals on talent. So that DOES leave you with more money for acts. Maybe not to the tune of multiple millions but more money in general to spread around. I also feel like with rare acts like Radiohead and Daft punk its never a money issue, its whether GV wants them that year and if they personally are ready. I doubt last year GV was like man we really gotta keep ticket prices the same but an extra half million will get us Daft Punk, oh well.
And while I know Weekend 2 people need to justify thier sloppy seconds with 420 talk...but when is coachella not a 420 like atmosphere? People smoke all day everyday on the grounds and while 420 might get a few more squares to take a hit of the blunt I dont think 420 will be super epic. Not to mention the best part of 420 after coachella is you need a full day of getting straight blitzed to recoved from a weekend of epic music, dancing, hard drugs and no sleep.
Daft Paunk is my favorite
@3:09pm, big names are fine, so long as they are legit.
No one is arguing Coachella has gone somewhat more mainstream in the way of headliners the last few years but outside of KOL, everyone was legitimate in some way or another.
Most of them were previous Coachella attendees moving up to headliner (Arcade Fire, Muse even lame ass KOL fit that bill). Arcade is great and say what you will of Muse but they put on a solid live show. Kanye and Jay Z are the two biggest rappers, both coming off hugely popular albums who also have some crossover appeal with at least most of the Coachella demographic. And the Gorillaz performance was maybe thier 2nd or 3rd live show and first without the hologram setup.
Coachella still does a very good job of getting a diverse mix of indie, electronic and rap up and down the lineup, with reunions are rare US shows still the norm. In comparison to Bonnaroo or Lolla you get much better headliners and the undercard at Coachella is unmatched. When KOL and Muse are disappointments to some, they seem like gods compared the KROQ/KISS mainstays like Lady Gaga that others get.
At the end of the day its not really about headliners. The people that play in contention to headliners are always excellent and Coachella is always looking to make the festival run better than the previous year-like the 2010 debaccle compared to the layout of 2011. Just because you are getting older and current artists are less and less appealing doesnt mean the festival is declining because they book acts that are relevant. And well see this year when Coachella has at least 1 epic headliner to sell out the 2 weekends (heres to Daft and/or Radiohead)
Just imagine. . how good Radiohead will look in the poster
Monk, what da fuck!
the line up is due in three months. Where da fuck are you?
Walter J, where are you? Any updates?
The second weekend allows for issues to be addressed to make the festival run more smoothly. Sound board issues, parking lot bottlenecks, traffic into the venue, etc., can all be improved, not to mention artists wanting to "close" Coachella with epic sets.
The first weekend kicks the whole thing off and offers the opportunity for many surprises, let alone riding the buzz of "holy crap it's Coachella."
Settle down, either weekend will be joyous, beautiful and awesome. If you're that worried about spoilers or missing out on something, go to both.
two weekends would be epic. even if you didnt have work/school the downtime in between itd be hard to get up for another 4 days of going hard. weeknd 2 would be Rallychella. Its hard to make it through one weekend on the camp grounds let alone two.
Youd have to stay in a hotel unless you are charlie sheen. I always camp coachella but doing the hotel thing for outside lands i could have kept going back for a week straight. Full night sleep, showers and meals make a large diffrence. Although nothing can match the experience of a huge group on the campgrounds.
if gv does get radiohead, outkast and daft punk(one can dream,right?)i wonder how many people would make it to both weekends? they dont need to do that to sell out both weekends but i wonder if tickets would make it past the first 24 hours.
radohead AND daft punk would equal a sellout within hours..maybe minutes. The first weekend is reportedly close to sold out already.
Monk, a question (that I'm sure you won't answer yet anyway). You had Daft Punk and Rolling Stones listed until the last minute last year...any chance that you learned that one (or both) of those names was actually booked for this year, hence the move to two weekends because they realized they got somebody so big?
@ 7:31 -
I agree with everything that you said except with the statement that with Radiohead/Daft Punk it's about whether GV wants them to play. I guarantee you both acts are asked literally every year. The whole thing is that those two are so legendary because of their exclusivity. Daft Punk more or less owes their career resurgence to Coachella, and Radiohead has already proven they like Coachella (rare Atoms for Peace performance), so really once either of them is ready they're playing...GV will shell out the money. Looks like this may be the year for Radiohead. Daft Punk, probably next year at the earliest (unless they want to blindside everybody).
When Monklish posted, "Who do you want to see (besides Daft Punk and Radiohead)?" ...MAYBE she/he/it wasn't joking, but was very literally implying that both bands are already signed.
^ dumb post
@6:45
Dumb. Daft Punk and Radiohead can't force Coachella to book them whenever they want.
Paul Tollett doesn't ask them EVERY year. So stupid.
@ 12:55 -
No. Daft Punk, Radiohead and any other fantasy headliner (Bowie, Stones, whoever) have the power here. This isn't the undercard where GV has a lot of say. If you don't understand that headliner choices are as much about who is actually available to play than Coachella hand selecting them then you have no business commenting on who is and who is not likely to show up. A couple of the more infamously poor headliner choices were because every single headliner on their list either asked for too much or didn't have a production ready. You better believe that if Radiohead, Talking Heads, Daft Punk, Bowie, etc. are ready, GV is doing anything they can to book them. They don't have a shred of power in that situation.
Or to put it more simply...
Coachella doesn't jump to book Smith Westerns, Smith Westerns jump to play Coachella.
Coachella doesn't jump to book mediocre headliners like Jack Johnson or Kings of Leon, they jump to play Coachella when they have a headliner spot open after their first choices do not pan out.
Coachella jumps to book The Knife and Radiohead, they do not jump to play Coachella.
That is the power struggle. "Fantasy" headliners and the ultra rare acts are more about them being ready and/or willing to play the festival. The other 90% of the lineup all jumps to play the festival and Coachella can pretty much pick who they want.
@4:35, everyone knows they have tried and failed to get, for example, David Bowie, on numerous occasions, but you would be surprised at the acts that never get invited.
I agree with 435. For example, Madonna asked Coachella for years if she could play before they finally let her in 2006. But that same year they kept asking Daft Punk until they finally agreed to start their tour early and it ended up being the first date on Alive.
I bet you a lot of bands would play the festival for free just for the exposure. But Radiohead could play any festival they want. If they choose to play Coachella there is no chance of them not being welcome.
word on the street is, Radiohead is co-headlining with Bjork
You guys! The white stripes will headline, for their last performance ever!
so it seems:
Coldplay?
The white stripes
&
Radiohead
Good year :)
The White Stripes are already a defunct entity. If they ever reunite, it won't be next year. The Raconteurs are likely, though.
LOL
Coldplay & Foo Fighters are co-headling
The Flaming Lips haven't been asked since 2004.
So, if Daft Punk/Radiohead DEMANDS to play EVERY SINGLE YEAR Coachella will concede? Uh huh. Riiiight.
It is not saying that Daft Punk & Radiohead can play EVERY year. But they are both due for a return to Coachella now, and so can therefore play when they are ready.
Daft Punk isn't happening, neither is Bjork, No Doubt is back in as a headliner, Radiohead and Coldplay are still a go, Beastie Boys are in pending medical clearance. The Avalanches, Blur, Pulp, The Knife, and a couple smaller reunions are being pursued but nothing is set in stone and most will inevitably not happen.
Update for 9/20:
Cat Power
Fiona Apple
Lana Del Rey
Little Dragon
Skrillex
Superchunk
Underworld
Skrillix? wack
coldplay? wack
no doubt? whateves
Radiohead? Only hope in humanity
het walter, whats the reason No Doubt decided to agree headlining?
walter j no daft explanation? And would beasties be a sub?
predicting.... radiohead. artic monkeys. mgmt. sia. rage against the machine & muse.
i've noticed they like to share artists with outsidelands.... hmm.
He's not giving you an explanation because he doesn't know anything, you fucking fools.
RADIOHEAD IS FOR SURE GOING TO BE THERE:
http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/thom-yorke-radiohead-to-tour-in-2012-atoms-for-peace-album-on-the-way/
Beastie Boys would be a co-headliner, presumably with No Doubt on Saturday night. I don't know why No Doubt is back in the game, but they are. Expect at least 3 electronic acts going at once during the night time hours. It is what is currently trendy, like it or not.
The previous two posters are impostors
I would say that COS article and Thom confirming Radiohead touring means, Coachella has them snatched up. Hopefully with an exclusivity clause. This is my most anticipated show since first attending Coachella. Im pumped!
Just talked to Tony Kanal from No Doubt and he's confirmed that they are headlining
Monklish is waiting for some more confirmations via the Coachella message boards before he posts again.
Also, Rage Against the Machine are not relevant anymore. No way they're headlining.
Now the copycat @12:08 is trying to be cute. My last three posts were 9/14 at 11:07 AM and yesterday at 10:48 and 11:17 PM
smashleylove is wrong about every single band except radiohead.
Drumroll...
A Perfect Circle
A Tribe Called Quest
Abe Vigoda
Above and Beyond
Amon Tobin
Aphex Twin
Archers of Loaf
Arctic Monkeys
Atlas Sound
Austra
Avi Buffalo
Bag Raiders
Bassnectar
Bat for Lashes
Battles
Beastie Boys
Beat Connection
Beirut
Belle & Sebastian
Bjork
Blitzen Trapper
Blur
Bombay Bicycle Club
Bon Iver
Born Gold
Braids
Buzzcocks
Calibre
Caribou
Casiokids
Cass McCombs
Cat Power
Cibo Matto
Coldplay
Com Truise
Craft Spells
Crystal Stilts
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Danger
Das Racist
Death in Vegas
Destroyer
Digitalism
Does It Offend You Yeah
Dj Shadow
Dom
Drake
Dresden Dolls
Ema
Erasure
Explosions in the Sky
Fake Blood
Fang Island
Feist
Fiona Apple
Fitz and the Tantrums
Fleet Foxes
Florence and the Machine
Four Tet
Friendly Fires
Fruit Bats
Fukkk Off
Ganjasufi
Gaslamp Killer
Girls
Glasvegas
Gold Panda
Grouplove
Ha Ha Tonka
Hercules and Love Affair
Holy Ghost
Hooray For Earth
Islands
James Blake
Jamie xx
Jay Electronica
Jeff Mangum
John Maus
Junior Boys
Justice
Kaiser Chiefs
Kaskade
Kate Bush
Kurt Vile
Lana Del Rey
Le Butcherettes
Little Dragon
Local Natives
Lykke Li
M83
Mac Miller
Manchester Orchestra
Memory Tapes
Metric
Metronomy
Miama Horror
Midlake
Milagres
Mister Heavenly
Modeselektor
Mr. Oizo
Murs
My Morning Jacket
Naked and Famous
Neon Indian
Netsky
New Order
Noah and the Whale
Noisia
Ocean Lab
Odd Future
Panda Bear
Peter Bjorn and John
Porter Robinson
Pulp
Radiohead
Royal Bangs
Royksopp
Santigold
Sh!t Robot
Simian Mobile Disco
Skrillex
Sleep
Smith Westerns
Spectrals
St. Vincent
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
Superchunk
Surfer Blood
Tangerine Dream
Teebs
The Antlers
The Cars
The Cave Singers
The Chain Gang of 1974
The Field
The Glitch Mob
The Growlers
The Head and the Heart
The Horrors
The Knife
The Kooks
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Phantom's Revenge
The Raconteurs
The Rapture
The Vaccines
The War on Drugs
The Weeknd
Theophilus London
Thundercat
Tom Waits
Toro y Moi
Treasure Fingers
Tune-Yards
TV On the Radio
Underworld
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Washed Out
When Saints Go Machine
Wild Nothing
Wild Beasts
Wilco
WU LYF
Wye Oak
Young Galaxy
Young the Giant
Yuck
Zola Jesus
Oops, how could I forget.
No Doubt
Deadmau5
anon @123
I agree with what you're saying here. My first year was 06 and what a different world that Coachella was to the one that we see now. That's why we're seeing more contemporary headliners now too. It's kind of sad, but it's just the way things are.
That being said, nothing is going to stop me from going because no one can ruin your time except for yourself. The possibilities for next years lineup are still awesome.
MMJ > Radiohead > Justice
Gonna be a good Saturday night!
Damn Monk u weren't lying when u said offseason huh...
Aphex Twin
Arctic Monkeys
Bassnectar
Beastie Boys
Bjork
Blur
Bon Iver
Coldplay
Dj Shadow
Drake
Feist
Fleet Foxes
Florence and the Machine
Justice
Kaskade
My Morning Jacket
Naked and Famous
Peter Bjorn and John
Pulp
Radiohead
The Cars
The Knife
Underworld
Wilco
+Deadmau5 and No Doubt
there is no way in hell all these bands are on the lineup. every one of these names would garner a billing in the top 2 lines, and you have 4 headliners not including Beasties. not to mention the comical throwback to 2001 DJs(Dj Shadow, Aphex Twin and Underworld in the same year, really?)
love to hear your rationale for this wishlist...
Because I have inside information. You wish you had sources. Just wait and see. I'm doing this as a common courtesy because I am the only person on this blog that has someone close enough to GV to obtain such intel. Should I not post again or would you like me to keep all of this legitimate inside info to myself. There's no fun in that.
Do not post again. Thanks.
Imposter at 2:38 and 2:42.
so like, thom yorke was spotted at indio today. .
Imposter @8:57.
I'll be fucking children at both Coachella's this year. More news to come. Or cum ;)
what are the rumors for SMOKE OUT FEST 2011??
Headliners: Radiohead, No Doubt, Coldplay
Subs: Wilco, Queens of the Stoneage, TV on the Radio
Reunions: At the Drive-In, Pulp, Sneaker Pimps
Outdoor Theater closers: Erasure, A Tribe Called Quest, The Rapture
Sahara closers: Justice, Soulwax, Kaskade
Mojave closers: Simian Mobile Disco, Amon Tobin, Underworld
Gobi closers: Washed Out, Gaslamp Killer, Metronomy
Sunset acts
Coachella Stage: Feist, Fleet Foxes, At the Drive-In
Outdoor Theater: Bon Iver, Beirut, St. Vincent
^ That's fucking lame
/\Anyone would be happy with that and you know it.
You must be a joyless blowhard to not like that lineup
this is the last coachella before the world ends, can it not be possible that all these mega bands be there next year?
GNR? this might happen at Coachella...mysteriously no LA dates.... hmmmmmm...
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1671133/guns-n-roses-us-tour.jhtml
Tomorrow is officially the first day of fall--you know what that means!!!!!!
^ no, what does it mean?
wheres the official 2011 coachella video???
It means, Monk will be out of hibernation and possibly have some news for us soon : )
Monklish won't have any information until someone else does, then she will post it here claiming it's hers without crediting the original source.
New parks & Rec, and The Office tonight!
@ walter j
is aphex twin playing?
Enjoy all the different predictions by the real and fake Walter J alike.
There is no way of regulating my input any longer considering my choice to not post under a google account and other people's continuous attempts to pose as me and post nonsense.
a joyless blowhard?
here are the acts from that wishlist lineup I'd see: Radiohead, Wilco, TV on the Radio, Justice, A Tribe Called Quest
It's not bad but I wouldn't call it anything unbelievable.
And by the way GNR will not be at Coachella. Those dates are for Oct and Nov 2011 anyway.
I'm a joyless blowhard I guess.
Walter J, what do you expect? You continue to flat out refuse to make it so the impersonations will stop for absolutely no logical reason at all. Creating a blogger account would have taken all of one minute. You got what was coming to ya.
I really hope lady gaga goes. She has struggle to get were she is, and shes one of the decades greatest artist. If not the greatest. She truly deserves it :)
Walter J: I'll be fucking children at both Coachella's this year. More news to come. Or cum ;)
of all 895 posts this is the best one by far...fucking classic
Nobody wants that plagiarist fug at Coachella. Well, nobody that counts.
Guys, last year Monk didn't post until NOVEMBER, I don't know why everybody assumes they will get a post anytime soon.
Nirvana
900!
^lol
i-heart radio festival lineup is something that coachella needs to take note on. The artist are amazing!
hopefully it looks something like that for coachella 2012
So whats the word Monk?
or, whats the word Walter j?
And the headliners are...
Deadmau5
Coldplay
Queen with Paul Rodgers
^ i would be very happy
Lady Gaga could co-headline with deamau5
deadmau5 cant headline coachella...he could close the main with that new visual setup but not headline
daft punk and kraftwerk are the only electronic acts that could headline right now
if you like the iheartradio lineup youre a complete tool who shouldnt be at coachella. if coachella has anyone other than coldplay from iheartradio it would be a travesty
lady gaga, nikki minaj and sting? really?
download spotify and discover some real music
Monk it's now fall. Please post something. Thank you kindly
911!
To soon?
Walter J is an impostor and an idiot...why people even bother asking him stuff is moronic. Walter J thinks he's an insider for posting anonymously and claiming to have a source...could he be any cooler? I guess if he got mad and threatened to stop making up information that he anonymously posts on another persons blog comments section, he could be a little cooler.
But in all seriousness, my boyfriend works with GV all the time and is in charge of coordinating shows and events at the El Rey (thats as far as I can go with the details on my source). We love Coachella and he always has his ears open especially when he visits GV. The lineup is starting to take shape and now you don't need to wait until Nov for Monk to rip off the Coachella Message Boards and make up her own rumors like Daft Punk and The Stones last year....if people want, I'd be glad to make a profile to confirm my identity without giving it away(Walter J, fucking idiot). Here's what is pretty much locked up as of today as far as top of the poster goes...I'll try and get a post of the whats been booked for the under card tomorrow/Monday.
Official Walter Gay update-9/24
Headliners and Subs:
Friday:
Adele->Florence+The Machine->Coldplay
$aturday:
Fleet Foxes->Beastie Boys(possible Co, most likely sub)->Daft Punk
Sunday:
Bon Iver->Pulp->Radiohead
Although I don't think that Gaga should be at Coachella, I highly object to people who say that she has no talent. She is one of the most talented artists in the business right now.
Sunset on the outdoor will be a special performance by Barry Manilow.
She has a talent for ripping off Madonna and acting like a freak to get publicity. Is she a pop star because of her charisma, message and solid voice...100% yes.
Is she one of the most talented acts in show business... absolutely not. You got to broaden your horizons on talented singers. She's uber talented when you compare her to other pop mainstays right now like Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Jlo, but not to the industry at large...that's just igg-nent. Maybe that's what talent means you but I feel like real talent has more to do with music and less to do with dressing like a man or dry humping male dancers while having a good voice. You're confusing popularity and power with talent.
Gaga's decision to be crazy, etc. is smart. Sure, other people have done it, but not only Madonna. Queen, David Bowie, etc. Is Madonna not a copier of those? No one is 100% original and the smart popstars look to their successful predecessors and take notes.
@ walter gay
Bon Iver on the mainstage?
@ walter gay
Bon Iver on the mainstage?
@11:55, did you REALLY JUST SAY THAT KRAFTWERK COULD HEADLINE U FUCKING IDIOT?!?!?!?!?!
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
No way could they headline, NO WAY.
Not a chance, that would be an epic FAIL like 08 when Prince had to come in and save the day for when not enough people one wanted tix to Saturday to see Portishead
I would like to know what everyone's list of LEGIT HEADLINERS for next year.
PIPE DREAM LIST
-Daft Punk
-Rolling Stones
-Pink Floyd reunion
-Led Zeppelin reunion
-White Stripes reunion (i think it's too soon, but maybe they will bill it as a "last show")
-Bowie
-Talking Heads
REALISTIC
-Coldplay (new album and new tour, havent been to Chella since 05)
-Radiohead (new album, starting one-off shows next wk, havent been to Chella since 04)
-Foo Fighters (Grohl does it Chella all the time in other forms and they are doing a victory lap now and have new material and just won the VMA and have never done Chella as a group)
-Beastie Boys (they only didnt do last year because they were dealing with thelath issues still, that seems to be over i hear, and they have a new album and have not toured on it yet and havent done Chella since 03)
-Metallica and Lou Reed (for some reason, I could see this happening, its two titans together and they have yet to do a cool double group like this and most fest havent doen it really, so i could see it taking place MAYBE as they have a new album coming out together and Metallica has never done it but they DID just do Indio for the Big Four)
-TOOL (they havent been thre since 2006 and i do hear new material rumors rumbling)
-Bjork (she has done it twice and its always packed when she does)
-Eminem (just did Bonnaroo AND Lollapolooza and before u say that that is crazy, remember Arcade did both those fests and then did Chella right after and remember, there has been a hip hop headliner for the past two yrs at Chella too and he is the best rapper alive)
-Outkast (there are new album rumors and they have been Chella die-hard demands for a while now like Bowie)
-Pearl Jam (their documentary is just coming out and they ALWAYS tour and have never fucking done it)
-Jane's Addiction (they have a brand new album, Perry helped start Chella and they are on tour and they have not done it since the FIRST one!! why is no one mentioning them??)
REALISTIC BUT PLEASE SAY IT AINT SO
-No Doubt (I mean come ON Goldenvoice...come on, NO one cares, I repeat NO one cares)
-Red Hot Chili Peppers (is anyone even talking about this new Frusciante-less album???)
-My Morning Jacket (they are building a broader fanbase, but is it really enough to freaking HEADLINE? I dont know, I say no, I say sub at best not even co-headline)
-Lady Gaga (man, I just dont know about this. She MIGHT be cool in the Sahara ironically and while rolling my tits off for a laugh, but man, i just dont know about mainstage...ugh
NO ONE EVER THROWS THESE ARTIST OUT AS IDEAS, BUT HOW COME?
-Tom Petty (dude is a blast live and has headlined Bonnaroo and is a genuine crowd pleaser)
-Bob Dylan (dude has never done it but I guess he just doesnt really "put on a show", no spectacle, just blase excitement that u are staring at the man i suppose, would make him more on a Outdoor stage closer but he would never be billed that low by his camp, shame though, cause that would be neat over on Outdoor heading into something that kicks like Daft on mainstage)
-STEVIE WONDER (remind me, why the FUCK has this not happened yet???? DUDE IS PURE TALENT. He did Bonnaroo in 2010 and man, he is something to see and EVERYONE would dance like CRAZY if this took place. Everyone.
-BLACK CROWES ( i know they are SUBS but i love them adn they should do Chella!)
Am I missing anyone else that could HONESTLY do it/I obviously left off Muse, Kanye, Cure and anyone else that has done it in the last 4 yrs as it is not likely for a repeat that soon.
I want your honest feeback, and lets keep it positive on here and actually TALK about the MUSIC and not bash each other....Coachella wouldnt like it any other way!
@11:15, yes. Bon Overrated just sold out two 6000+ seat venues in LA.
ha, i create walter gay for 2 hours and someone already believes and someone has already copied
YOU GUYS ARE ALL MORONS
noone has any insider information. Maybe to an act here or there, but see how insanely easy it is to sound legit? Its fucking not even october. Theres a reason the insiders who spill information arent posting anything yet, its because there is nothing to post. No one has tour schedules for 2012 yet to look for a void in LA dates, 2012 CD release dates havent been given. Come on, have some common sense. The people who know are under nondisclosures and those who are gonna break them arent gonna feed thier buddy a full list of 100 bands.
So seriously chill out, there wont be any real info until late fall/xmas. And the lineup isnt set in stone until 3rd tuesday of january. So stop listening to people name probable bands and act like they have any inside information.
Walter J, Gay and anyone else are full of shit. Look for real rumors yourself around boards and fansites, not on a anonymous speculation blog
Walter Gay suck fat cock. Why waste your time trying to make your point? Walter J believers will believe him regardless of your arguments....on that note return to obscurity and die.
Walter J forever.
Headliner: Transformers on Ice with music by Skrillex
Flying lotus is co-headlining with beasty boys
i think that massive attack should headline
No Doubt is close to completing their first album in nearly 10 years. They've been hunkered down in the studio with producer Mark “Spike” Stent, putting the finishing touches on an album almost three years in the making.
No Doubt started recording the album in 2008 but had to take a break when singer Gwen Stefani had baby Zuma. The album is expected to be complete within the next two months.
“Writing with other people is like a big orgy,” bassist Tony Kanal said to the magazine. “But when you start to cum, and you’re fucking in a room together, it feels like heaven".
David Bowie is coming out of retirement for one final farewell tour.
whose david bowie?
dream headliners:
beyonce
coldplay
lady gaga
Where is your proof of thsi Walter Ray??? about bowie?? ha! u have NONE fag
radiohead is performing creep
Adele should headline Friday
then Coldplay Saturday, closing with Radiohead Sunday.
@1:19 AM Radiohead is never performing Creep live again.
@1:20 AM Adele is not headlining.
Bon Iver is clearly mainstage at this point, they have sold out virtually every venue on their tour. The crowd for them (because let's be real, they WILL be there) is going to be gigantic, even too big for Outdoor. That being said I see them getting the Mumford & Sons timeslot.
@8:09 they opened their set at Reading 09 with it
one more day guys!!!
^one more day til what??
For Monday to arrive!!!
Walmart is headlining Friday
Walgreens headlining Saturday
&
Albertsons closing Sunday.
Good year.
^Albertson's would probably have to share a line with the Beastie Boys, no way they'd close Sunday night on their own.
lol
Update for 9/25:
Kid 'n' Play
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Fat Boys
Bill Cosby
Paul Young
Bonnie Tyler
The Spin Doctors
Ray Jay Johnson
I thought the season premier of Parks and Rec was a little disappointing.
my plan is to cook a huge amount of meth... so much i can hire daft punk, roger waters and david gilmour, radiohead, and queen!
methhhhhhhhhhhhhhthhhhhh
FACT: Modeselektor will perform a legendary headlining Sahara set in 2012, with a special guest (gee, who could it be?)
thom yorke ftw
Belle & Sebastian
David Bowie isn't even that good live. People are retarded.
Looks like after Walter J decides to abandon the intel ship the assholes and asshats decide to shit on this blog with more frequency....
...Monk, I believe this to be your cue to start a new posting and inject this blog with some sort legitimacy...it's officially troll season and this site is being run rampantly by them.
Take control, it is Fall afterall.
Monklish is lurking the message boards. Waiting for confirmations...
Update for 9/26:
Akron/Family
Beady Eye
Bruno Mars
Dolly Parton
From First to Last reunion
Garbage
Hawthorne Heights
Katy B
Major Lazer
Rifoki
Haters and fakers can enjoy my smegma on their shitburgers.
who smokes weed?
and whats your favorite kind?
I have a close friend who works for Goldenvoice and despite the belief on here that the lineup is built from the bottom up, GV took a slightly different approach and made it priority for the top tier acts to be cemented...here is what the top of the lineups each day should look like. Headliners in CAPS.
Friday, April 13th & 20th
NO DOUBT•MY MORNING JACKET
Justice•Grizzy Bear•The Shins•A Tribe Called Quest
Metric•Gary Numan•The Rapture•M83•Kid Cudi
Saturday, April 14th & 21st
BEASTIE BOYS
deadmau5•Bon Iver
Feist•Beirut•Roxy Music•Bassnectar•
Steven Malkmus and the Jicks•Avicii•Mogwai
Sunday, April 15th & 22nd
RADIOHEAD
Adele•Belle & Sebastian
Underworld•the xx•The Eurythmics•Foster the People•Simian Mobile Disco•Lykke Li
Of course the undercard will vary a bit.
@7:34, Adele refuses to do festivals, Belle & Sebastian will not be touring yet, 2011 would have been the year for Roxy Music, and would the brunchwave trio that is Bon Iver, Feist, and Beirut all play the same day?
Radiohead will be playing Pablo Honey all the way through and then an encore of five different variations of Creep.
If you can Belle & Sebastian to play 2012, I will blow everyone.
Where is Fleet Foxes?
ff sucks pussy cock
@10:02 FF is one of the most talented bands to come along in the last 5 years
Fleet Foxes are boring and their set in 2009 was a complete bust. Their style does not work in an environment that not just bleeds but gushes sound from all directions.
I too will blow everyone if Belle & Sebastian are there. & Fleet Foxes are incredible. Your opinion is wrong.
It is possible to be incredibly talented and boring at the same time...Fleet Foxes prove this.
what do you guys think the set list for Radiohead will be?
in no particular order:
Bloom
Lotus flower
fake plastic tress
daily mail
weird fishes
optimistic
little by little
karma police
staircase
paranoid android
reckorner
everything in its right place
no surprises
videotape
separator
i might be wrong
pyramid song
my iron lung
seen fleet foxes four times. It's astonishing. I've seen !!! 9 times...we all know what that's about. Both equally as not boring.
2012 will feature Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, Justice, and Coldplay. Anybody not reporting these acts is wrong. Radiohead seems likely but I've learned if you think Radiohead is going to do something they probably aren't.
i think well be getting:
U2
bjork
&
daft punk
for 2013
if we get Radiohead this year, then we wont get Daft Punk.
It would be too good for both to be in the same line up. Even for GV.
I know you guys think it's cool to freak out about Radiohead but have you ever seen them live?
Their stage show has been relatively unchanged for at least 6 years.
Nothing they do anymore is revolutionary or groundbreaking.
They're like U2 in dirty clothes.
But i am cool
yea i dont get the hype over radio head either... they are good.... but not 2 weekends sellout amazing i dont think....
some robots might be there though...
^ Spoken like a true retard.
Anyone who does not think that Radiohead could sell out Coachella is seriously dumb and really doesn't belong at Coachella anyways.
Some interesting things about our favorite french robots:
Daft punk have released all of their previous studio cds in march. They love to surprise and do things people aren't expecting. There are founded rumors of them being in the studio for over a year (not for tron either). they played coachella as their first show in 6 years in 2006, kicking off Alive. They also were a late add to that coachella in february.
While i dont think its likely at all, if coachella got them and radiohead both weekend would be instantly sold out and coachella would be regarded as the best festival in the US, getting 2 of the most sought after and rare acts in the world to play the same year.
I know its insanely unlikely but imagine the publicity, money, buzz surrounding that lineup. it would be unprecedented and coachella cant trot out the normal lineup this year with the new setup. they need something special to make the 2 weekends work- some food for thought
Daft sources
http://www.pitchfork.com/news/44021-listen-lost-daft-punk-track-drive/
http://www.sortiraparis.com/scenes/concert/articles/42687-interview-l-inqualifiable-chilly-gonzales
http://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/musique-article/t/63005/date/2011-04-11/article/panda-bear-animal-collective-sur-le-prochain-daft-punk/
http://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/musique-article/t/64768/date/2011-05-11/article/panda-bear-critique-et-interview/
^ so what are you trying to say?
Where did Monk's comment post in this thread about Daft Punk go ("I'm hearing them too?")? Anyway I don't think it's going to happen, everybody was convinced last year too (with Tron and their Phoenix performance).
Caught radiohead outside after their roseland soundcheck last night and asked. I would consider the wink and nod a confirmation.
Hey Daft for Daft idiot--Daft Punk was not a LATE add in 2006. They were announced on February 2, a mere two days after the initial lineup was announced.
Deadmau5 will be closing the mainstage.
Justice, Modeselektor, and Bassnectar are the Sahara headliners.
Afrojack and Skrillex are booked again this year.
No Daft Punk, sorry.
The Wall
Modeselektor isn't dancey at all.
@12:18 you're a douche
Sick burn, brozef!
The Glitch Mob will headline the Sahara. You heard it here first!
Radiohead and Daft Punk are dead to me.
Roger Waters says he's doing outdoor stadiums for the Wall next year and a slightly changed show. Also he doesn't want to hit the same places he hit last year...anyone have any info on this?
And LOL to Radiohead not being able to sell out both weekends. They might be the #1 most in demand festival band in the world.
Anon 11:47 is correct.
@11:11
late as in anything after the original lineup drops. idiot
dont have a coronary over my interpretation of "late", i was simply pointing out some DP facts instead of just spewing pure conjecture that everyone else on this blog seems to enjoy so much.
Its not even october so why not have some conversation based on facts and history of these bands instead listening to idiots like Walter J who just pollute this site with unfounded lies
I wish Daft Punk would officially declare their retirement so that this blog would lose half of the shitheads that pollute this blog with absolutely nothing of significance and provide nothing of value towards the goal of uncovering who will be on that lineup come next January
i wish there was some concrete anything about coachella...this year seems extremely slow on the rumor/informatio front. By this time last year we had a headliner and a few big names heavily rumored/confirmed
LMAO at Modeselektor headlining the Sahara.
@3:41
Are you kidding? There are lot of heavily rumored acts, especially in the subheadliner/undercard section: Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Florence + The Machine, Feist, etc.
@ 3:57 -
To be fair, the Florence/Bon Iver/Fleet Foxes/Justice rumors are just because they make a ton of sense, not because of any inside information. Just like how Nero will absolutely be there next year, Kaskade will absolutely be there next year, etc. Bands that have played Coachella before (or at least their lead singer played it before for Bon Iver), are in demand, wouldn't be hard to book and have a current live show they could use. I mean duh.
He meant there aren't leaking rumors of bands that are a little more unpredictable outside of the No Doubt/Radiohead "leak" (by the same source that said Rolling Stones last year).
Thank you for clarifying my position @409. thats exactly what I mean...
obviously every year there are plenty of bands that have played before, moved up in popularity with new cds that will probably be there, i was speaking to actual insider information or rumors based on actual evidence or band comments not just our own speculation
Why will Kaskade "definitely" be there? He's played many times before as recently as 2010, and I there are plenty of other DJs they could get to headline the Sahara. Also, Kaskade is awful.
@5:00 PM -
He is awful but is huge with the EDM crowd and is releasing a new album. Guaranteed Sahara, maybe even in the Boys Noize closer spot. Anybody who thinks he won't be there is deluding themselves. Ditto for Avicii.
You know who also moves tickets? Tiesto. By your logic, I guess he'll be there too. Same with Swedish House Mafia. And Skrillex. And Deadmau5. And David Guetta. They all sell tickets. so they'll all be there.
1000!
The Curse of the Bambino will be at Coachella lol
@7:11 -
Yeah but do Tiesto, Deadmau5 and Swedish House Mafia have new albums coming out? Kaskade has been releasing tons of new music recently. I am just as confident Kaskade will be there as I am that Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes and Justice will be there. You can't get me anywhere near the Sahara when it happens, but it's an obvious choice.
And Guetta? He could easily be there too with his new album, let's not even try to dance around that trainwreck. Although I think Kaskade is more likely.
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