By Jim Fusilli From: http://blogs.wsj.com
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- Skrillex performs on June 20, 2012 in New York City.
Blur, the Stone Roses, Phoenix and Red Hot Chili Peppers will headline the annual three-day Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to be held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, on consecutive weekends, April 12 through 14 and April 19 through 21.
The announcement of the bill, made late last night, thus ends rumors of appearances by David Bowie, Daft Punk, the Rolling Stones, the Smiths and the Who. As it has in recent years, Coachella continues to veer away from boomer-era acts: Lou Reed is the rare artist on the bill whose career began in the ‘60s. Also, there are few hip-hop acts scheduled to appear, though the reunions of the Wu Tang Clan and Jurassic 5 promise to be highlights of the desert festival. Electronic dance music acts include Benny Benassi, Wolfgang Gartner, Richie Hawtin, Infected Mushroom, Fedde Le Grand, Moby, Paul Oakenfold, Pretty Lights, Roni Size, and Skrillex and Boys Noize’s Dog Blood.
Coachella has long favored reuniting British bands, and this year the Stones Roses, who ended a 15-year hiatus in late ’11, and Blur, who haven’t released an album of new music in 10 years, will share the opening-night headliner slot. The festival also will feature relatively rare appearances by Modest Mouse and Violent Femmes, and the reunion of Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello’s the Postal Service. Nick Cave will appear twice – on Friday nights with Grinderman and on Sundays with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – as will Jamie xx, who’ll perform with the xx and spin a DJ set.
General-admission tickets, priced beginning at $349, are on sale on Tuesday, January 29, at 10 a.m. PST. To see the full lineup and for information on purchasing tickets, visit www.coachella.com.
Related: John Jurgensen previews the lineup for this year’s Coachella festival.
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