Coachella 2009

[Vas Deferens]

Who is ?confirmed? (so far): The Airborne Toxic Event, The Bug. Brian Jonestown Massacre, Buraka Som Sistema, Christopher Lawrence, Crystal Castles, Drop The Lime, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Franz Ferdinand, Girl Talk, The Hold Steady, The Killers, The Knux, Mike Patton, N.A.S.A., No Age, Noah and the Whale, Late of the Pier, Los Campesinos!, Lupe Fiasco, Paul McCartney, Paul Weller, Peanut Butter Wolf, The Presets, Sebastian Tellier, Themselves, Tinariwen, X

[Firebutt McGee]

Joe. WHERE IS IT? WHERE IS THE LINEUP?

[Got Haggis?]

In the interest of reducing world Internet traffic, we can tell you that the lineup for the 2009 edition of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will NOT be announced today. That?s according to Paul Tollett, the chief architect of the signature California rock festival, who feels the pain of fans who JUST. NEED. TO. KNOW.

Tollett says, ?I know everybody is going crazy, but we?re not stalling, we?re still working on the show. Everything we do is in service of the show, not in service of the announcement of the show. Believe me, we?re excited to tell everybody and we want to tell everybody, but the show is still being put together.?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/01/coachella-fans.html

[Vas Deferens]

well, The Killers and Paul McCartney will be there as headliners...not excited about either.

[sonickteam2]

well, The Killers and Paul McCartney will be there as headliners...not excited about either.

they're really running the gammut from "guy from band who made rock and roll" to "band who's made the biggest mockery of rock and roll"

Coachella has it all!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Good to see they're keeping their indie cred intact.

well, The Killers and Paul McCartney will be there as headliners...not excited about either.

[sonickteam2]

Good to see they're keeping their indie cred intact.

well, The Killers and Paul McCartney will be there as headliners...not excited about either.

coachella  has NO shame.  and hasnt for years.   certainly not for me anymore!

[Vas Deferens]

well they lost me with Prince and Roger Waters last year...

[Vas Deferens]

Nine Inch Nails, Morrissey and Franz Ferdinand on Friday
the Killers, Neil Young and Basement Jaxx on Saturday
Paul McCartney, the Foo Fighters and the Chemical Brothers on Sunday.

[sonickteam2]

I will tell you that Basement Jaxx put on one of the best and most surprising sets i've seen at Coachella. It was....i guess the Cure or someone on the main stage and Basement Jaxx simply exploded on the 2nd stage.  I dont even think anyone expected it.  We wandered by about 10 minutes in and there were maybe 3000 people in front of the stage, by the end of the set it must have tripled.  and everyone was going totally insane.

  pretty spontaneous, which is what i loved about coachella.  not sure that kinda stuff happens there anymore.

[Sage 703]

Nine Inch Nails, Morrissey and Franz Ferdinand on Friday
the Killers, Neil Young and Basement Jaxx on Saturday
Paul McCartney, the Foo Fighters and the Chemical Brothers on Sunday.

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[kosmo vinyl]

I'd strongly consider going to VFest if Paul McCartney were heading.... Saw him in 2001 and it was a great show, about the strongest set list in the biz, accompanied with tremendous visuals, and his younger backing band really ignited his performance.  Kosmette said it was the best concert she had ever attended...

Of course it would be cool to hear some of the tracks from The Fireman release done live as well...

[sweetcell]

Nine Inch Nails, Morrissey and Franz Ferdinand on Friday
the Killers, Neil Young and Basement Jaxx on Saturday
Paul McCartney, the Foo Fighters and the Chemical Brothers on Sunday.

on the upside, this means that FF and the chem bros will be in north america and with some luck they'll be booked for east coast concerts.  both are not-to-be-missed shows, notwithstanding the formers most recent album.

i've never seen BJaxx live but i can imagine that they're a ton of fun too.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Nine Inch Nails, Morrissey and Franz Ferdinand on Friday
the Killers, Neil Young and Basement Jaxx on Saturday
Paul McCartney, the Foo Fighters and the Chemical Brothers on Sunday.

Are the Foo Fighters really that big? Like, I knew they were big around here because they're semi-hometown-ish and I know they get shit played on MTV which doesn't say a lot but I mean. I didn't know that had such a big national fanbase.

[sweetcell]

you do realize they sold out wembley stadium, right?  their arena shows sell out within an hour, often a lot less.  yeah, i'd say they're pretty big.

EDIT: i guess the question is "are they STILL that big?"... their last album wasn't that great and they haven't done much recently.  then again, they are supposedly on an extended hiatus, so any show is bound to attracted their fans.