Coachella Music Festival to Include Paul McCartney and The Killers
For the 10th annual Coachella Music Festival you can expect to see Beatles great Paul McCartney. This will be the first festival appearance for Paul McCartney during his long and successful career. McCartney will be joined but other headliners including The Killers and The Cure.
The festival will take place on April 17-19 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA. There will be a total of 130 bands. In addition to the headliners you will also be able to see Amy Winehouse, Morrissey and My Bloody Valentine.
“I have heard that Coachella is one of the greatest festivals in the world,” McCartney said in a statement. “I’m really excited to get out there and rock!” McCartney will be supporting his most recent album, “Electric Arguments.”
You will be able to buy tickets for either a single day or for the entire three days.
Coachella Music Festival Tickets
Coachella Music Festival Schedule:
April 17 - Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Beirut, The Black Keys, Girl Talk, Silversun Pickups, The Ting Tings, The Crystal Method, Ghostland Observatory, Crystal Castles, The Airborne Toxic Event, We Are Scientists, N.A.S.A., Patton & Rahzel, M. Ward, The Presets, The Hold Steady, A Place to Bury Strangers, Felix da Housecat, Buraka Som Sistema, Ryan Bingham, Bajofondo, Peanut Butter Wolf, Noah & the Whale, White Lies, The Bug, Alberta Cross, Los Campesinos!, Craze & Klever, Molotov, Switch, Gui Boratto, Steve Aoki, The Aggrolites, People Under the Stairs, The Courteeners, Cage the Elephant, Dear and the Headlights.
April 18 - The Killers, Amy Winehouse, Thievery Corporation, TV on the Radio, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Atmosphere, Mastodon, TRAV$DJ-AM, Henry Rollins, Crookers, Turbonegro, Hercules and Love Affair, Superchunk, Glasvegas, Dr. Dog, Drive-By Truckers, Booker T & the DBT’s, Amanda Palmer, The Bloody Beetroots, Surkin, Para One (Live), Calexico, Liars, Bob Mould Band, Zane Lowe, Electric Touch, Blitzen Trapper, James Morrison, Drop the Lime, Glass Candy, Thenewno2, Gang Gang Dance, Billy Talent, Ida Maria, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Zizek, Cloud Cult and Tinariwen.
April 19 - The Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Throbbing Gristle, Lupe Fiasco, Paul Weller, Peter Bjorn and John, X, Antony & the Johnsons, Roni Size, Public Enemy, Jenny Lewis, Groove Armada, Paolo Nutini, Christopher Lawrence, Lykke Li, The Kills, Okkervil River, M.A.N.D.Y., Clipse, Sebastien Tellier, F—-d Up, Perry Farrell, The Horrors, Late of the Pier, K’naan, Junior Boys, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Supermayer, No Age, Vivian Girls, Shepard Fairey, Themselves, Gaslight Anthem, The Knux, Mexican Institute of Sound, The Night Marchers and Marshall Barnes.
Rothbury Music Festival Almost A Go For This Summer
Last year the Rothbury music festival drew over 40,000 fans. This year they are still waiting word on whether they will be able to hold the event again. After the 2008 show, the hosting venue Double JJ Resort, filed for bankruptcy. On January 5 a bankruptcy court judge approved a lease between AEG, the festival promoter, and the bankruptcy trustee. Final ruling is scheduled for today.
The lease is set to include the airport area which will be used once again for camping. It will not include any of the buildings, a liquor license, or any of the lodging facilities.
Last year the Rothbury festival attracted big named acts such as, Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, 311, Widespread Panic, Phil Lesh and Primus.
2009 Stagecoach Country Music Festival Lineup Revealed
2008 was a big success for the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, CA and it will once again be back there on April 25-26, 2009. Headlining the festival next year will be Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Reba McEntire, and Kid Rock. Dates and times for each individual act has not yet been released. Tickets will go on sale November 14 at 10 a.m PST.
The lineup for the 2009 festival will include not on;y the headlining acts but also names that include, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Charlie Daniels Band, Lady Antebellum, and the Reverend Horton Heat and many, many more.
Lollapalooza Completely Sold Out in 2008
This past weekend was the annual Lollapalooza music festival held in Chicago’s Grant Park and for the first time since it made a comback in 2003 it was fully sold out. The event sold out it’s 75,000 aloted tickets for days 1 and 2 first and then shortly after sold out the 75,000 for day 3.
Lollapalooza featured over 120 different bands and included headlines such as Radiohead, Kanye West and Nine Inch Nails.
Lollapalooza started in 1991 as a goodbye event for rock band Jane’s Addiction. It gained much recognition from acts such as, Ice-T, Nine Inch Nails and Siouxsie & the Banshees. The festival continued its annual traveling show until 1997 when it struggled to attract a headlining band. That was the last year of the event until 2003 when it was revived as a standing Chicago festival. Since 2005 Lollapalooza has helped raise $2.3 million for the Chicago Parkways Foundation which has helped build and maintain parks, playgrounds and youth activities within the city.
Metallica will Co-Headline KROQ Weenie Roast
Later this month Metallica has been announced as one of the headlining acts for the KROQ-FM Weenie Roast. The annual weenie roast will be held on May 17 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, Ca.
Metallica is set to release a new album this September and rumors are swirling that they are planning a North American tour for this fall.
Alan Jackson, Faith Hill and Carrie Underwood Headline CMA Fest
On June 5-8 country music’s biggest stars will begin flocking to Nashville’s LP Field for the 2008 CMA Music Festival. Artists include: Alan Jackson, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Dwight Yoakam, Randy Travis, Trace Adkins, Montgomery Gentry and Kenny Rodgers.
Tickets went on sale this past weekend for the 37th annual show. Ticket prices are $40 for all reserved seats and $30 for General Admission.
Nighttime Concerts on The Vault Stage:
Thursday, June 5
Jewel
Montgomery Gentry
Kellie Pickler
Sugarland
Taylor Swift
Friday, June 6
Faith Hill
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Josh Turner
Carrie Underwood
Saturday, June 7
Trace Adkins
Rodney Atkins
Alan Jackson
Little Big Town
Craig Morgan
Kenny Rogers
Sunday, June 8
Bucky Covington
Billy Ray Cyrus
Sara Evans
James Otto
Randy Travis
Dwight Yoakam
