FULL LINE-UP ANNOUNCED FOR 2004 COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL MAY 1 AND 2 IN INDIO, CA;
TICKETS GO ON SALE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 FOR THE TWO-DAY FESTIVAL HEADLINED BY RADIOHEAD AND THE CURE For the fifth Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, organizers have again assembled an array of music's most adventurous talents. Headliners for this year's event--which returns to the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2--include Radiohead (Saturday) and The Cure (Sunday). Saturday's line-up will also be highlighted by an historic reunion from The Pixies and the return of Kraftwerk. Tickets for the festival go on sale Saturday, February 14 at 12 Noon (PST). This year's bill includes many first-time Coachella performers. In addition to Radiohead, The Cure and The Pixies, other groups such as Kraftwerk, Thursday, The Stills, Future Sound of London (who make their first U.S. live performance ever), Dizzee Rascall and Paul Van Dyk will make their COACHELLA debuts. Returning COACHELLA performers include The Rapture, Belle & Sebastian, Kinky and the 22-20's. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone lines, at all Ticketmaster retail ticket centers or via www.ticketmaster.com. General admission tickets for each day are priced at $75.00, with a limited amount of 2-day tickets available for $140.00, plus $1.00 per day for charity (details of which will be announced in the coming weeks). As in years past, there is free parking and venue doors will open at 11:00 AM on both days. Parking lots open at 9:00 AM. Once again, a limited number of camping spots are available adjacent to the festival grounds. Due to overwhelming response in 2003, this year's camping area will be expanded and improved. The three-night camping package is $25.00 per person (plus applicable service charges). The COACHELLA festival--which last year attracted 68,000 music fans--is an unparalleled cutting-edge musical experience in a peaceful and breathtakingly beautiful setting which features over 75 acts spread out over four stages on 78+ acres amid towering palm trees and mountainous views of the Palm Desert area. The Los Angeles Times (1/14/04) called COACHELLA "the premier music festival in the U.S., showcasing dozens of the key forces in rock and dance-music." The full line-up by day is as follows: Saturday: Radiohead, The Pixies, Kraftwerk, Wilco, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Rapture, Desert Sessions, Laurent Garnier, Hieroglyphics, Kinky, Stereolab, Future Sound of London, And you will know us by The Trail of Dead, Peretz, Death Cab for Cutie, Sparta, LCD Soundsystem, Living Legends, Sander Kleinenberg, The Black Keys, The Sounds, Howie Day, Junior Senior, Mark Farina, Moving Units, Sahara Hotnights, Electric Six, The Stills, Seb Fontaine, 22-20's, Da Lata, Juana Molina, Phantom Planet, Mindless Self Indulgence, Dios, Jem, Q and not U, stellastarr*, Erase Errata, The Section Quartet, DJ Icon. Sunday: The Cure, The Flaming Lips, Air, Belle & Sebastian, Basement Jaxx, Paul Van Dyk, Bright Eyes, Atmosphere, Thursday, BRMC, Cursive, Le Tigre, The Crystal Method, Dizzee Rascal, Adam Freeland, Mogwai, Ash, 2many Dj's, Muse, Sidestepper, Donald Glaude, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, The Thrills, Broken Social Scene, Richard Fearless, The Sleepy Jackson, Ferry Corsten, Prefuse 73, !!!, The Cooper Temple Clause, Sage Francis, T. Raumschmiere, The Killers, Home Town Hero, The Section Quartet. For information about nearby hotels, camping facilities, restaurants and more, check out www.coachella.com.
