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Coachella 2008 Announced (Full Lineup)

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Let the 2008 festival season begin, North America! Here we have the much-anticipated lineup for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, taking place April 25-27 at Empire Polo Field in hot, sticky Indio, California. Organizers made the big announcement at a press conference today in Mexico City, according to the LA Times.

UPDATE: Got the poster now (see above)

The biggest surprise? No My Bloody Valentine, who were heavily rumored to be playing this year's fest. The second biggest surprise? How underwhelming it is in comparison to years past.

Among the big ticket items: Roger Waters of Pink Floyd performing Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety, Portishead playing their first American show in forever, the reunited Verve, uh, Jack Johnson. But hey, Kraftwerk!

Other acts scheduled to play the fest (compiled from various sources) include the Breeders, Death Cab for Cutie, Jens Lekman, My Morning Jacket, M.I.A., the Raconteurs, the Streets, Animal Collective, Stars, Black Lips, Rilo Kiley, Spiritualized, Love and Rockets, Battles, Dan Deacon, Justice, Kid Sister, Vampire Weekend, I'm From Barcelona, Man Man, Hot Chip, the Field, Black Mountain, Diplo, Crystal Castles, Madness, Mum, Tegan and Sara, UNKLE, Chromeo, Autolux, Louis XIV, Cold War Kids, Junkie XL, VHS or Beta, Cafe Tacuba, Bonde Do Role, Aesop Rock, Yo Majesty, Fatboy Slim, Midnight Juggernauts, Akron/Family, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, the Cinematic Orchestra... ah, hell, you can read the poster.

So still pretty great, right?

Take a good look at that lineup, folks. Chances are you're going to see some combination of all of those names at least 15 more times within the next few months as the festival season gets underway.

AEG Live and Goldenvoice, the people behind Coachella, are expected to announce a festival for later in the summer which will take place at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey. Radiohead and Jack Johnson-- there he is again!-- are reportedly the headliners.

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Posted by Amy Phillips / Pitchfork Media

Kraftwerk
Diplo
National
Spank Rock
Busy P
Modeselektor
MIA
Hot Chip
Erol Alkan
Institubes DJs
A-Trak
The Field
Booka Shade
Simian Mobile Disco
Chromeo
Justice
The streets
Metric
Kavinsky
Boys Noize
Flogging Molly


woah !

Fantastic line-up. Too bad I have my finals at that date.

Deadmau5? Are you fucking kidding me?

Won't list the EDM acts I appreciate, sure most of you know who the talent is there, but for other genres:

Mum
Minus The Bear
Dredg

Good shit...

the lack of daft punk makes this lineup only half as good as last time.

Kraftwerk's about the only thing on there that makes me go "OMG, I GOTTA SEE THIS!!" Not much else there to get terribly excited for though, as a lot of those acts come through Vancouver anyway, and can be seen for a substantially lower price. Festival will still be fun, of course, but the EDM line-up seems rather safe for the most part.

a couple good ones on each day, but I'd rather see those somewhere else. (sorry, james ).

The Verve? The Verve have reformed? When did The Verve reform? Why do bands get back together for Coachella?

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J The Verve? The Verve have reformed? When did The Verve reform? Why do bands get back together for Coachella?

They were touring the UK just before christmas, few of my mates went to their glasgow gig and said it was shite.

i've always wanted to see mum in concert. like their stuff lately.

hot chip will be good too.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J The Verve? The Verve have reformed? When did The Verve reform? Why do bands get back together for Coachella?

take that, spice girls, the verve, zeppelin. Everyones doing it these days!

THE FIELD!!!

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Originally posted by Minhaj THE FIELD!!!

Saw him do a live PA last year. It was almost as though he just crossfaded through a CD playing his own tracks instead of actually doing anything. Good music, but meh, wouldn't see him again.

Portishead.

Nuff said.

OMG this seems 200X better than the one posted in another thread based on rumors, I gots to get get my ass there.

are "Holy F*ck" and "Black Kids" 2 separate groups or is there actually a group called "Holy F*ck - Black Kids"?

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Originally posted by l�cid are "Holy F*ck" and "Black Kids" 2 separate groups or is there actually a group called "Holy F*ck - Black Kids"?

those were the first words i uttered (in russian tho) when i got off the plane in Chicago from Moscow (11 yrs ago).

HOLY FUCK BLACK KIDS!

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Originally posted by iammesol HOLY FUCK NAPPY-HEADED HOS!

fixed.

There's something strange about that picture...

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Originally posted by Ian the lack of daft punk makes this lineup only half as good as last time.

LOL nice quote

this looks orgasmic

Mum is awesome.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J The Verve? The Verve have reformed? When did The Verve reform? Why do bands get back together for Coachella?

They didn't get back together for Coachella, they reunited last summer. They've been doing gigs and they're recording a new album. A 15 min jam session ("The Thaw Session") was made available as a free download in october. It sounds great, it's a laidback spacy piece reminiscent of the early days of the band. Maybe we'll see a return to the space rock of A Storm In Heaven and the first singles. I hope so at least. : ]

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Originally posted by bas Portishead and Kraftwerk. Nuff said.

Fixed.

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