It’s finally here! After much anticipation (and rumors) the 2013 lineup has finally been revealed. This years headliners will be The Stone Roses, Phoenix, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The festival has continued to grow in it’s fourteen years and this year is no exception. Several heavy hitters are featured on the lineup such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse, Johnny Marr, and the xx.
Postal Service fans will also be excited to know that the Coachella rumors were true. Unfortunately all the fans holding out for those Rolling Stones rumors will be disappointed. However, there are several bands that make Coachella’s lineup especially stacked in 2013.
It has been several years since The Stone Roses and Blur have toured on American soil. Just last year, The Stone Roses reunited to play in Warrington, England – their first gig in 16 years. The band haven’t played in the United States since May of 1995. While Damon Albarn has appeared at Coachella recently (with Gorillaz in 2010, and with The Good, the Bad and the Queen in 2009), Blur has not played as full band in America since 2003.
Of course Coachella is also famous for it’s reunions. This year, the festival is seeing reunions from Jurassic 5, Violent Femmes, and again, the Postal Service. mxdwn favorites How to Destroy Angels and Puscifer are also featured at the festival.
Most of these bands didn’t even hit the rumor mill, making them especially exciting additions to the lineup. Former Velvet Underground frontman, Lou Reed, was an especially surprising addition since some of his more recent work has been limited to lectures. However, we can only imagine what kind of material, and guest spots, Lou Reed will have during his set. Perhaps an on-stage collaboration with Metallica?
It also seems to be the year of the favorites, with many bands returning to Coachella. Most of the bands seem to be repeat offenders at Coachella. However, there are some new names including Divine Fits, and the Lumineers.
Check out the website, (which has already crashed!) and make note of the countdown. (78 days for all you Weekend One-ers).
If you didn’t already purchase layaway tickets, passes for both weekends go on sale January 29th at 10am. Unfortunately you can no longer purchase layaway tickets. With the general sale this year, tickets for weekend 1 must be purchased with a shuttle pass or a car camping pass. So factor that into your Coachella budget if you’re wanting to go to Weekend 1. Passes for Weekend 1 (with the car camping or shuttle pass) will be $434 while GA tickets will be $349. Goldenvoice has a new feature for ticket pricing in 2013: all the fees are included with the ticket price. So, the price you see is the price you pay.
Also, if you’re a Coachella newbie – make sure to set up an account with FrontGate Tickets before hand. It definitely quickens the process and lessens the risk of getting booted out of the system. Also for you newbies, be prepared to wait to buy tickets. The system is famously crowded every year.
You can read more about the ticket buying process here. Here are links if you’re trying to get tickets for Weekend 1 or for Weekend 2.
Coachella 2013 Lineup
Friday April 12 & 19
The Stone Roses
Blur
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Modest Mouse
Lou Reed
Jurassic 5
Grinderman
Bassnectar
Dog Blood
How to Destroy Angels
Passion Pit
Tegan and Sara
Band of Horses
Beach House
Metric
Local Natives
Of Monsters and Men
Infected Mushroom
Japandroids
Divine Fits
Stars
Johnny Marr
Luciano
Wolfgang Gartner
Nicky Romero
Modestep
Tommy Trash
Thomas Gold
The Shouting Matches
Dillon Francis
Four Tet
Aesop Rock
Alt-J
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
TNGHT
Jake Bugg
Earl Sweatshirt
Polica
Sparks
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Purity Ring
Lee Scratch Perry
Dam-Funk
DJ Harvey
Jamie xx
Seth Troxler
Youth Lagoon
Deathfix
C2C
Beardyman
Lord Huron
Palma Violets
ID Echo
Skinny Lister
the Neighbourhood
Sam XL Pure Filth Sound
Saturday April 13 & 20
Phoenix
the xx
The Postal Service
Sigur Ros
New Order
Hot Chip
Grizzly Bear
Knife Party
Benny Benassi
Two Door Cinema Club
Moby
Descendents
Yeasayer
Franz Ferdindand
Violent Femmes
Simian Mobile Disco
Spiriualized
Puscifer
Cafe Tacvba
Portugal.the Man
the Make-Up
Bat for Lashes
Richie Hawtin
major Lazer
Fedde Le Grand
Dropkick Murphys
Foals
Ben Howard
2 Chainz
Janelle Monae
Danny Brown
Wild Nothing
Booka Shade
Bingo Players
Allen Stone
El-P
the Selecter
Pusha T
Kill the Noise
The Evens
Biffy Clyro
Theophilus London
Baauer
Zane Lowe
Trash Talk
Birdy Nam Nam
Action Bronson
Jason Bentley
the Wombats
Guards
Mona
Savages
Shovels & Rope
Houratron
Kurt Vile
Reignwolf
Cassy
3Ball MTY
Kids These Days
the 2 Bears
the Colourist
Vintage Trouble
Sunday April 14 & 21
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Vampire Weekend
Social Distortion
Wu-Tang Clan
Pretty Lights
Eric Prydz
Tame Impala
The Lumineers
Dead Can Dance
La Roux
James Blake
Excision
Grimes
the Gaslight Anthem
the Faint
Hardwell
Paul Oakenfold
Dinosaur Jr.
Raider Klan
OMD
Roni Size
the Airborne Toxic Event
Father John Misty
Tanlines
Rodriguez
Alex Clare
Paul Kalkbrenner
Jessie Ware
Loco Dice
James Jones
the Three O’Clock
Disclosure
Mimosa
Cloud Nothings
Parov Stelar Band
Julio Bashmore
Thee Oh Sees
Dub Fx
Maya Jane Coles
JEFF the Brotherhood
Smith Westerns
Dirtyphonics
Joris Voorn
Hanni El Khatib
Danny Abvila
Ghost
DIIV
Little Green Cars
Ford Mustang
James McCartney
Unicorn Kid
Robert DeLong
White Arrows
Deap Valley
Wild Belle
Adrian Lux
Ladies Night
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