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It is the start of a new year and that means we're slouching towards Southern California's biggest music festivals, starting with Coachella in the middle of April. And the internet is simply ablaze with line-up rumors. But this year, much like last, crazed fans have taken things a step further on the festival's message board, going as far as to contact bands directly for confirmation.
At the forefront of this year's rumor mill are scores of potential summer blockbuster acts, including Animal Collective, Basement Jaxx, the Black Keys, Blur, Britney Spears, Four Tet, Glasvegas, José González, Keane, Morrissey, N.A.S.A, Neil Young, Outkast, the Pretenders, the Prodigy, the Replacements, the Smiths, the Thermals and the White Stripes. And among the purportedly confirmed artists, who have been reached through Myspace or other means, are some pretty sizable LA locals like No Age, Peanut Butter Wolf, the Airborne Toxic Event and Flying Lotus.
So that got us thinking, who would you like to see at this year's Coachella and why?
Confirmed Artists: the Airborne Toxic Event, the Bug, Buraka Som Sistema, Crystal Castles, Drop The Lime, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Girl Talk, the Hold Steady, the Killers, No Age, Noah and the Whale, Late of the Pier, Los Campesinos!, Peanut Butter Wolf, the Presets, Sébastien Tellier,Themselves, Tinariwen
Confirmed DJs: DJ Gina Turner, DJ Hipnotic Starr, DJ Luis Segura, DJmorales, DJ Zegon
Rumored Artists: Animal Collective, Basement Jaxx, the Black Keys, Black Lips, Blur, Britney Spears, the Comedians of Comedy, Four Tet, the Gaslight Anthem, Glasvegas, Gui Boratto, Gus Black, Heartless Bastards, Hot Little Pony, José González, Keane, KONGCRETE, Mexican Institute of Sound, Monotonix, Morrissey, Mr. Lif, N.A.S.A., Neil Young, OutKast, Plump DJs, the Pretenders, the Prodigy, the Replacements, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Roni Size Reprazent, the Smiths, the Thermals, Turbonegro, We Are Scientists, White Lies, the White Stripes
[Source: Consequence of Sound]
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Prodigy & Outkast sound like they would be so awesome at Coachella.
I would like to see A Tribe Called Quest, Brand Nubian, The Blow & Handsome Boy Modeling School.
Gogol Bordello, Chromeo & Of Montreal will hopefully be back this year, too.
I'd like to see more locals get confirmed.
I heart LAist as much as the next stalker, but surely you know better than to list the Smiths as 'rumored'... question mark. The ist from LA must know better than to waste the valuable time of busy people. We are flat out preparing for being somewhat disappointed with Obama. What we really need is some GaGa up in that place...
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1849030.ece
tabloid or not, people are certainly talking about it
The Bug...ugh! Worst opening act ever (Nine Inch Nails, Vegas).
All I want is the Replacements. Can't really imagine how it would all turn out though a full 18 years after Westerberg decided to be an old man.
Yay for Airborne Toxic and Cyrstal Castles
I am curious to see Crystal Castles live after watching their Glastonbury set.
Also The Wombats, The Subways, & The Maccabees because I'm such a sucker for Brit Rock/Pop.
turbonegro would be nice
with this being 10th year Janes Adiction oringinal line up will be playing Neil Youngs a long shot, Bat for Lahes should return there will beone big head liner to get people to advance buy tickets they should lower the ticket price to $50-75 a day if they where smart
what?! No Jack Johnson???
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