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When Coachella released a photo of a stone on its Facebook page a few weeks back, music fans took it as a sign that the most obvious rock band with "Stone" in its name would be headlining the festival in Indio. But instead of the "Rolling Stones," the line-up revealed that the headliners will be a band that millennials had to actually Google.
So now The Stone Roses are getting their own "Who is Arcade Fire?" moment complete with a tumblr of baffled Coachella fans reacting to the line-up:
I have literally no idea who the Stone Roses are
— Steven Anthony (@Steven_Anthony) January 25, 2013
This morning I woke up to find out that theres this "classic, amazing and popular UK band" called The Stone Roses...Who?? #NeedsMoreDaftPunk
— Eric Brekher (@eBrekh) January 25, 2013
Glad to know I'm not the only one who has no clue who The Stone Roses are. #coachella
— Ben Riddell (@briddell1) January 25, 2013
And of course, there's a backlash to the backlash:
For those of you wondering, here's a Google search, here's their Wiki page, here's the Guardian article about their reunion tour and here's some music:
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