The festival's origins trace back to a 1993 concert that Pearl Jam performed at the Empire Polo Club while boycotting venues controlled by Ticketmaster. The show validated the site's viability for hosting large events, leading to the inaugural Coachella Festival being held in October 1999 over two days. After no event was held in 2000, the festival returned on an annual basis beginning in April 2001 as a single-day event. In 2002, the festival reverted to a two-day format. Coachella was expanded to a third day in 2007 and eventually a second weekend in 2012. Organizers began permitting spectators to camp on the grounds in 2003, one of several expansions and additions of amenities that have been made in the festival's history.
Coachella showcases popular and established musical artists, as well as emerging artists and reunited groups. Notable appearances in the past include: Amy Winehouse, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Prince, Paul McCartney, Arcade Fire, Wu-Tang Clan, The Killers, Radiohead, Daft Punk, Madonna, The Cure, Kanye West, The Black Keys, Rage Against the Machine, Beck, Nine Inch Nails, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Jay-Z, Beastie Boys, Muse, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Foo Fighters. Coachella is one of the largest, most famous, and most profitable music festivals in the United States. In 2010, it drew about 75,000 people each day, for an estimated attendance of 225,000 people per weekend. According to Billboard Boxscore, the 2013 festival's two weekends grossed $67 million, making it the highest-grossing festival ever
The sun sets over the main stage at Coachella 2011
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| Location(s) | Indio, California | ||
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| Years active | 1999, 2001–present | ||
| Founded by | Paul Tollett | ||
| Date(s) | Second and third weekends in April (October in 1999) | ||
| Genre | Music festival, arts festival | ||
| Website | www.coachella.com | ||
History
Further
information: Coachella Festival line-ups
On November
5, 1993, Pearl
Jam performed before almost 25,000 fans at the Empire Polo Club, which had
previously never hosted a music festival.
Although the band's management chose this fledgling site as part of a boycott
of Ticketmaster
and the Southern California auditoriums it controlled, the event established
its suitability for large-scale events. Because of its remote location and hot,
dry climate several years elapsed before the next large event.
Inaugural event: 1999
Six years
later, on October 9 and 10, 1999, three months after the Woodstock
'99 festival, the first Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was held.
Due to the fires and riots at Woodstock 99, Coachella promoters were not
allowed to offer on-site camping, a ban that continued until 2002. The organizers
strived for the recreation of the European music festivals with small crowds in
a great setting with plenty of turntables. By booking acts based on artistry
rather than radio popularity, Coachella earned the title of “the
anti-Woodstock”.
About 50,000
people attended the two-day inaugural event (20,000 the first day and 30,000
the second),
supporting headlining acts Beck, The Chemical Brothers, Tool,
Morrissey
and Rage Against the Machine. Other acts
included Jurassic
5, DJ Mike Hawk, and Underworld. Originally, promoters had hoped to
make the event three days (Friday-Sunday) and even considered the UK band Massive
Attack as the third day headliner. The event went smoothly, with the
triple-digit temperatures and decisions of which of the more than eighty acts
on two outdoor stages in three tents to attend were the biggest challenges for
concertgoers.
Goldenvoice lost more than $750,000 on the undertaking, with prominent bands
like Rage Against the Machine, Tool and Beck agreeing to delayed compensation,
and leading to the sale of the company to AEG.
Full lineup
for 1999 included the following artists: Day 1: Beck, The Chemical Brothers,
Morrissey, Perry Farrell, Cornelius, Bis, Underworld, Art of Noise, Breakbeat
Era, Roni Size, Die & Dynamite MC, Plastikman, Richie Hawtin, Juan Atkins,
Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, Spiritualized, Medeski Martin & Wood, Modest Mouse,
Super Furry Animals, IQU, At the Drive-In, Los Amigos Invisibles, The Bicycle
Thief, A Perfect Circle, Amon Tobin, Kid Koala, Jurassic 5, Mr. Scruff,
Nightmares on Wax, DJ Food, u-Ziq, Tomas, DJ Rap, The Wiseguys, Bassbin Twins,
Sandra Collins, Christopher Lawrence, and Simply Jeff. Day 2: Rage Against the
Machine, Tool, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Pavement, Cibo Matto,
Money Mark, Moby, Gus Gus, Thievery Corporation, Lamb, Esthero, Fantastic
Plastic Machine, BT, Banco de Gala, The Angel aka 60 Channels, DJ Shadow, Carl
Craig Innerzone Orchestra, Spearhead, Gil Scott Heron, Raluzel, Ugly Duckling,
Kool Keith, LTJ Bukem, Blame & MC Conrad, Slipmaster J & MC Conrad,
Mixmaster Mike, Q-Bert, A-Trak, 4 Hero, DJ Cam, Scratch Perverts UK, Raymond
Roker, Jun & MC Question Mark, Neotropic, Luke Vibert, Autoclire, Bola,
Jega, Andy Maddocks, Rob Hall, Mira Callix, and Push Button Objects.
2001
In 2001,
however, festival organizers decided to try again. They moved the festival to
the month of April (to avoid the intense heat of the late summer), and
scheduled a single day, likely due to a tighter budget. Organizers encountered
difficulty booking acts for the festival. Months before the event, promoters
did not have a headline act and the festival risked failure. Promoters turned
to Perry
Farrell, who brought the reunited Jane's
Addiction to the project.
Acts
included: Jane's Addiction, Paul Oakenfold, Weezer, Fatboy Slim, Chemical
Brothers, The Orb, The Roots, Roni Size Reprazent, Gangstarr, Ozomatli, Mos
Def, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Iggy Pop, Tricky, St. Germain, Richard D. James
AKA Aphex Twin, Christopher Lawrence, Dandy Warhols, Sigur Ros, Photek, Doc
Martin, Uberzone, Blonde Redhead, Jason Bentley, Ian Pooley, Adam Freeland,
Pedro the Lion, Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Souls of MIschief, Bad Company,
Raymond Roker, Jason Blakemore, Z-Trip, MC Supernatural, Medusa, Aceyalone,
Smith & Mighty, Andrea Parker, Nikka Costa, The New Deal, Rinse & Flux,
Detroit Grand Pu Bahs, Planet of the Drums, AK1200, DJ Dara, and Dieselboy.
Madonna performing at Coachella, 2006
2002
In 2002 the
event returned to a two-day format, featuring the reunited Siouxsie and the Banshees, as well as
headlining acts Björk
and Oasis.
The strong supporting acts helped prove to the Indio community that the event
could bring in money and take place without conflict.
2002's full
lineup included the following acts: Day 1: Björk, The Chemical Brothers,
Siouxsie & the Banshees, Sasha & Digweed, Groove Armada, Cake, Jack
Johnson, Pete Yorn, Jurassic 5, The Beta Band, The Charlatans UK, Queens of the
Stone Age, G Love & Special Sauce, KRS-One, Cornershop, Folk Implosion,
Z-Trip, Jimmy Van M., Lee Burridge, Miguel Migs, The (International) Noise Conspiracy,
The Vines, Dan the Automator, Pharcyde, Citizen Cope, Forest for the Trees,
Kosheen, Princess Superstar, Saul Williams, DJ Baba G, Soundz of the Asian
Underground.
Day 2:
Oasis, Prodigy, Foo Fighters, the Strokes, Paul Oakenfold, Tiesto, Belle &
Sebastian, Dilated Peoples, Mos Def Black Jack Johnson, BT, Ozomatli, Saves the
Day, Galactic, Peretz, Sandra Collins, Pete Tong, DJ Dan, Cut Chemist,
Mixmaster Mike, Bad Boy Bill, Blonde Redhead, The Mars Volta, Zero 7, Herbert,
Sound Tribe Sector 9, Elbow, Triple Threat, Fairview, Ping Pong Bitches, Rock
Steady Crew.
2003
The 2003
festival featured Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beastie
Boys (as well as the reunited Iggy Pop and The Stooges)
and drew the largest crowd yet. The event began to develop worldwide interest
and began to become nationally known.
2003's full
lineup included the following acts: Day 1: Beastie Boys, Ben Harper, Queens of
the Stone Age, Blur, Groove Armada, Blue Man Group, The Hives, The Donnas,
N.E.R.D, Ladytron, Felix Da Housecat, Masters At Work, Kinky, Roger Sanchez,
Darren Emerson, Spearhead, Talib Kweli, Peanut Butter Wolf/Jaylib, Wildchild,
Badly Drawn Boy, The Libertines, The Rapture, Gomez, The Music, Christopher
Lawrence, Hot Hot Heat, Dilinja, Lemon D, Amon Tobin, Ben Kweller, Idlewild,
Joseph Arthur, Particle, Black Eyed Peas, Division of Laura Lee, South, Stereo
Total, The Mooney Suzuki, Tha Liks, Hernán Cattáneo, D-Fuse, Spymob, Ima Robot,
C-Minus.
Day 2: Red
Hot Chili Peppers, The White Stripes, Iggy & the Stooges, Underworld, Jack
Johnson, Sonic Youth, Primal Scream, Blue Man Group, Thievery Corporation,
Interpol, The Mars Volta, Richie Hawtin, Timo Maas, Deep Dish, Dirty Vegas,
Café Tacuba, Tortoise, Fischerspooner, Johnny Marr, G. Love, Ben Folds, Rooney,
The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Polyphonic Spree, Mouse on Mars, EI-P/Aesop
Rock/Rjd2/Mr Lif/Murs, The Von Bondies, Whirlwind Heat, The Kinison, DJ Irene,
22-20s, DB, S.T.U.N., FC Kahuna, Eisley.
2004
The 2004
event featured the reunited Pixies, as well as Radiohead, Kraftwerk, The Cure, Belle and Sebastian, and The
Flaming Lips. It was Coachella's first sellout, moving 50,000 tickets for
both Saturday and Sunday.
2004's full
lineup includes the following acts: Day 1: Radiohead, Pixies, Kraftwerk, Wilco,
The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Sparta, Desert Sessions, Laurent Garnier,
Hieroglyphics, The Rapture, Stereolab, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of
Dead, Peretz, Death Cab for Cutie, Kinky, LCD Soundsystem, Living Legends, Seb
Fontaine, Sander Kleinenberg, The Black Keys, The Sounds, Howie Day, The
Stills, Boozoo Bajou, Da Lata, Juana Molina, Phantom Planet, Mindless Self
Indulgence, dios, Q and Not U, stellastarr*, Savath & Savalas, Erase
Errata, The Section Quartet, DJ Icon.
Day 2: 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, Ferry Corsten, Adam Freeland, Mogwai, Ash, 2many Dj's,
Muse, Sidestepper, Danger Mouse, Donald Glaude, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra,
The Thrills, Elefant, Richard Fearless, Broken Social Scene, Thelonious
Monster, The Sleepy Jackson, Prefuse 73, !!!, Pretty Girls Make Graves,
The Cooper Temple Clause, Sage Francis, Supernatural, Eyedea & Abilities,
T. Raumschmiere, The Killers, Home Town Hero, The Section Quartet.
2005
The 2005
event ran from April 30 to May 1 and featured Coldplay, Arcade Fire, Snow
Patrol, Weezer, M.I.A, M83, Bloc Party, The Prodigy, Keane, Chemical Brothers,
Kasabian, Nine Inch Nails, Bright Eyes, Wilco, Spoon, Stereophonics, Tegan and
Sara, New Order, Rilo Kiley, and Jem.
Other acts
include the following: Day 1: Bauhaus, Cafe Tacuba, Doves, Sage Francis, The
Raveonettes, Mercury Rev, Fantômas, Hernan Cattaneo, Spoon, Zap Mama, DJ
Peretz, Jamie Cullum, M83, Ambulance LTD, Four Tet, MF Doom, Josh Wink, Amp
Fiddler, Tiga, The Kills, UNKLE, The Secret Machines, Boom Bip, Swayzak, DJ
Marky, Immortal Technique, Jean Grae, Razorlight, Katie Melua, Radio 4, Buck
65, Nic Armstrong and the Thieves, Gratitude, Eisley, The Sexy Magazines, k-os,
Day 2: Gang
of Four, Black Star, The Faint, Roni Size, Armin Van Buuren, The Arcade Fire,
Pinback, Roots Manuva, DJ Krush, Z-Trip, Thrice, Junkie XL, M.I.A., British Sea
Power, The Dresden Dolls, Miss Kittin, The Fiery Furnaces, Ben Watt, Aesop
Rock, The Perceptionists, Autolux, Donavon Frankenreiter, Sixtoo, The Bravery,
Matthew Dead, Diplo, Subtle, Beans, Shout Out Louds, The Futureheads, Sloan,
Kasabian, The Blood Brothers, Matmos, Wolf Eyes, The Locust, Gram Rabbit,
Smokestacks, Zion I, Midlake.
2006
The 2006
event featured Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Tool, Daft Punk, Scissor Sisters,
James Blunt, Gnarls Barkley, and Madonna in her only Coachella appearance.
Full lineup
included the following acts: Day 1: Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Rós, Damian
"Jr. Gong" Marley, Common, Atmosphere, Carl Cox, My Morning Jacket,
TV On The Radio, Ladytron, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Tosca, Cat Power, Animal
Collective, HARD-Fi, Derrick Carter, Devendra Banhart, She Wants Revenge, The
Walkmen, The Juan Maclean, Imogen Heap, Audio Bullys, Lady Sovereign, Deerhoof,
The Duke Spirit, Eagles of Death Metal, Lyrics Born, Matt Costa, The New
Amsterdams, The Zutons, Platinum Pied Pipers, White Rose Movement, Chris
Liberator, Colette, Joey Beltram, Hybrid, Living Things, Wolfmother, The Like,
Nine Black Alps, Celebration, The Section Quartet, Shy FX & T Power,
Infusion.
Day 2: Yeah
Yeah Yeahs, Kanye West, Bloc Party, Paul Oakenfold, Matisyahu, Sleater-Kinney,
Mogwai, Coheed and Cambria, Wolf Parade, Phoenix, Coldcut, Digable Planets,
Amadou & Mariam, Louie Vega, Mylo, Seu Jorge, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, The Go!
Team, Kaskade, Metric, Editors, Art Brut, Dungen, The Dears, Jamie Lidell, The
Magic Numbers, Los Amigos Invisibles, Jazzanova, stellastarr*, Michael Mayer,
Murs featuring 9th Wonder, Mates of State, Gilles Peterson, Infadels, Gabriel
& Dresden, The Subways, Minus the Bear, OneRepublic, Be Your Own Pet, Youth
Group, Giant Drag, Kristina Sky, The Octopus Project.
2007
Organizers
extended the 2007 festival to three days and featured Red Hot Chili Peppers,
the reunited Rage Against the Machine and Björk, all of whom headlined for the
second time. Other notable performers included Arcade Fire,
who had made a memorable 2005 Coachella appearance, LCD
Soundsystem, Manu Chao, a rare American performance by former Pulp-frontman
Jarvis
Cocker, and Scarlett Johansson, who sang with the reunited Jesus and Mary Chain.
Full lineup
includes: Day 1: Interpol, Arctic Monkeys, Jarvis Cocker, Sonic Youth,
Faithless, DJ Shadow, Peeping Tom, Brazilian Girls, Peaches, Felix Da Housecat,
Rufus Wainwright, Stephen Marley featuring Jr. Gong, Nickel Creek, Digitalism,
Tokyo Police Club, Comedians of Comedy, EI-P, Julieta Venegas, Of Montreal,
Gogel Bordello, Benny Benassi, Circa Survive, Silversun Pickups, Gillian,
Welch-Tilly and the Wall, David Guetta, Amy Winehouse, Noisettes, Evil Nine,
Busdriver.
Day 2:
Tiesto, The Decemberists, The Good, The Bad and the Queen, Travis, Kings of
Leon, Gotan Project, The Rapture, Blonde Redhead, The New Pornographers, The
Black Keys, !!!, Regina Spektor, Hot Chip, MSTRKRFT, Peter Bjorn and John,
Ozomatli, Ghostface Killah, Fountains of Wayne, Jack's Mannequin, Sparklehorse,
The Nightwatchman, Roky Erickson & The Explosives, Cornelius, CocoRosie,
Andrew Bird, The Frames, The Fratellis, Justice, Pharoahe Monch, Fields, The
Cribs, Girl Talk, Mika Relm, DJ Heather, Yeva, Pop Levi.
Day 3: Air,
Happy Mondays, Paul van Dyk, Willie Nelson, Crowded House, The Roots, Kaiser
Chiefs, Damien Rice, Placebo, Explosions in the Sky, The Lemonheads, Komono No.
1, Richie Hawtin, Soulwax Nite Versions, Infected Mushroom, Lily Allen, Amos
Lee, José González, Spank Rock, VNV Nation, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Against Me!,
Ratatat, Junior Boys, The Feeling, The Kooks, CSS, Klaxons, Tapes n Tapes,
Teddybears, Lupe Fiasco, Mando Diao, Grizzly Bear, Mika, The Coup, The Avett
Bros., Anathallo, Kid Beyond, Fair to Midland.
2008
For the
first time since 2003, the event did not sell out, although the 2008 festival
featured headliners Prince, Roger
Waters, and Jack Johnson, along with notable
appearances from Portishead, the reunited The Verve, M.I.A.,
Kraftwerk,
Aphex Twin,
the reunited Love and Rockets, and the reunited Swervedriver.
Another noteworthy performance during the 2008 Coachella festival was that of
singer/songwriter Adele.
Other acts
included: Day 1: Raconteurs, The Breeders, Fatboy Slim, Tegan and Sara,
Madness, The Swell Season, The National, Animal Collective, Slightly Stoopid,
Mum, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Stars, Battles, Aesop Rock, Midnight
Juggernauts, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Minus the Bear, Spank Rock, Dan Le Sac
Vs Scroobius Pip, Diplo, Adam Freeland, Santo Gold, Jens Lekman, John Butler
Trio, Vampire Weekend, Dan Deacon, Architecture in Helsinki, Sandra Collins,
Busy P, Cut Copy, Black Lips, Datarock, Professor Murder, Reverend and the
Makers, The Bees, Porter, Rogue Wave, Modeselektor, American Bang, Lucky I Am.
Day 2: Death
Cab for Cutie, Cafe Tacuba, Sasha & Digweed, Rilo Kiley, Dwight Yoakam, Hot
Chip, Cold War Kids, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, DeVotchKa, Flogging
Molly, Mark Ronson, Turbonegro, Scars on Broadway, Islands, Enter Shikari,
Calvin Harris, Boyz Noize, Junkie XL, Cinematic Orchestra, Jamie T, The
Teenagers, VHS or Beta, Carbon/Silicon, Erol Alkan, Yo Majesty!, Little
Brother, Bonde Do Role, St. Vincent, Akron Family, MGMT, Institubes DJs
(Surkin, Para One and Orgasmic), James Zabiela, Sebastian, Kavinsky, Dredg, The
Bird and the Bee, Grand Ole Party, New Young Pony Club, 120 Days, Yoav, Electric
Touch, Uffie.
Day 3: Love
& Rockets, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, Justice, Gogol Bordello,
Chromeo, The Streets, Metric, Danny Tenaglia, Simian Mobile Disco, Booka Shade,
Murs, Dmitri from Paris, Autolux, The Field, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Les Savy Fav,
The Cool Kids, Sons & Daughters, Sia, Holy Fuck, Black Kids, Black
Mountain, The Annuals, Kid Sister w/A-Trak, Man Man, Duffy, I’m from Barcelona,
Manchester Orchestra, Deadmau5, The Horrors, Austin TV, Shout Out Louds,
Plastiscines, Brett Dennen.
2009
The 2009
festival occurred a week earlier than usual. The new dates were April 17, 18
and 19, with the third annual edition of the country-music Stagecoach Festival set to start the following
week. The event featured headliners Paul
McCartney, The Killers, and The Cure (On
Friday, McCartney blew past the festival's strict curfew by nearly an hour.
Sunday, The Cure had their performance end abruptly, with the festival cutting
stage power after passing their own curfew by thirty minutes)
notable performances from Franz Ferdinand, M.I.A. (whose 2005 encore
set in a tent was a first at the fest), Yeah
Yeah Yeahs, and rare appearances from artists Leonard
Cohen and Throbbing Gristle.
Excluding
the artists mentioned above, full lineup in 2009 included the following acts:
Day 1: Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst and the Mystic
Valley Band, Beirut, The Black Keys, Girl Talk, Silversun Pickups, The Ting
Tings, The Crystal Method, Ghostland Observatory, Crystal Castles, The Airborne
Toxic Event, We Are Scientists, N.A.S.A., Patton & Rahzel, M. Ward, The
Presets, The Hold Steady, A Place to Bury Strangers, Felix da Housecat, Bruaka
Som Sisterna, Ryan Bingham, Los Campesinos!, Craze & Klever, Molotou,
Switch, Gui Boratto, Steve Aoki, The Aggrolites, Genghis Tron, People Under the
Stairs, The Courteeners, El Gran Silencio, Cage the Elephant, Dear and the
Headlights.
Day 2:
M.I.A., Thievery Corporation, The Chemical Brothers, TV on the Radio, Band of
Horses, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Atmosphere,
Mastodon, TRV$DJ-AM, Henry Rollins, Crookers, Jenny Lewis, Turbonegro, Paolo
Nutini, Joss Stone, Superchunk, Glasvegas, Dr. Dog, Drive-By Truckers, Booker T
& the DBT's, Amanda Palmer, The Bloody Beetroots, Surkin, ParaOne,
Calexico, Liars, Bob Mould Band, Junior Boys, Zane Lowe, Electric Touch,
Blitzen Trapper, James Morrison, Drop the Line, Bless Candy, Thenemio2, Gang
Gang Dance, Billy Talent, Ida Marin, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Zizek Club,
Cloud Cult, Tinariwen.
Day 3: My
Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Throbbing Gristle, Lupe Fiasco, Paul Weller,
Peter Bjorn and John, X, The Orb, Antony & the Johnsons, Roni Size
Reprazent, Public Enemy, Groove Armada, Étienne de Crécy, Devendra Banhart,
Murder City Devils, Christopher Lawrence, Lykke Li, The Kills, Okkervil River,
M.A.N.D.Y., Clipse, Plump DJs, Busy P, Sebastien Tellier, Fucked Up, Perry
Farrell, The Horrors, Late of the Pier, K'naan, Brian Jonestown Massacre,
Supermayer, No Age, Vivian Girls, Shepherd Fairey, Themselves, Friendly Fires,
The Gaslight Anthem, The Knux, Mexican Institute of Sound, The Might Marchers,
Marshall Barnes.
2010
Met with
mixed reviews,
organizers did away with single-day ticket sales in 2010, offering instead only
three-day tickets
From April 16–18, 2010 the festival drew a reported 75,000 spectators or more
each day, for an estimated average aggregate of 225,000 attendees, which
surpassed previous attendance records.Headliners included Jay-Z,
Muse
and Gorillaz,
along with LCD Soundsystem, the reunited Faith
No More, a reunited Pavement,
Thom Yorke
of Radiohead and his live band Atoms for Peace, Tiesto, and
supergroup Them Crooked Vultures. Other notable acts
were Fever
Ray, deadmau5,
La Roux, MGMT, Florence and the Machine, Spoon,
Bassnectar,
Phoenix,
Vampire
Weekend, She & Him, CéU, Echo & the Bunnymen, The
Specials, a rare Plastikman live set from Richie
Hawtin, Sly
Stone, and David Guetta.
2011
Kanye West
at Coachella on April 17, 2011
Kings
of Leon, Arcade Fire, Kanye West
and The
Strokes headlined the 2011 festival, while other performers included Duran Duran,
Mumford
& Sons, the reunited Big Audio Dynamite, PJ Harvey,
and the Black
Keys among another 190 supporting acts.[12]
2012
On May 31,
2011, Goldenvoice announced that the festival would be held over two weekends
beginning in 2012.[13]
Coachella
2012 tickets sold out in hours. During Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's
performance at the festival, a projection of deceased rapper Tupac
Shakur came up from under the stage (a voice actor performed his
introduction lines) and began performing "Hail Mary" and "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted".[14]
Although the media referred to the technology as a 'hologram',
the projection was in fact created using the Musion
Eyeliner system, which employs a version of Pepper's
ghost.[15]
Following the performance, the projection disappeared. Dr. Dre had asked
permission from Shakur's mother Afeni, who said the next day that she was
thrilled with the performance.[16]
A projection of deceased singer Nate Dogg was also planned, but Dr. Dre decided against
it. The 2012 festival also featured Porter
Robinson, Pulp, Refused, At
the Drive-In, Radiohead, The Black Keys, The
Growlers, The
Hives, Jeff Mangum, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Arctic
Monkeys, Kaskade,
Miike Snow,
Afrojack, Gotye, Justice,
Frank
Ocean, Flying Lotus, St. Vincent, M83, Bon Iver, Kaiser
Chiefs, The
Shins, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds,
Squeeze,
Zedd, Madness,
Awolnation,
Fitz and the Tantrums, Santigold, Band
of Skulls, Azealia Banks, ASAP Rocky,
Childish
Gambino, and The Weeknd,[17]
as well as unscheduled guest appearances by Eminem, 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, Kendrick
Lamar, Wiz Khalifa, Warren G, Kurupt, Rihanna, Usher, and Zack
de la Rocha.
2013
On January
25, 2013, the year's lineup was announced. Featured performers included Blur,
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The
Stone Roses, The Lumineers, Metric,
How to Destroy Angels, Of Monsters and Men, Infected
Mushroom, The Postal Service, Wu-Tang
Clan, Paul Kalkbrenner, The xx, Beach House,
Redman, Vampire
Weekend, Café Tacvba, La Roux, Phoenix,
Social Distortion, Yeah
Yeah Yeahs, 2
Chainz, Modest Mouse, Danny Brown, Tegan
and Sara, Baauer,
Tame
Impala, Passion Pit and Earl
Sweatshirt among others.[18]
2014
The 2014
festival featured 184 artists.[1]Muse
headlined the Saturday shows, and Arcade Fire
closed out Sunday nights. The 2014 festival also featured Lorde, Outkast, Pixies, The Replacements, Beck, Neutral Milk Hotel, Kid Cudi, Queens of the Stone Age, Nas, Calvin
Harris, Broken Bells, Motörhead,
Haim,
Bastille, Neko Case, MGMT, Girl Talk, Pet
Shop Boys, Foster the People, Ellie
Goulding, Lana Del Rey, Pharrell
Williams, Lucent Dossier Experience, Young
& Sick, Chromeo,
CHVRCHES and
Mogwai among
others.[19]
Beyoncé
made a surprise appearance during her sister Solange's performance. Justin
Bieber also made a surprise appearance alongside Chance
The Rapper. Jay-Z
and Puff
Daddy made surprise appearances during Nas' set. Jhene Aiko
was joined by both Drake and Childish
Gambino. Pharrell Williams had possibly the most guests which included Nelly, Snoop Dogg,
Gwen
Stefani, and Diplo.
Deborah
Harry joined Arcade Fire during their headline set to perform "Heart of Glass". Arcade Fire also
allegedly introduced Daft Punk on stage; however after some speculation, it is
rumored that it was just a charade. Although the EDM duo was on stage in their
famous Grammy's costume, they never touched the switchboard and were not the
same height and weight as the real members. The truth has not been currently
confirmed. [20]
The 2014
festival was held on April 11, 12, and 13 and again on April 18, 19, and 20.
General admission tickets sold out in less than 20 minutes, while all other
tickets (including VIP tickets in excess of US$5,000) sold out in less than 3
hours.[citation needed]
Installation art
The other
half of the festival is dedicated to visual arts,
including installation art and sculpture.
Most of the pieces are interactive, providing a visual treat to the attendees
walking amongst the festival grounds. Some of the works were featured at Burnisel and involves participants
from architecture schools, both local and international. A few of the visual
artists, such as Hotshot the Robot, Robochrist Industries, the Tesla Coil
(Cauac), Cyclecide,
and The Do LaB, alongside avant-garde
performance troupe Lucent Dossier Experience, have appeared
for several consecutive years. Poster artistEmek produces limited
edition posters. He first produced posters in 2007 and has continued each year.
2003
Cauac-Syd
Klinge, Corndog and the Chaplain of Sparceland, Join Chunks, Nair B &
Lovely, Magic Glasses, Facility 3 Artists and Joe Mangrum, Space Cowboys,
Madgascar, 1Sky's HypKnowTron, Howard Hollis+Max Miceli, Christian Ristow,
Bio-Fuel Bus, Joe Bard & Danya Parkinson, Finley Fryer, Buckethead,
Mutaytor, String Theory, Arcadian Circle. The art was curated by Philip Blaine.
2004
The
installation artists were Syd Klinge (Cauac Tesla Coil), Nairb (Deus Ex
Machina), Laura Crosta and Funn Roberts (Lanternaria), LT Mustardseed (The
Journey of the Dragonfly, Finley Fryer ("Stan" – The Diver), Rosanna
Scimecca (Cleavage in Space+Red Widow Spider), Christian Ristow (Robochrist
Industries), David Wharton + Scott Mattison (Diffraction Light Tunnel), Howard
Hollis (Linticular 3-D Art), Scott Gasparian (gaspo) (HypKnowTron), D-light
(Helix IV), Gabi Tuschak, Juli Gudmundson and Melody Byrd (Chitlin'n Grits),
Mass Ensemble (Earth Harp), Jerico Woggon (Year of the Snake) and Cyclecide
(Bike Rodeo). Philip Blaine curated the art.
2006
The
installation artists were Syd Klinge (Cauac), Brian Corndog (Metron
Transformer), Michael Christian (Flock and Hypha), Rosanna Scimecca (Zephyrus'
Disgolmerate), Jerico Woggon, Orion Fredricks (Harmonizer Water Sculpture),
Doyle (The Spider), Cyclecide/Bike Rodeo, O2 Creative (Gnome Dome), The Do LaB
(Lucent Misting Oasis featuring Lucent Dossier Experience,) and Keith
Greco (Leaf Rake Tree+Snow Globe Domes, Hotshot the Robot, Philip Blaine
curated.
2007
The Do LaB, Lucent Dossier Experience, Johnny
America, Syd Klinge: Tesla Coil, Brian Corndog: KA Labyrinth, Mark Lottor:
Cubatron, Cyclecide Bike Rodeo, Kinetic Steam Works, Jamie Vaida: Goes Around
Comes Around Carousel, Stronghold Productions: FirePod, Michael Christian:
I.T., and Babel, Sean Sobczak: Love and Dragons, Domes Guys: 90' Dome, Jason
Hackenworth: Megamite Army, Dorothy Trojanowski: Rubber Horses, Perpetual Art
Machine, NON Designs, Mark Esper: It's in the Air and Enlightenment, Brose
Partington: Tide, Greg de Gouveia: Cubed []3, Jim Bowers: Terrasphere, Hotshot
the Robot, LT Mustardseed: Aquatic Temple of Chill, Stefano Corazza: Field of
Sunflower Robots, Sasstown Crew (Portland): Threemove, Rosanna Scimeca: St.
Taudry's, manIC. Philip Blaine curated.
2008
Gerard
Minakawa: (Bamboo Waves), The Do Lab: (Oasis), Sean Orlando: (The Steampunk
Treehouse), Mike Ross: (BigRigJig), Mark Lottor: (The Quad Cubatron),
Ball-Nogues Studio: (Copper Droopscape), Martii Kalliala and Jenna Sutela:
(Super Ball), Aaron Koblin: (Flight Patterns), Michael Christian: (Beyond the
Garden), Christopher Janney: (Sonic Forest), Syd Klinge: (Cauac Twins),
Corndog: (Parabola), James Nick Sears: (The Orb), Orion Fredericks: (Fata
Morgana) HotShot the Robot, SWARM and Slick. Philip Blaine curated.
2009
The Do Lab's
Lucent Mysting Oasis and Lucent Dossier Experience, Gerard
Minakawa: (Bamboo Starscraper), Flaming Lotus Girls: (Serpent Mother), Rob
Bucholz: (Perhaps) Hotshot the Robot: (Spectralcodec Interactive Video),
CalPoly Pomona Architectural students+Michael Fox: (Flockwall), Shine+Spears
family: (La Familia Divina-Shrine), Flase Profits Labs: (Pyrocardium), Michael
Christian: (Sphae), SCI Arc Students+Benjamin Ball+Gaston Nogues+Andrew Lyon
and Philip Blaine: (Elastic Plastic Sponge), Rimski: (Rimski’s Bicycle Piano),
Christian Ristow: (Hand of Man), Mark Lottor: (The Quad Cubatron), Alex Nolan
and Justin Grant: (SOL), Syd Klinge: (Cauac Twins). Philip Blaine curated.
2011
The Do Lab
Oasis and Lucent Dossier Experience, The Creators
Project: Coachella Stage Enhanced, Sarah Tent Installation, Long March, Punch,
Nidhogg, The Do Lab, The Do Lab's Pagoda, Winwin Creative: Joy, Michael
Christian: Candelaphytes, Hotshot the Robot, Cyclecide Bike Rodeo, reel-Mobile,
Coachella Art Studios, Rob Buchholz: Wish, Todd Williams: Land Sharks, Syd
Klinge: (CauacTwins), Christian Ristow: Fledgling, Balloon Chain, A Physical
Manifestation of Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space: Jonathan Glazer
+ J. Spaceman with Undisclosable and One of Us.
2012
The Do LaB:
(Oasis) + (Triad), Lucent Dossier Experience, Coachella Art
Studios, Charles Gadeken: (WAVE), Todd Williams: (Land Shark), Gerard Minakawa:
(Starry Bamboo), Hotshot the Robot, Susan Robb: (Warmth, Giant Black Tubes),
Christian Ristow: (Garaplata), Shrine: (Shacks), Robert Bose: (Balloon Chain),
Sensory Sync: (Gateway), Poetic Kinetic: (Solitary Inflorescence), Cyclecide
and Makeover Mechanix.
Features and surroundings
Camping
In 2003
Coachella started allowing tent camping as an option for festival lodging. The
campground site is on a polo field adjacent to the venue grounds and has its
own entrance on the south side of the venue. 2010 introduced many new features,
such as re-entry from the campsite to the festival grounds, parking next to
your tent, and recreational vehicle camping spots. For that
festival, there were more than 17,000 campers. At the 2012 event, on-site
facilities included recycling, a general store, showers, mobile phone charging
stations and an internet cafe with free WiFi.
Weather
The festival
takes place in a desert
setting as the city of Indio is a part of the California
Desert. Temperatures during the festival's history have ranged from
107 °F
(42 °C)
on April 21, 2012 to 41 °F (5 °C) on April 14, 2012.
Sustainability
Organizers
of the Coachella festival manage its carbon footprint by involving employees
and attendees. The festival organizers promote carpooling and reward people who
participate: cars with four or more people that display the word
"carpoolchella" somewhere on their car may be selected by a secret
spotter to win VIP tickets/pass for life for everyone in the car. In 2007,
Coachella teamed up with Global Inheritance to start a 10 for 1 recycling
program, in which anyone who collects ten empty water bottles receives a free
one. In 2009, the festival introduced ten dollar refillable water bottles,
which purchasers could refill at water stations inside the festival and within
the campgrounds.[citation needed]
Legacy
The success
of Coachella in its early years proved music festivals could work and succeed
in a destination form, as opposed to a traveling festival. The year of
Coachella's debut was also the year of Woodstock
'99, which was marred by riots, fires, and rapes, turning many[weasel words] people
off of music festivals.[citation needed]
In the years
following Coachella's success, many other festivals have followed in its footsteps,
copying its format as a destination festival with multiple stages, attractions,
art, and camping.[citation needed] Some of these
new festivals have grown to achieve the same success as Coachella, such as Lollapalooza
in Chicago and Bonnaroo in Tennessee.
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