Coachella Valley Music
and Arts Festival
April 30th – May 1st
Indio, California

The late-breaking news on the Coachella Music Festival is that U.K. act Doves have cancelled their appearnace due to vocalist/bassist Jimi Goodwin is suffering from severely strained vocal chords.

This also means that they have cancelled first eight shows of its upcoming North American tour with Mercury Rev.

Coachella has emerged to be the coolest of summer music festivals in the U.S. Picking up where Lollapalooza left off, Coachella 2005 has become the stamp of approval that lets people know that any band that plays there is very talented and worthy of your attention. It's located in sunny Indio California, so how can it be bad?

With that in mind, you should go to Coachella. Sell your soul, trade in family heirlooms, anything at all, but a trip to Coachella is as worthy of your time as the Burning Man festival or Lollapalooza once was.

Headlining bands this year include Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, New Order, Bright Eyes and Weezer.

There is onsite camping for the party people and offsite camping and hotels for people who want to escape the madness at days end.

Other news on Coachella
Elizabeth Fraser has announced that the Cocteau Twins will pull the plug on their performance at Coachella. She is citing personal but private reasons.

Coachella Music Festival lineup
DAY ONE
Coldplay
Bauhaus
Weezer
The Chemical Brothers
Wilco
Keane
Snow Patrol
Rilo Kiley
Cafe Tacuba
Doves
Sage Francis
The Raveonettes
Bloc Party
Mercury Rev
Fantomas
Hernan Cattaneo
Spoon
Zap Mama
Dj Peretz
Jamie Cullum
M83
Ambulance LTD
Four Tet
MF Doom
Josh Wink
Amp Fiddler
Tiga
The Kills
UNKLE - James Lavelle
The Secret Machines
Boom Bip
Swayzak
Dj Marky
Immortal Technique
Jean Grae
Razorlight
Katie Melua
Radio 4
Buck 65
Gratitude
Eisley
The Sexy Magazines
k-os

DAY TWO
Nine Inch Nails
New Order
Bright Eyes
Gang of Four
The Prodigy
Black Star
The Faint
Roni Size with Dynamite MC
Armin Van Buuren
The Arcade Fire
Pinback
Roots Manuva
Dj Krush
Thrice
Junkie XL
M.I.A.
British Sea Power
The Dresden Dolls
Miss Kittin
The Fiery Furnaces
Ben Watt
Aesop Rock
The Perceptionists
Jem
Autolux
Donavon Frankenreiter
Sixtoo
Tegan and Sara
Stereophonics
The Bravery
Matthew Dear
Diplo
Subtle
Beans
Shout Out Louds
The Futureheads
Sloan
Kasabian
The Blood Brothers
Matmos
Wolf Eyes
The Locust
Gram Rabbit
Smokestacks
Zion

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