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Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (commonly known as Coachella) is a three-day (formerly a one or two-day) annual music and arts festival organized by Goldenvoice held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. The event features many genres of music including alternative rock, hip hop, and Electronic music as well as large sculptural art. The event has several stages/tents set-up throughout the grounds, each playing live music continuously. The main stages are: Coachella Stage, Outdoor Theatre, Gobi Tent, Mojave Tent, and the Sahara Tent (2006 also saw the addition of a smaller Oasis Dome).

The Coachella Music Festival has a desert setting (the city of Indio is a part of the Colorado Desert), with daytime temperatures frequently rising to over 100°F (38°C). The festival enjoys little cloud cover or shade. The temperature drops drastically after sunset.

History

On the evening of November 5, 1993 the rock band Pearl Jam performed before almost 25,000 fans that stood and sat through the night on the lawns of Indio's historic and previously rock-festival free Empire Polo Club. Although band management had chosen this untested and under-developed site as part of the boycott of Ticketmaster and the Southern California auditoriums it controlled, the event established the new venue's suitability for large-scale rock events. Such suitability was not a given: the grounds, essentially one vast irrigated desert lawn, sit in one of America's hottest and driest spots, and the region's lightly populated towns, while having a history as resorts, are between one and five hours' drive from regional population centers (San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Phoenix).

Six years later, on October 9 and 10, 1999 (a mere three months after the disastrous Woodstock 99 festival) the first actual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (usually abbreviated simply as "Coachella") was held. Due to Woodstock 99's fires and riots, Coachella promoters weren't allowed to offer on site camping, a ban that continued until the 2002 festival. Unlike the widely-criticized Woodstock festival, notorious for water sold at $4 per bottle, Coachella's promoters, for the first year, provided free bottled water for all attendees. In 2001, water bottles were sold for $2. In 2007, a new program was adopted in which ten emptied bottles could be traded for one full bottle from different sites throughout the venue.

About 25,000 people attended the two-day inaugural event, supporting headlining acts Beck, The Chemical Brothers, Tool, Morrissey, and Rage Against the Machine. Other acts included Jurassic 5, DJ Shadow, and Underworld. Originally, promoters had hoped to make the event three days (Friday-Sunday) and even considered the UK band Massive Attack to be the third day headliner - but those plans never came to fruition. The event went smoothly, with the biggest complaint being the blistering heat. It is reported, however, that the event failed to generate any profit, which nearly put an end to the festival.

No festival took place in 2000, likely due to the financial troubles of the inaugural festival. In 2001, however, festival organizers decided to give it another try. They decided to move the event to April (to avoid the intense heat of the late summer), and it was only scheduled for one day, most likely due to a tighter budget. However, the 2001 organizers once again ran into some trouble organizing the festival. Just months before the event was to occur, promoters still did not have a big headliner, and the festival was once again at risk of turning a net loss. In a surprise move, promoters turned to friend Perry Farrell, and were able to bring a reunited Jane's Addiction to the main stage as the event's headlining act.

In 2002, the event once again returned to the two-day format, and saw a reunited Siouxsie & the Banshees, as well as headlining acts Björk and Oasis. The strong supporting acts helped prove to the community of Indio, California that the event was capable of bringing in money and ending without conflict.

Following the 2002 festival, Coachella began to generate large-scale interest, and the 2003 festival featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Beastie Boys (as well as a reunited Iggy Pop and The Stooges) drew the largest crowd yet. (This record, however, was broken by Rage Against the Machine's 2007 reunion performance which drew nearly 100,000 attendees.) Around this time, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival began to develop worldwide interest.

The 2004 event, featuring a reunion of the Pixies, as well as Radiohead, Kraftwerk, The Cure and a number of other major bands, was the event's first sellout, with 50,000 tickets sold for each Saturday and Sunday. Since then, the festival has continued to generate large draws due to strong lineups from top to bottom, including such bands as Nine Inch Nails, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Tool, Daft Punk, and Massive Attack.

The 2007 show was extended to three days and included headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, a reunited Rage Against the Machine, and Björk, with all three headlining for their second time. Other notable performers included Arcade Fire, which had made a memorable 2005 Coachella appearance, LCD Soundsystem, Manu Chao, a rare American performance by former Pulp-frontman Jarvis Cocker, and Scarlett Johansson singing with a reunited the Jesus and Mary Chain.

Each year, the festival also features interesting installation art and sculptures. Most of the pieces are interactive, and provide entertainment and eye candy for attendees walking throughout the Polo grounds. Some of the works were initially created for the Burning Man festival. In contrast to the largely non-repeating roster of musical artists represented at the festival, a few of the visual artists, such as Robochrist Industries, the Tesla Coil (Cauac), Cyclecide, and The Do LaB, have appeared during several consecutive years at Coachella.

In 2008, Goldenvoice/AEG Live will also host the similar All Points West Music & Arts Festival at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey on August 8-10. Unlike at Coachella, there will be no camping.

Coachella Camping History

In 2002 Coachella started to include tent camping as an option for staying at the festival. The camp ground site is on an adjacent polo field next to the venue grounds. The campground has its own separate festival entrance on the southside of the venue. Goldenvoice/AEG Live contracted out Kevin Lyman, owner/promoter of Warped Tour, Taste of Chaos, and Mayhem festivals, to coordinate and run the Campgrounds. Kevin's campground employees are usually his friends or employees from the Production Office of his tours. Kevin also has a series of interns come out from Citrus College, they are paid a minimal day rate and given free camping for helping work the grounds. The first year saw camping attendance around 10,000. It was reported in 2007 that attendance in 2007 was in upwards of 17,000. The campground includes a karaoke lounge, general store, and shower trucks (semi trucks with around 30 showers in the trailer). Kevin Lyman was also contracted out to do the Stagecoach festival camping, which is usually the weekend succeeding Coachella. Unlike Coachella camping which is all tents, Stagecoach is mostly Recreational Vehicle camping.

Lineup of musical performers by year

Headliners for each date listed in bold text.

2009

The festival will take place on April 17, 18 and 19, 2009

2008

The 2008 line-up was announced at a press conference in Mexico City on January 21.

Madness were originally scheduled to perform on Friday, but dropped off because they had not yet confirmed with Goldenvoice. Kate Nash and Yelle were added to Saturday a few days later. Animal Collective were originally scheduled for Friday, but were moved to Saturday. Les Savy Fav and Man Man were both originally scheduled for Sunday, but were moved to Friday and Saturday respectively. On February 25, the following changes were made: Modeselektor was moved from Friday to Sunday, Black Kids were moved from Sunday to Friday, Grand Ole Party were moved from Saturday to Sunday, and Above & Beyond were added to Saturday. Does It Offend You, Yeah? were moved from Friday to Saturday. On March 11 Aphex Twin, Serj Tankian, Red Kross, and Goldfrapp were added, but their respective performance days had not been indicated. It was soon announced, that all four acts had been added to Friday. In the weeks and months leading up to the festival several more acts cancelled including: Jamie T, Reverend and the Makers, New Young Pony Club, The Streets, The Bees, The Horrors, and Turbonegro. However on April 9th it was announced that Prince would headline Saturday night of the festival, changing Portishead from a headliner to a sub-headliner with Kraftwerk.

April 25

Madness were prematurely announced in the Friday lineup, but the booking was never officially confirmed with Goldenvoice.
Matt Costa and Mason Jennings appeared as surprise guests during Jack Johnson's headlining set. Both artists record for Johnson's Brushfire Records label.
The Verve's first U.S. show in 10 years was originally slated as the headlining act, until Jack Johnson was recruited by the concert's organizers.

Adam Freeland, Aesop Rock, American Bang, Aphex Twin, Architecture in Helsinki, Battles, Black Kids, Black Lips, the Breeders, Busy P, Cut Copy, Dan Deacon, dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Datarock, Diplo, Fatboy Slim, Goldfrapp, Jack Johnson, Jens Lekman John Butler Trio, Les Savy Fav, Luckyiam, Midnight Juggernauts, Múm, the National, Pendulum, Porter, Professor Murder, the Raconteurs, Redd Kross, Rogue Wave, Sandra Collins, Santogold, Sebastian, Serj Tankian, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Slightly Stoopid, Spank Rock, the Swell Season, Tegan and Sara, Vampire Weekend, The Verve

DJ Sets in the Do LaB

Chad Rock, DJ Wolfie, Djun Djun, Geno Cochino, Henry Strange, The Ianator, Jesse Wright, Sammy Bliss

April 26

Morris Day and Jerome Benton appeared with Prince as did Sheila E.
Kelly Osbourne appeared with Mark Ronson for 2 minutes.

120 Days, Above & Beyond, Akron/Family, Animal Collective, the Bird and the Bee, Bonde Do Role, Boys Noize, Café Tacuba, Austin TV, Calvin Harris, Carbon/Silicon, Cinematic Orchestra, Cold War Kids, Curses!, Death Cab for Cutie, DeVotchKa, dredg, Dwight Yoakam, Enter Shikari, Erol Alkan, Flogging Molly, Hot Chip, Islands, James Zabiela, Jesse Murphy, Junkie XL, Jupiter's Ring, Kate Nash, Kavinsky, Kraftwerk (minus co-founder Florian Schneider; was replaced by video technician Stefan Pfaffe), Little Brother, M.I.A., Man Man, Mark Ronson, MGMT, Minus the Bear, Orgasmic, Para One, Portishead, Prince, Rilo Kiley, Sasha & John Digweed, Scars on Broadway, St. Vincent, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Surkin, The Teenagers, Uffie featuring DJ Mehdi, VHS or Beta, Yelle, Yo Majesty, Yoav

DJ Sets in the Do LaB

Adam Ohama, Dandelion, David Starfire with i Catching, DJ Imajika, The Glitch Mob, Jesse (of Brazilian Girls), Random Rab

April 27

The Field was scheduled to appear but had to cancel due to problems getting into the United States, M. Ward showed up as a surprise guest during My Morning Jacket's performance., Annuals, Austin TV, Autolux, Black Mountain, Booka Shade, Brett Dennen, Chromeo, the Cool Kids, Danny Tenaglia, Deadmau5, Dimitri from Paris, Does it Offend You, Yeah?, Duffy, Electric Touch, the Field, Gogol Bordello, Grand Ole Party, Holy Fuck, I'm from Barcelona, Justice, Kid Sister with A-Trak & Flosstradamus, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Love and Rockets, Manchester Orchestra, Metric, Modeselektor, Murs, My Morning Jacket, Perry Farrell, Plastiscines, Roger Waters, Shout Out Louds, Sia, Simian Mobile Disco, Sons & Daughters, Spiritualized, Stars, Swervedriver, Vas DeFrans

DJ Sets in the Do LaB

Adam Freeland, Ana Sia, El Papa Chango, Helios Jive, Jupiter, Oscure, Patricio, Saynt

2007

April 27

We Are Scientists cancelled due to conflicts with recording schedule

Arctic Monkeys, Benny Benassi, Björk, Brazilian Girls, Brother Ali, Busdriver, Circa Survive, Jarvis Cocker, Comedians of Comedy, Digitalism, DJ Shadow, El-P, Evil Nine, Faithless, Felix da Housecat, Flosstradamus with Kid Sister, Gogol Bordello, David Guetta, Interpol, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Stephen Marley featuring Jr. Gong, Nickel Creek, Noisettes,Of Montreal, Peaches, Peeping Tom, Satellite Party, Silversun Pickups, Sonic Youth Tilly and the Wall Tokyo Police Club, Julieta Venegas, Rufus Wainwright, Gillian Welch, Amy Winehouse

DJ sets in the Dome

Travis Keller, Jacob Thiele of the Faint, Marques Wyatt, David J, Kraak & Smaak, Junglist Platoon/Respect Ft. Machete, Scooba, Clutch, No Face, Drone

April 28

!!!, Arcade Fire, Andrew Bird, The Black Keys, Blonde Redhead, Busy P and DJ Mehdi, The Chuck Dukowski Sextet, The Civilians, CocoRosie, Cornelius, The Cribs, The Decemberists, DJ Heather, Roky Erickson and the Explosives, Fields, Fountains of Wayne, The Frames, The Fratellis, Ghostface Killah, The Good, the Bad and the Queen, Gotan Project, Hot Chip, Jack's Mannequin, Justice, Kings of Leon, Lady Miss Kier, LCD Soundsystem, MSTRKRFT, The New Pornographers, Girl Talk, The Nightwatchman, Ozomatli, Peter Bjorn and John, Pharaohe Monch, Pop Levi, The Rapture, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mike Relm, Sparklehorse, Svetlana, Travis, Tiësto

DJ sets in the Dome

The Professionals, Eugene Carla and Greg of Autolux, Daniel Ash, Andy Rourke, Lady Miss Kier, Bassrush Ft. Silver, Hazen, XXXL, Subflo, MC Dino, Question Mark

April 29

Against Me!, Air, Lily Allen, Anathallo, The Avett Brothers, Manu Chao, The Coup, Crowded House, CSS, Explosions in the Sky, Fair to Midland, The Feeling, José González, Grizzly Bear, Richie Hawtin, Happy Mondays, Infected Mushroom, Junior Boys, Kaiser Chiefs, Kid Beyond, Klaxons, Konono N°1, The Kooks, Amos Lee, The Lemonheads, Lupe Fiasco, Mando Diao, Mika, Willie Nelson, Placebo, Rage Against the Machine, Ratatat, Damien Rice, Rodrigo y Gabriela, The Roots, Soulwax, Spank Rock, Tapes 'n Tapes, Teddybears, Paul van Dyk, VNV Nation.

DJ sets in the Dome: Franki Chan, Busy P and DJ Mehdi, Kevin Haskins, Cut Chemist, Paul Harding of Pendulum, Total Science, Adam Freeland.

2006

April 29

Animal Collective, Atmosphere, Audio Bullys, Devendra Banhart, Joey Beltram, Derrick Carter, Cat Power, Celebration, Chris Liberator, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Colette, Matt Costa, Carl Cox,Common, Daft Punk, Damian Marley, Deerhoof, Depeche Mode, The Duke Spirit, Eagles of Death Metal, Franz Ferdinand, Head Automatica, Hybrid featuring Perry Farrell, Imogen Heap, Infusion, The Juan Maclean, Kanye West, Lady Sovereign, Ladytron, The Like, Living Things, Lyrics Born, My Morning Jacket, The New Amsterdams, Nine Black Alps, Platinum Pied Pipers, Rob Dickinson, The Section Quartet, She Wants Revenge, Shy FX & T Power, Sigur Rós, stellastarr*, Tosca, TV on the Radio, The Walkmen, White Rose Movement, Wolfmother, Youth Group, The Zutons

April 30

Both HARD Fi and The Subways canceled their appearances.

Amadou & Mariam, Art Brut, be your own PET, Bloc Party, Coheed and Cambria, Coldcut, The Dears, Digable Planets, Dungen, Editors, Gabriel & Dresden, Giant Drag, The Go! Team, Gnarls Barkley, Infadels, James Blunt, Jamie Lidell, Jazzanova, Kaskade, Los Amigos Invisibles, Madonna, The Magic Numbers, Massive Attack, Mates of State, Matisyahu, Michael Mayer, Metric, Minus the Bear, Mogwai, MURS featuring 9th Wonder, Mylo (DJ set), Paul Oakenfold, OneRepublic, The Octopus Project, Gilles Peterson,m Phoenix, Scissor Sisters, Seu Jorge, Kristina Sky, Sleater-Kinney, Tool, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Louie Vega, Wolf Parade, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2005

April 30

Ambulance LTD, Amp Fiddler, Bauhaus, Bloc Party, Boom Bip, Buck 65, Café Tacuba, Hernan Cattaneo, The Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, Jamie Cullum, DJ Marky, DJ Peretz (Perry Farrell), Eisley,Evil Nine, Fantômas, Four Tet, Jean Grae, Gratitude,Immortal Technique, Katie Melua, Keane,The Kills, k-os, M83, Mercury Rev,MF Doom, Nic Armstrong and the Thieves, Razorlight, The Raveonettes, Rilo Kiley, Sage Francis, The Secret Machines, The Sexy Magazines, Snow Patrol, Spoon, Swayzak, Tiga, UNKLE,Weezer, Wilco, Josh Wink, Zap Mama

May 1

Cocteau Twins cancelled a month prior to the show.
Doves cancelled a few days prior due to an illness in the group.

Aesop Rock, Arcade Fire, Armin Van Buuren, Autolux, Beans, Ben Watt, Black Star, The Blood Brothers, The Bravery, Bright Eyes, British Sea Power, Diplo, DJ Krush, Donavon Frankenreiter, The Dresden Dolls, The Faint, The Fiery Furnaces, The Futureheads, Gang of Four, Gram Rabbit, Jem, Junkie XL, Kasabian, The Locust,, M.I.A., Matmos, Matthew Dear, Midlake, Miss Kittin, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, The Perceptionists, Pinback, The Prodigy Radio 4, Roni Size, Roots Manuva, Shout Out Louds, Sixtoo, Sloan, Stereophonics, Subtle, Tegan and Sara, Thrice, Wolf Eyes, Zion I

2004

May 1

…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Beck
The Black Keys
Boozoo Bajou
Da Lata
Danny Howells
Death Cab for Cutie
The Desert Sessions
dios
DJ Icon
DJ Peretz (Perry Farrell)
Electric Six
Erase Errata
The Evens
Eyedea & DJ Abilities
Mark Farina
Laurent Garnier
Hieroglyphics
Howie Day
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Junior Senior
Kinky
Kraftwerk
LCD Soundsystem
Living Legends
Mindless Self Indulgence
Juana Molina
Moving Units
Phantom Planet
Pixies
Q and Not U
Radiohead
The Rapture
Sahara Hotnights
Sander Kleinenberg
Savath & Savalas
Seb Fontaine
The Section Quartet
The Sounds
Sparta
stellastarr*
Stereolab
The Stills

May 2

T. Raumschmiere cancelled before the show.
Future Sound of London were due to appear but dropped out.
Jimmy Eat World was on the schedule for a week, before dropping out.
Wilco also pulled out of the scheduled appearance due to personal problems.

2003

April 26

Ladytron was two and a half hours late to set. Thus, The Libertines had a vastly reduced set-time. The Libertines were rescheduled for the following day.

Dillinja and Lemon D

Division of Laura Lee
The Donnas
Felix Da Housecat
Gomez
Groove Armada
Hernan Cattaneo
The Hives
Hot Hot Heat
Idlewild
Jaylib
Joseph Arthur
Kinky
Ladytron
The Libertines
Little Louie Vega and Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales
The Mooney Suzuki
The Music
N.E.R.D
Nightmares on Wax
Particle
Peanut Butter Wolf
Queens of the Stone Age
The Rapture
Roger Sanchez
South
Spymob
Stereo Total
Talib Kweli

April 27

2002

April 27

April 28

2001

April 28

Aceyalone, Adam Freeland, AK1200, Andrea Parker, Aphex Twin, Bad Company, Jason Bentley, Jason Blakemore, Blonde Redhead, The Chemical Brothers, Nikka Costa, The Dandy Warhols, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Detroit Grand Pubahs, Dieselboy, DJ Rinse & Flux, DJ Z-Trip, Doc Martin, Fatboy Slim, Gangstarr, Ian Pooley, Iggy Pop, Jane's Addiction, DJ Dara, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Christopher Lawrence, Medusa, Mos Def, The New Deal, The Nortec Collective, The Orb, Ozomatli, Paul Oakenfold, Pedro the Lion, Photek, Plaid, Raymond Roker, The Roots, Saint Germain, Sigur Rós, Roni Size and Reprazent, Smith & Mighty, Souls of Mischief, Squarepusher, Supernatural, Tricky, Überzone, Weezer

1999

October 9

October 10

Installation and visual art

Installation arts have grown significantly over the years. Coachella invites many notable installation and performance artists every year.

2008 installation artists

Gerard Minakawa: Bamboo Waves, The Do LaB, Sean Orlando: The Steampunk Treehouse, Mike Ross: Big Rig Jig, Mark Lottor: The Quad Cubatron, Ball-Nogues: Copper Droopscape, Martti 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, Ron and James Nick Sears: The Orb, Orion Fredericks: Fata Morgana, Robotronia: Hotshot the Robot, SWARM, SLICK: The Pig(during Roger Waters)

2007 installation artists

The Do LaB, Lucent Dossier, 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

2006 installation artists

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), Keith Greco (Leaf Rake Tree+Snow Globe Domes), Johan/www.domeguys.com (Dome structures) domeseurope.com

2005 installation artists

Syd Klinge (Cauac Tesla Coil), Rosanna Scimecca (The Sublim of Da'ath), ThermoKraken, HornMassive, Christian Ristow (Robochrist Industries), The Do LaB (Lucent Misting Oasis), Corndog (Platonic Chamber), Mass Ensemble (The Drum Orb), Cyclecide (Bike Rodeo), Michael Christian (Celestial Body and the Archway), Jerico Woggon (Year of the Snake), LT Mustardseed (Dragonfly and Serracenia Insectivorous)

2004 installation artists

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), 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), Cyclecide (Bike Rodeo)

Musicians reunited at Coachella

In 2001, the festival organizers were having trouble attracting a major headlining band. Running out of time, they went to friend Perry Farrell, who reunited Jane's Addiction in order to headline that year's event. Since then, it has become somewhat of a Coachella tradition to reunite at least one band for each festival. Although the line between a hiatus and an actual breakup is somewhat blurry, a number of artists are considered to have been reunited at Coachella, or have played Coachella as one of their first major shows after a reunion. The following is a list of performers who reunited or made a big return at a Coachella festival.

2008

Portishead - First U.S. performance following 10-year hiatus
The Verve - First major U.S. performance of reunion, following 10-year hiatus since Urban Hymns
Love and Rockets
Swervedriver

2007

Rage Against the Machine reunited after seven years
Crowded House - Had reunited for a 12-month tour
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Happy Mondays

2006

Daft Punk - First U.S. performance since 1997
Tool - Not a reunion, but their first performance in three years

2005

Nine Inch Nails - First major show since 2000.
Bauhaus
Gang of Four
Cocteau Twins - Cancelled a month prior to the show

2004

Pixies
Kraftwerk - First U.S. show since 1998, and marking only their third Southern California appearance since 1981.

Performers who have played more than once

In order to keep each festival unique and fresh, the organizers of Coachella tend to book performers who have not appeared at the festival previously. To date, there have been only fifteen individuals or artists who have played at Coachella more than twice.

Performers who have played more than once
Times	Performer	Occurrence
9	Perry Farrell	1999 (as himself) 2001 (as part of Jane's Addiction) 2002 2003 (last-minute surprise performance in the Gobi tent as DJ Peretz) 2004 2005 (as DJ Peretz) 2006 (as a special guest of Hybrid) 2007 (as part of Satellite Party and a guest of The nightwatchman) 2008
5	Josh Homme	2002 (with Queens of the Stone Age) 2003 (with Queens of the Stone Age) 2004 (with The Desert Sessions) 2005 (with UNKLE) 2006 (with Eagles of Death Metal)
4	The Chemical Brothers	1999 2001 2002 2005
	Maynard James Keenan	1999 (performed with A Perfect Circle, Rage Against the Machine and Tool) 2006 (with Tool)
	DJ Peretz	2002 2003 2004 2005 (four of Perry Farrell's nine appearances)
3	Blonde Redhead	2001 2002 2007
	Café Tacuba	2003 2005 2008
	Emily Haines	2004 (with Broken Social Scene) 2006 (with Metric (band)) 2008 (with Metric (band))
	Jack Johnson	2002 2003 2008
	Christopher Lawrence	1999 2002 2003
	Tom Morello	1999 (with Rage Against the Machine) 2007 (as both The Nightwatchman and as part of Rage Against the Machine)
	Mos Def	2001 2002 2005 (as part of Black Star)
	The Rapture	2003 2004 2007
	Roni Size	1999 2001 2005
	The Section Quartet	2004 (twice) 2006
	DJ Z-Trip	2001 2002 2005
	Cedric Bixler-Zavala	1999 (with At the Drive-In) 2002 and 2003 (with The Mars Volta)
	Omar Rodriguez-Lopez	1999 (with At the Drive-In) 2002 and 2003 (with The Mars Volta)
	Ozomatli	2001 2002 2007
2		!	2004 2007
	Air	2004 2007
	Amon Tobin	1999 2003
	Arcade Fire	2005 2007
	Atmosphere	2004 2006
	Beck	1999 2004
	Belle and Sebastian	2002 2004
	Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals	1999 2003
	Björk	2002 2007
	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	2002 2004
	Bloc Party	2005 2006
	Blue Man Group	2002 2003
	Bob Forrest	1999 as part of the Bicycle Thief 2004 with Thelonious Monster
	Bright Eyes	2004 2005
	BT	1999 2002
	Cornelius	1999 2007
	Cut Chemist	2002 2007
	DJ Shadow	1999 2007
	EL-P	2003 2007
	The (International) Noise Conspiracy	2002 2004
	G. Love and Special Sauce	2002 2003
	Gogol Bordello	2007 2008
	Groove Armada	2002 2003
	Hot Chip	2007 2008
	Interpol	2003 2007
	Jack White	2003(with The White Stripes) 2008 (with The Raconteurs)
	Jurassic 5	1999 2002
	Justice	2007 2008
	Kim Deal	2004(with The Pixies) 2008(with The Breeders)
	Kinky	2003 2004
	Underworld	1999 2003
	Kraftwerk	2004 2008
	Ladytron	2003 2006
	LCD Soundsystem	2004 2007
	Los Amigos Invisibles	1999 2006
	The Mars Volta	2002 2003
	Metric	2006 2008
	Mike Patton	2005 (with Fantômas) 2007 (with Peeping Tom)
	Mogwai	2004 2006
	My Morning Jacket	2006 2008
	Nightmares on Wax	1999 2003
	The Prodigy	2002 2005
	Queens of the Stone Age	2002 2003
	Rage Against the Machine	1999 2007
	Raymond Roker	1999 2001
	Red Hot Chili Peppers	2003 2007
	Sage Francis	2004 2005
	Sigur Rós	2001 2006
	Stellastarr*	2004 2006
	Supernatural	2001 2004
	Talib Kweli	2003 2005 (as part of Black Star)
	Tegan and Sara	2005 2008
	Thievery Corporation	1999 2003
	Tool	1999 2006