Coachella Rumors
According to the New York Times, the promoters of the Coachella festival will be having an east coast festival this year in August:
The new festival, tentatively scheduled for Aug. 8 through Aug. 10, is to be presented by the promoter AEG and its Goldenvoice subsidiary. A competing event, the Vineland Music Festival, held by C3 Presents and Festival Republic, a unit of the concert giant Live Nation, is scheduled from Aug. 8 to Aug. 10 in Vineland, N.J. The band Radiohead and the singer-songwriter Jack Johnson have been mentioned as headliners at the Liberty State Park event, though a lineup has not been announced. Representatives for AEG declined to comment.
Also a preliminary lineup for Coachella is up on Brooklyn Vegan. It is as follows:
Death Cab for Cutie
The Breeders
Justice
Jens Lekman
Junkie XL
The Verve
UNKLE
Cold War Kids
Chromeo
Autolux
Spiritualized
Portishead
VHS or Beta
Dan Deacon
Brett Dennen
The Cinematic Orchestra
Battles
Kid Sister
Crystal Castles
Louis XIV
This is great news for festival lovers everywhere. I have never made it to Coachella myself so I am really excited that I will have multiple choices for Goldenvoice fests this year. I may skip Coachella since I’m going to SXSW but the east coast festival sounds promising and I’ll probably be deciding between it, Lollapalooza, Virgin, Austin City Limits, and Vineland this year. Damn it’s good to have choices!
- Posted by Clint Miller on January 16, 2008 at 6:08 pm
