The first weekend of the festival came to a close with an inconvenient and dirty wind storm that turned face-covering bandanas into the latest fashion statement and made the drive home miserable. The Red Hot Chili Peppers compared it to Lawrence of Arabia and the Dust Bowl.
Administrators and teachers at some of the top schools in Los Angeles have struggled to contend with the empty classrooms of Coachella Fridays, but they're learning how to deal with absence in the age of the music festival. The rite of Southern California spring, these educators say, is now something of an acknowledged right.
Today in celebrity news: La Lohan is in Indio, Gwyneth Paltrow reveals her guilty pleasure, and Duchess Kate has a trashy TV addiction.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blur, The Stone Roses, and Phoenix have been confirmed as this year's official Coachella headliners. And judging from online reaction, there are already a lot of ways to whine about this year's lineup.
Always one for flipping conventions, David Bowie is celebrating his 66th birthday today by giving his fans the gift of new music. This morning he released a new single and announced his first new album in almost 10 years.
California's biggest music festival is still months away, but Coachella speculation is already in full swing. With the Rolling Stones and Daft Punk among the rumored headliners, let's take a look at the likelihood of them topping the bill.
"The Smiths are never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever going to reunite – ever," Morrissey's publicist has told Rolling Stone, effectively squashing the dreams of sad kids who grew up and turned out fine everywhere.
Mega-event promoter Goldenvoice just christened a cruise offshoot to their popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The news may seem odd at first glance, but cruise music festivals are nothing new, and based on that prior experience it's not a good idea for Coachella to join them.
That Tupac hologram that wowed Coachella crowds Sunday evening and will maybe go on tour wasn't actually a hologram.
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