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January 22, 2007 at 11:53:00 AM | more stories by this author
Protest rockers to reunite for desert music festival; Crowded House reunion also set; Arcade Fire, Sonic Youth, Roots, Willie Nelson, Interpol, Manu Chao, and Ghostface also on the bill.
The scent of feral protest music will be in the air at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.
Rage Against the Machine
The annual desert music bash, to be held April 27-29, said today that it has landed Rage Against the Machine, the hard funk rock band that broke up in 2000, as one of the headliners.
But as is often the case for a festival that boasts dozens of big-name artists over multiple stages and three days, Coachella announced several other major performers, with more on the way. Festival organizers said today that the Red Hot Chili Peppers are slated to perform, as is Bjork, who is at work on a forthcoming solo album.
Crowded House will also reunite for the event, which will also include Arcade Fire, Sonic Youth, Air, the Roots, Arctic Monkeys, Willie Nelson, Interpol, the Jesus & Mary Chain, Manu Chao, Ghostface Killah, Fountains of Wayne, Lily Allen, Jarvis Cocker, DJ Shadow, Perry Farrell's Satellite Party, Hot Chip, Peeping Tom, the Decemberists, the Happy Mondays, Tiesto, Kings of Leon, Travis, Stephen Marley, the Black Keys, Rufus Wainwright, the New Pornographers, Placebo, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Paul Van Dyk, Gotan Project, Kaiser Chiefs, Silversun Pickups, Faithless, LCD Soundsystem, and the Good, the Bad and the Queen, the new band from Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn.
The event will also feature performances from Konono No. 1, Nickel Creek, the Rapture, !!!, Richie Hawtin, Explosions in the Sky, Junior Boys, Sparklehorse, Soulwax, the Kooks, Felix Da Housecat, Blonde Redhead, Damien Rice, Lupe Fiasco, Jose Gonzales, Brazilian Girls, Regina Spektor, Ozomatli, Peaches, Cornelius, We Are Scientists, Amy Winehouse, the Comedians of Comedy, Spank Rock, Tapes 'n Tapes, the Klaxons, Girl Talk, CSS, the Coup, Andrew Bird, and Peter, Bjorn and John.
Rage Against the Machine, which co-headlined the first Coachella with Tool in 1999, will likely only reunite for the Coachella performance, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
Frontman Zack de la Rocha left the group in 1999, and the remaining trio later formed Audioslave with former Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell. Cornell is currently working on a solo album, as is guitarist Tom Morello. Little has been heard from De la Rocha since he left the group, although he had reportedly been working on a solo record for several years after the breakup.
Coachella tickets go on sale Saturday. A three-day pass will sell for $249; a limited amount of single-day tickets will be available for $85.
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