Radiohead, Dr. Dre, The Black Keys headline Coachella 2012

By Alex Young on January 9th, 2012 in Festival News/Rumor, Hot, News

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The 13th annual Coachella Music Valley and Arts Festival runs over the course of two weekends — April 13-15th and April 20-22nd — at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, California. Radiohead, Dr. Dre with Snoop Dogg, and The Black Keys will headline both weekends, with Pulp, Jeff Mangum, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, newly reunited outfits At the Drive-In and Refused, The Shins, Florence and the Machine, Girl Talk, and Feist among the other heavy hitters.

Other notables include St. Vincent, Arctic Monkeys, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, The Weeknd, Frank Ocean, Justice, Mazzy Star, M83, Explosions in the Sky, Childish Gambino, Flying Lotus, Destroyer, Cat Power, Madness, SBTRKT, Beirut, Amon Tobin, DJ Shadow, fIREHOSE, Miike Snow, The Rapture, M. Ward, Jimmy Cliff with Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong, The Horrors, Buzzcocks, James, EMA, Girls, tUnE-yArDs, and more.

The lineup also packs Wild Flag, ASAP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, Neon Indian, Santigold, Modeselektor, The Big Pink, Wu Lyf, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Head and the Heart, Laura Marling, Company Flow, AraabMUZIK, Kaskade, Le Butcherettes, Real Estate, Wild Beasts, La Roux, Thundercat, Azealia Banks, Kasabian, Goyte, Manchester Orchestra, Black Lips, Atari Teenage Riot, and more. Check out the full lineup below or at our Festival Outlook.

Update: Tickets go on sale Friday, January 13th at 10:00 AM PT. According to Pop & Hiss, three-day passes are $285, three-day with shuttle are $335, and VIP are $665.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1004653298 Brett Myers

    What they lack in band members, they make up for with HUGE sound.

  • Fabiofc78

    This actually makes a lot of sense. The thing is it´s been a decade since the last Dr. Dre concert, so he is the big deal in Coachella this year. Just like the Gorillaz in ´10. But I totally agree, I would prefer Dre on Fri and Radiohead on Sun. Still stoked anyway!

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LAZ5VZVQINUY5WJYLSYATRNVVA The Hugstables

    Unfortunately this will probably be the best lineup of the year. I say unfortunately because I would consider it weak in comparison to the monster lineups that were the norm for festivals across the board (Roo, coachella, Roth, Sasquatch, 10,000 lakes Etc.) From 2003-2009. Ahh those were the days, but this will suffice. Too bad I’m on the other side of the country for this one :/

  • Costa Rica

    You forgot to mention Bon Iver as a headliner….

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LAZ5VZVQINUY5WJYLSYATRNVVA The Hugstables

      No they didn’t because Bon Iver is not headlining genius.

  • http://twitter.com/TRexplosion T-Rexplosion

    Beast of a line up. T-Rexplosion will shed tears of flame on account of not being able to attend.

  • roguekielbasa

    Holy piss is this ever a deep line up.  Radiohead, Jeff Mangum AND Godspeed You! Black Emperor all on the same day?! SHEESH.

    And what is wrong with The Black Keys headlining?  If you haven’t noticed, they are pretty big right now.  Like, playing basketball arenas big.

    Also, REFUSED AND ATDI?!  Come on!

  • http://twitter.com/joostinrextin Justin Rector

    Ehhhhhhh….

  • J.Christian

    No wow factor at all. I was expecting that Coachella would find a way to talk The Stone Roses into a headlining spot, and that New Order would be on the list. But to see my favorite weekend turn into this mess is a shame. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg closing Coachella? The Black Keys are now headlining at Coachella? Swedish House Mafia is listed second? The Buzzcocks, Squeeze, and Kasabian are on line 5 (nice gets however)? Beirut again? May be the wirst Coachella line-up ever.

  • ronald dobbs

    what’s the deal with the shuttle ticket, is that worth it?

  • concertgoer

    Fantastic lineup

  • Wkboardin36

    Radiohead M83 The Rapture Amon Kasbian Feist Justice Grouplove and flying lotus are all nice, but other than that I’m not wowed

  • http://twitter.com/ReverendJustito Reverend Justito

    They did something about Sunday being weak. They added At The Drive-In.

  • Pypopscc

    CO-FLOW!!!! and jeff magnum are enough to get me to go anywhere

  • DaftDays

    This lineup is somewhat of a hit or miss for me…I’m still going but… Snoop on Sunday is confusing the FUDGE out of me…

    • Fabiofc78

      It´s not Snoop Dogg for god sake it´s Dr. FUCKIN Dre! What´s the matter with you people.

  • Hitizzak

    they have to do something about sunday, by far the weakest of the days

  • Duhud14

    quite disappointed for the second straight year.  and agreed with evanlee13, why the hell does coachella insist on going more mainstream/hip-hoppy each year 

  • http://twitter.com/iantmcfarland Ian T. McFarland

    Wow, really let down.  I was planning on flying out from KC this year, but there’s no way this lineup is worth it. Am I alone here?

    • Anon

      I’m flying from Hawaii. No matter what the lineup presents, Coachella is Coachella.

  • Angusface15

    Mother of god…

  • Evanlee13

    snoop dog? closing the whole festival? really? I mean, REALLY? 

    • Bman

      its not snoop closing out the fest, its Dr Fucking Dre and Snoop, check yourself before you wreck yourself

    • Fabiofc78

      You probably too young but there´s this guy named Dr. Dre that used to be big back in the days that will perform alongsid with snoop. DR. FUCKIN DRE SON!!!