Next year's Coachella festival will have a fortnight head start it has been announced. It will now take place between April 17-19 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California. The line-up will be confirmed early in the new year.
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will celebrate its tenth year in 2009. It enjoys a reputation as one of America's premier music events which showcases the best in alternative rock, hip-hop and electronica. Rumours are running rife as to whom will be performing the traditional reunion show of the year. Previous years have seen Daft Punk, Portishead, Rage Against The Machine and Kraftwerk get back together (or tour again) for the kids.
The country-folk version of the festival, aka 'Stagecoach' will follow the next weekend on April 25-26.