Coachella Announces 2012 Lineup

Radiohead, The Black Keys, Pulp, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg are just a few high profile names gracing the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this spring.

Scheduled for two weekends – April 13-15 and April 20-22 – at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., Coachella will field the same lineup both weekends. According to the festival’s Facebook page, The Black Keys, Swedish House Mafia, Pulp, a reunited Refused, Arctic Monkeys, Mazzy Star, Afrojack, Explosions In The Sky, M83, Amon Tobin, Cat Power, Madness and Jimmy Cliff are among the artists appearing both Fridays (April 13 & 20).

Acts scheduled for both Saturdays (April 14 & 21) include Radiohead, Bon Iver, The Shins, David Guetta, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Kaskade, Miike Snow, Jeff Mangum, Sebastian Ingrosso, Andrew Bird, Feist, fIREHOSE and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Photo: John Davisson
DeLuna Festival, Pensacola, Fla.

Artists tapped to close both weekends (Sunday April 15 & 22) include Dr. Dre & Snoop Dog, At The Drive-In, Justice, Florence & The Machine, AVICII, La Roux, Beirut, The Weekend, Girl Talk, The Hives and DJ Shadow.

Photo: Doug Seymour
World Cafe 20th Anniversary weekend, Philadelphia, Pa.

For more information, click here for the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival website and here for the festival’s Facebook page.