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Record Store Day is 4/18/09

THE EVENT ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE PRODUCT FROM A VAST ARRAY OF ARTISTS
RECORD STORE DAY TO RUN COACHELLA'S ON-SITE MUSIC STORE

The organizers of Record Store Day have been happily overwhelmed by a steady
flurry of support and activity from artists, record labels and retailers
wishing to participate in the annual event in salutation of the independent
music store. This year Record Store Day is set to feature a number of
exciting new products made especially for the event from such well-known
artists as Radiohead, Wilco, Tom Waits and Lucinda Williams and the Flight
of the Conchords, just to name a few.

Wilco plan to release their upcoming DVD as an exclusive release to indie
stores and on the band's website on Record Store Day. The group's Jeff
Tweedy told Billboard Magazine in a recent interview, "Even if I wasn't in a
band, I'd still support Record Store Day. It's a great thing and I'm glad we
could do something special with them for our DVD."

The Decemberists will release a Record Store Day 7" as well. The band's
Colin Meloy adds, "I don't know what I would do without indie record stores.
Growing up in a town without them, I can tell you that it's no fun to shop
for indie records at chain box stores."

You can also expect a slew of vinyl releases from Radiohead, My Morning
Jacket who will release a CD as well as limited run double 10" vinyl
recorded live in Louisville at record store Ear X-tacy.

Also expected are classic split 7" releases from Tom Waits and Lucinda
Williams who will issue a double 7" of live tracks from Atlanta and
Edinburgh, as well as Sonic Youth exclusive Record Store Day split singles
with Beck and Jay Reatard.

Other indie rock elder statesmen the Jesus Lizard will release a special
package to include nine 7" singles and Guided By Voices will re-release
their Hold On Hope LP, with three bonus tracks.

And in the "legends" category, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen
will all release RSD exclusive 7" singles. Def Jam also plans to release a 4
LP gatefold history of the label, the physical version of which will be for
indies only.

Fans can expect more unique Record Store Day pieces from a diverse array of
artists such as Metric, Slipknot, Jane's Addiction, The Smiths, the Stooges,
MC5, Modest Mouse, Slayer, Rivers Cuomo, the Black Kids, Brandi Carlile,
Taking Back Sunday, among many others.

In addition, Coachella, the world-renowned annual music festival set to take
place on April 17-19 in Indio, California, has chosen Record Store Day to
run the event's popular on-site record store, with management provided by
popular Southwest-based indie retailer, Zia Record Exchange. The on-site
Coachella store, previously operated by Virgin, is noted for its high
profile foot traffic and good vibe.

Record Store Day, April 18, 2009, coincidentally falls smack in the middle
of the dazzling desert-set festival. Promoted by GoldenVoice, Coachella 2009
boasts such an eclectic mix of big name headliners as Paul McCartney, Amy
Winehouse, My Bloody Valentine, Public Enemy, TV On The Radio, The Cure, The
Hold Steady, Leonard Cohen, Morrissey, Jenny Lewis, Franz Ferdinand as well
as many others sure to be stopping by the Record Store Day site to peruse
the shelves for records and memorabilia and hang with their fans between
sets.

A number of artists performing at this year's Coachella will release product
expressly for Record Store Day. Among them, Mastodon who will release "Crack
The Skye" on 180 gram vinyl to include an extra 7" single and lyric sheet,
Jenny Lewis will issue a split 7" with none other than Elvis Costello, and
Black Keys will release a special RSD split 7" with the Flaming Lips.

http://www.ziarecords.com

http://recordstoreday.com

Coachella Digital goes live

Coachella Digital magazine - first issue goes live: http://coachelladigital.com/. Check it out! 

Amy Winehouse Cancels

Yes it's true. Amy Winehouse has canceled her appearance at Coachella.

Here are some articles: MTV, SPIN

Get to know 2009 Coachella Artists

Watch, listen, learn, love

A Place To Bury Strangers
Alberta Cross
Amanda Palmer
Amy Winehouse
Antony and the Johnsons
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Atmosphere
Bajofondo
Band Of Horses
Beirut
Billy Talent
Blitzen Trapper
Bob Mould Band
Booker T. & the DBT's
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Buraka Som Sistema
Cage The Elephant
Calexico
Chirstopher Lawrence
Clipse
Cloud Cult
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
Craze and Klever
Crookers
Crystal Castles
Dear and the Headlights
Dr. Dog
Drive-By Truckers
Drop The Lime
Electric Touch
Felix da Housecat
Fleet Foxes
Franz Ferdinand
Friendly Fires
Fucked Up
Gang Gang Dance
Genghais Tron
Ghostland Observatory
Girl Talk
Glass Candy
Glasvegas
Groove Armada
Gui Boratto
Henry Rollins
Hercules and Love Affair
Ida Maria
James Morrison
Jenny Lewis
Junior Boys
K'naan
Late of the Pier
Leonard Cohen
Liars
Los Campesinos!
Lupe Fiasco
Lykke Li
M. Ward
M.A.N.D.Y.
Marshall Barnes
Mastodon
Mexican Institute Of Sound
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Molotov
Morrissey
MSTRKRFT
My Bloody Valentine
N.A.S.A.
No Age
Noah and the Whale
Okkervil River
Paolo Nutini
Para One (live)
Patton & Rahzel
Paul McCartney
Paul Weller
Peanut Butter Wolf
People Under The Stairs
Perry Ferrell
Peter Bjorn and John
Public Enemy
Roni Size Reprazent
Ryan Bingham
Sabastien Tellier
Shepard Fairey
Silversun Pickups
Steve Aoki
Superchunk
Supermayer
Surkin
Switch
The Aggrolites
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Black Keys
The Bloody Beetroots
The Bug
The Courteeners
The Crystal Method
The Cure
The Gaslight Anthom
The Hold Steady
The Horrors
The Killers
The Kills
The Knux
The Night Marchers
The Presets
The Ting Tings
Themselves
Thenewno2
Thievery Corporation
Throbbing Gristle
Tinariwen
Trav$DJ-AM
Turbonegro
TV On The Radio
Vivian Girls
We Are Scientists
White Lies
X
Yeah Yeah Yeah's
Zane Lowe
Zizek Club

Art of Recycling Returns To Coachella

TRASHed celebrates it's 6 year anniversary at Coachella in 2009. We've enjoyed hundreds of great artists over the past years. Some famous, some almost famous, and some who were charity cases. We invite you to submit your artwork and be considered to design one of the 24 recycling bins featured at Coachella. What's even better is that the non offensive redesigned bins will be going to the LA School District after Coachella to inspire the future recyclers of the world! Next Steps? Send us a link to your artwork and/or website. On February 21, 2009.......24 artists and 3 alternates will be selected to redesign 96 gallon recycling bins. Winning artists will receive a pair of Coachella Festival tickets in 2009. It’s that simple. Now email us at :: Coachella@globalinheritance.org Let the games begin!

Coachella: A message from Paul Tollett

In the interest of reducing world Internet traffic, we can tell you that the lineup for the 2009 edition of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will NOT be announced today. That’s according to Paul Tollett, the chief architect of the signature California rock festival, who feels the pain of fans who JUST. NEED. TO. KNOW.

Tollett says, “I know everybody is going crazy, but we’re not stalling, we’re still working on the show. Everything we do is in service of the show, not in service of the announcement of the show. Believe me, we’re excited to tell everybody and we want to tell everybody, but the show is still being put together.”

So lay off the refresh button, kid.

-- Geoff Boucher

Music festivals offer fans the option of layaway tickets

1/25 USA TODAY posted

Music festivals offer fans the option of layaway tickets

By Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY
Fans who can't pony up the bucks for a colossal music festival touting big acts on multiple stages have an alternative.

Pay in multiple stages.

Layaway plans, recently resurrected by Sears and other retail chains, will be available to consumers who buy tickets to several 2009 festivals, including the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. It returns April 17-19 in Indio, Calif.

After the indie-rock fest lineup is unveiled this week, fans will have two options besides money up front when buying a $269 three-day pass: pay half down and the rest April 1, or pay 10% followed by equal installments on March 1 and April 1 without interest or additional fees. The plans are sold only online and aren't available for $99 single-day admission.

Layaway systems already are in place for the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, Country Thunder USA and the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, which offered an installment service last year.

2009 Coachella Dates Confirmed

COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2009 SET FOR APRIL 17, 18 AND 19;

STAGECOACH: CALIFORNIA'S COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL TO TAKE PLACE THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, SATURDAY, APRIL 25 AND SUNDAY, APRIL 26

Goldenvoice has confirmed the dates for this year's COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL--Friday, April 17, Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19--to be followed a weekend later by STAGECOACH: California’s Country Music Festival, set for Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26. The two critically acclaimed events will again take place at the breathtakingly beautiful Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA, the same grounds where the COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL debuted in 1999.

Additional details about both the STAGECOACH and COACHELLA line-ups and ticket sales will be available in the coming months.

2008 SET TIMES, FESTIVAL MAP & MORE

Hi Guys,

Well we made it. Some of you are probably already on the road to Coachella but as always we got lots of last minute news & updates. COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL line-up (as of 4/23) is at end.

2008 SET TIMES ARE AVAILABLE CLICK HERE

You can customize your schedule with the COACHOOSER - CLICK HERE

2008 FESTIVAL MAP IS AVAILABLE CLICK HERE

FESTIVAL TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE CLICK HERE

LIVE WEBCAST

DON’T FORGET TO WATCH THE LIVE WEBCAST OF COACHELLA 2008 APRIL 25-27
If you can’t make it to Coachella this year the only place to see it is the AT&T blue room! Check out performances from artists like Autolux, Chromeo, Datarock, DeVotchKa, Architecture in Helsinki, Hot Chip, Animal Collective, Shout Out Louds, Sia, VHS or Beta, Slightly Stoopid and many more!!

Also don’t miss a special webcast with Jack Johnson – For details click here

Go to attblueroom.com/music or while at Coachella, visit The AT&T blue room "Refresh and Recharge" tent

R & R TENT

Be sure to stop by the AT&T blue room "Refresh & Recharge" tent. Come in, cool off and recharge your cell phones. Feel free to check your emaill on one of the many computer terminals while watching the live feed on the plasma screens.

VIRGIN AUTOGRAPH TENT

Be sure to visit the virgin autograph tent for the signing times of your favorite bands.

FRIDAY
Vampire Weekend ~ Les Savy Fav ~Tegan and Sara ~ Black Lips ~ Spank Rock
~ Rogue Wave ~ Cut Copy

SATURDAY
Kate Nash ~ Hot Chip ~ MGMT ~ VHS or Beta ~DeVotchKa ~ Flogging Molly
~ The Teenagers ~ Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks ~ Animal Collective ~ Minus the Bear
~ St. Vincent ~ Santogold ~Yoav ~ Yelle

SUNDAY
Booka Shade ~ Duffy ~ SIA ~ Manchester Orchestra ~ Annuals ~ Dimitri from Paris
~ Gogol Bordello ~ Holy F*ck

PLAYSTATION

While at the festival, visit the Playstation tents! Get a first look at the new world of gaming for PLAYSTATION®3! Leave your mark in the world with LittleBigPlanet™, test your vocal skills on SingStar™ and jump into the driver's seat with GranTurismo™ 5 Prologue!

LOCKER RENTALS AVAILABLE

CLICK HERE

CARPOOLCHELLA - Win Coachella for life!

Carpool four (4) or more to a car and you could win
VIP tickets to Coachella for LIFE!

Other prizes you could win by going CARPOOLCHELLA include:
ALL ACCESS PASSES
VIP UPGRADES
MERCH VOUCHERS & more
Find out how! CLICK HERE

Need help finding a ride to Coachella ?
Have a ride to offer?
Let PICK UP PAL assist your search . CLICK HERE.

ATTENTION EARLY BIRD CAMPERS

THURSDAY NIGHT ONLY - Don't forget to get your raffle tickets upon check in. (first 2000 campers only!) Raffle *prizes include... POSTERS, CD's, FOOD VOUCHERS, VIP UPGRADES & More.

ALSO...
Come Thursday night for a Coachella campground first. The grandfathers of visuals, LASERIUM. This amazing visual laser show is brought to you for one night to experience the original show they performed during the 60 and 70’s as they worked alongside legends like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
CLICK HERE

WHAT KIND OF WEATHER TO EXPECT?

Get the 36 hour forecast: CLICK HERE

INTERACT WITH THE FESTIVAL LIVE

Connect with other Coachella fans. Get News & Updates During the Festival: Follow what is happening on the polo grounds through the buzznet blog, post your Coachella photos, and contribute your text via Twitter by including the word "coachella" in your tweets. Follow along HERE

DON'T FORGET TO UPLOAD YOUR COACHELLA PHOTOS

Every year we look forward to your photo's in our gallery!
You might even win a photo pass for next year!
CLICK HERE

INTERACT - COACHELLA MESSAGE BOARD

connect with other Coachella fans to discuss just about anything... carpooling (need/offer a ride), hotel sharing, camping (alone or need a friend?), ticket trades, music, other festivals, etc. Live chat room gets pretty HOT at night!
CLICK HERE IF YOU'RE FUN AND A MUSIC FAN AND STUFF

The updated COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL

line-up (as of 4/23) is below.

• Prince • Roger Waters • Jack Johnson • Portishead • Kraftwerk • the Verve
• the Raconteurs • Death Cab for Cutie • Love and Rockets • My Morning Jacket
• Aphex Twin • the Breeders • Justice • Cafe Tacvba • Fatboy Slim
• Spiritualized • Tegan and Sara • Goldfrapp • Serj Tankian • the Swell Season
• Sasha & John Digweed • Gogol Bordello • Rilo Kiley • Chromeo • Dwight Yoakam
• M.I.A. • the National • Metric • Hot Chip • Cold War Kids • Animal Collective
• Kate Nash • Mum • Slighty Stoopid • Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
• Above & Beyond • Danny Tenaglia • Pendulum • DeVotchKa • Booka Shade
• Simian Mobile Disco • Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings • Murs • Stars
• Flogging Molly • Mark Ronson • Redd Kross • Dimitri from Paris • Battles
• Autolux • Aesop Rock • the Field • Les Savy Fav • Scars on Broadway
• Linton Kwesi Johnson • Midnight Juggernauts • Islands • the Cool Kids
• Swervedriver • Does it Offend You, Yeah? • Enter Shikari • Sons & Daughters
• Minus the Bear • Sia • Calvin Harris • Holy F*ck • Spank Rock
• dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip • Boys Noize • Black Kids • Diplo • Junkie XL
• Black Mountain • Adam Freeland • Annuals • Cinematic Orchestra • Santogold
• Jens Lekman • Kid Sister with A-Trak • the Teenagers • John Butler Trio
• Duffy • I'm From Barcelona • Vampire Weekend • VHS or Beta • Deadmau5
• Carbon/Silicon • Manchester Orchestra • Dan Deacon • Erol Alkan
• Architecture in Helsinki • Man Man • Sandra Collins • Yo! Majesty • AUSTIN TV
• Perry Farrell • Busy P • Little Brother • Cut Copy • Shout Out Louds
• Bonde Do Role • Plastiscines • Black Lips • St. Vincent • Brett Dennen
• Datarock • Akron/Family • MGMT • Professor Murder • Surkin • Para One
• Orgasmic Curses • James Zabiela • SebastiAn • Kavinsky • Porter
• Rogue Wave • Dredg • the Bird and the Bee • Yoav • Modeselektor
• Grand Ole Party • 120 Days • American Bang • Luckyiam • Vas Defrans
• Electric Touch • Yelle • Uffie featuring DJ Mehdi • Jupiter's Ring
• Lucent Dossier • Do LaB.



Thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.