i'm full of envy :veryangry2:

 

"Rage Against the Machine will reunite for Coachella

Red Hot Chili Peppers and Björk also top the bill for the three-day music festival.

By Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer

 

Rage Against the Machine, the seminal L.A. band that made heavy music into political manifesto, will reunite after a seven-year lull for one show as the headliners at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

 

Sources say Rage, which played the main stage at the first Coachella in 1999, will be joined by other familiar faces for the eighth edition of the festival, which covers three days this year and begins April 27: Red Hot Chili Peppers, which headlined in 2003, are back, as is Björk, who topped the bill in 2002.

 

Organizers were mum this weekend and it was not clear which day Rage or the other acts were slotted to play; that announcement is expected in the next few days. Other acts expected in the eclectic lineup: Arcade Fire, Interpol, Willie Nelson, the Roots, Manu Chao, the Decemberists, Arctic Monkeys, Sonic Youth, Crowded House, Air, Tiësto and Kings of Leon.

 

Tickets go on sale Saturday, via Ticketmaster. Three-day passes will cost about $250 and there will be a limited number of single-day passes available.

 

The headliners are not novel, but they are potent. The Peppers are up for their first best album Grammy right now, and Björk remains a mesmerizing figure to fans of avant pop. But in Southern California rock circles, there is very little that could compete with the excitement of a Rage Against the Machine reunion. The quartet's hybrid of funk, rap, metal and leftist ideology was as subtle as a Molotov cocktail; in the 1990s, its aggro-anthems made it the only band that mattered to a fan base that included East L.A. protest kids as well as those in Hollywood punk circles, college dorms and mainstream rock festival mosh pits, where politics were secondary to the group's feral energy.

 

The band is vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk. Their split came amid rumors of bad blood between De la Rocha and his mates, who went on to work with Chris Cornell in Audioslave. However, Morello and De la Rocha appeared together at a 2005 rally for the urban farmers of a South Los Angeles community garden."

-Taken from the LA Times

 

rage against the machine

red hot chili peppers

bjork

arcade fire

interpol

willie nelson

the roots

manu chao

the decemberists

artic monkeys

sonic youth

crowded house

air

tiesto

kings of leon

sattelite party

silversun pickups

busdriver

ozomotli

the good the bad the queen

jarvis cocker

the kooks

the cribs

the feeling

travis

Lilly Allen

Hot Chip

LCD Soundsystem

Junior Boys

Comedians of Comedy

Fountains of Wayne

Fields

Oh No Oh My

Cornelius

Digitalism

Ozomatli

MSTRKRFT

VNV Nation

Konono No. 1

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Tapes N' Tapes(?)

Lupe Fiasco

 

i am SO planning on going even though its gonna hurt my wallet.

:o....

 

Wow, I wow. I have to go...:stunned:

such a great lineup! Rage against the machine?!!!:shocked2: wow!!!! i wish i could go:bigcry:

250 dollars isn't that much when you see all these gigs :stunned:

is it?:cool:

RATM, The Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, Bjork! Be still my heart!

ALWAYS THE WEEKEND BEFORE FINAL EXAMS! ahhhhh. This is the last year I'm ever going to have to miss it. :angry: *crying inside*

 

TLo! You are a legend, bring us back some reports and a few pictures if you can manage it, please. :lol:

*salutes* yes m'am!

 

(this is all assuming i actually go.. !!!)

Man I want to go!! So many great bands and I could totally drive there, but I don't have 250dlls! :bigcry:

:laugh3:

 

*crosses fingers* hoping you can make it!

 

My friend went the year Radiohead headlined. She said it was the best time. Brought her note cards and studied the whole day at the barrier waiting to see Thom. Although she barely made it back for her Monday exams. haha.

Rage Against the Machine? Now thats pretty cool.

many bands i love

Jesus and Mary Chain???

 

JESUS CHRIST!!!!

 

great lineup btw!!

isn't it? :bigcry:

I have 100dlls that my dad gave that I was supposed to put it my bank account, but I'm tempted to buy a ticket for at least friday:uhoh: :bigcry:

uhm was it supposed to go to something important.. lol

I'm supposed to save it for my future:P

wellllll coachella is in the future... hahaha !

 

ok don't listen to anything i say. im not a very good voice of reason!

^Now that's reasoning :laugh4:

:lol: That makes sense Tlo. I wonder what my dad would say when I tell him that I want to go. probably "are you crazy?! What about your future?" and then I'll say "Coachella is in the future!" :P

I wish I could go to see some of those bands. Well, technically I could but it's hard to part with the cash when I really should put it to more constructive use...

 

But.....Bjork, Interpol, Cornelius, The Arcade Fire, Air, maybe Blonde Redhead and I'd probably see Rage....well, because I bet it would be very insane - well they'd be lots of simultaneous jumping around.

 

Not sure it's really worth it now I got through the whole list.

 

If I lived over there it would be something I would certainly go to.

yeah i really wanted to fly to the UK for glastonbury.. but its a big hit to take to fly overseas.. not to mention take 2 more vacation days for traveling/recooperating.

It really seems like the last two days are completely stacked in comparision to the first. Regina Spektor, Arcade Fire, the Decemberists, and Red Hot Chili Peppers in one day?

Wow.

tickets have been purchased! i am officially going to coachella!!! YAY!

 

time to look for hotel/air fare package deals..