Now in its sixth year, America’s Coachella festival continues to enhance its reputation as one of the worlds best music festivals with varied line-ups put together by forward thinking bookers. This year it takes place over two days (April 29,30) at the Empire Polo field in the Coachella Valley, Indo, California. As in previous years the line-up is a mash up of over 80 artists, many leading lights in their genre. The full list of confirmed artists are as below:
Coachella Festival Line-up 2006
Saturday, April 29th
Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Common, Atmosphere, Carl Cox, My Morning Jacket, TV on the Radio, Ladytron, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Tosca, Cat Power, Animal Collective, HARD-Fi, Derrick Carter, Devendra Banhart, She Wants Revenge, The Walkmen, The Juan Maclean, Imogen Heap, Audio Bullys, Lady Sovereign, Deerhoof, The Duke Spirit, Eagles of Death Metal, Lyrics Born, Matt Costa, The New Amsterdams, The Zutons, Platinum Pied Pipers, White Rose Movement, Chris Liberator, Colette, Joey Beltram, Hybrid, Living Things, Wolfmother, The Like, Nine Black Alps, Celebration, The Section Quartet, Shy FX & T Power, Infusion.
Sunday, April 30th
Tool, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party, Paul Oakenfold, Scissor Sisters, Matisyahu, James Blunt, Sleater-Kinney, Mogwai, Coheed and Cambria, Wolf Parade, Coldcut, Phoenix, Digable Planets, Amadou & Mariam, Little Louie Vega, Mylo (DJ Set), Seu Jorge, Gnarls Barkley, The Go! Team, Kaskade, Metric, Editors, Art Brut, Dungen, The Dears, Jamie Lidell, The Magic Numbers, Los Amigos Invisibles, Jazzanova, stellastarr*, Michael Mayer, Murs featuring 9th Wonder, Mates of State, Gilles Peterson, Infadels, Gabriel & Dresden, The Subways, Minus the Bear, One Republic, Be Your Own Pet, Youth Group, Giant Drag, Kristina Sky, The Octopus Project.
Tickets go on sale this weekend, Saturday February 4, at noon (pacific standard time). There are 2-day passes, single day tickets, and camping tickets available. Tickets are slightly up on last year with $85 for one day passes and two days passes at $165.
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