Grrr. The headliner I want to see plays Saturday at Stagecoach and Sunday in AZ. Maybe I can just stalk the tour bus on the freeway. :evil: :evil:

There are a few "oh my god" bands on the list - but not enough to make me want to do the whole festival. I'd rather see Suede, Wire, PJ Harvey and Rural Alberta Advantage headlining their own shows (OK, maybe not RAA, but you get what I mean).

Sadly the two acts on the list I'd want to see are unlikely to be doing any other shows in the area any time soon :(

While most Coachella bands don't play in LA or Orange County (for contractual reasons with the festival organizers), you'd be surprised how many of them play in Pomona the week before or after the desert clvsterfvck. Keep checking pollstar.com.

holy crap there are a lot of bands i want to see here. might have to finally brave the heat of the desert misery. Or just do what Mousepod said.

and does the font for the 'smaller' bands really have to be that fvcking tiny?

Wire is the one band I'd really want to see. There are others I'd like to see again, but I'm surprised how many of them I've seen recently.

kings of leon, chemical brothers, flogging molly, arcade fire, mumford and sons
neon trees
strokes, gogel bordello

So how does this all work? I assume there are multiple stages (which could lead to challenges as bands you want to see may be playing at the same time).

You just run from stage to stage or you make difficult choices.

There are 2 outdoor stages and 3 tents - Saraha the largest, Mohave the middle bear and Gobi the smallest

I am going to guess that many of the bands you mention are going to be on the 2 larger stages (although Chemical Brothers will probably be in the Sahara tent. Sahara tends to be he "dance" tent. Crystal Method, Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem, Justice, Moby, Chemical Brothers, Dimitri in Paris, Dead Mouse and Madonna were all in Sahara.

Wire is pretty much the band I'd want to see, but I think they're been touring lately so there may be other opportunities. Also waiting to see what additions might come. Daft Punk is still rumored as is OMD.