California Coachella Festival Draws the Big Names
By DONNA BALANCIA
The worst-kept secret in Coachella history was confirmed as Rage Against The Machine will reunite to headline the annual Indio fest along with Travis Scott and Frank Ocean, it was officially announced.
While hip hop and R and B dominated the 2019 lineup, the 2020 lineup for the April 10-12 and April 17-19 weekends at the Empire Polo Club is populated this year with alternative, punk, mainstream and pop performers, offering something to suit all tastes.
Rage Against The Machine Reunites
The big news is the reunion of Rage Against the Machine, but it’s actually considered “olds” because the reunited band posted the Indio dates on its Instagram account in October. Prophets of Rage filled a gap but fans were longing for the return of Zack de la Rocha. Frank Ocean answered the fans pleading to return to the festival, his last Coachella was 2012 and Scott is also a return performer, having played Indio fest in 2017. Lil Nas X, who has emerged as one of the world’s most popular performers thanks to his cross-genre tune and well-loved “Old Town Road,” makes his desert debut.
Lana Del Rey, Thom Yorke, Run the Jewels, FKA twigs, Megan Thee Stallion and Danny Elfman are among the broadly anticipated and diverse musical acts featured this year. Many of the bands that landed on the California Rocker lists, and those that perform in the area clubs, are plentiful on the extensive Coachella performer list.
Del Rey is on a hot streak with the album Norman Fucking Rockwell and the album landed on the California Rocker Best of 2019 list.
Coachella 2020 Gets Local Lift
Many of the performers that have played the local festival roster are on the Coachella stages including King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Chicano Batman, Bedouin, BADBADNOTGOOD, Mannequin Pussy, the Regrettes and Idles.
Hot punk band Idles is among the UK bands that has found major fans in the U.S., and joins fellow Britishers at the fest including Anna Calvi who owes her U.S. fans a show, Sleaford Mods, Lewis Capaldi and slowthai, whose album Nothing Great about Britain was on the California Rocker best albums of 2019 list.
Danny Elfman and Fatboy Slim Represent Retro
Among the retro acts are the beloved performers Elfman, known for a range of music from Oingo Boingo to his multitudes of music scoring including “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure,” and Fatboy Slim, the veteran UK D.J. who is no stranger to the festival scene. Among other works, Slim, AKA Norman Cook, is known for forming Brighton Port Authority with David Byrne. He wrote the single “Weapon of Choice,” featuring Bootsy Collins, which was made popular in the award-winning video starring Christopher Walken.
This year, Coachella offers presale registration to allow anyone to sign up for first access to purchase their Weekend 2 passes. Weekend 1 is sold out.
Register at coachella.com and receive a unique presale code for the presale which begins Monday, January 6 at noon PT.
For more festival information and updates, please visit www.coachella.com.
The complete Coachella lineup in ABC order is as follows:
(Sandy) Alex G
100 gecs
21 Savage
88rising’s Double Happiness
Adam Port
Alec Benjamin
Ali Gatie
Altın Gün
Amber Mark
Amyl and the Sniffers
Anitta
ANNA
Anna Calvi
Ari Lennox
Aya Nakamura
BADBADNOTGOOD
Banda MS
beabadoobee
Beach Bunny
Beach Goons
Bedouin
Big Sean
Big Wild
BIGBANG
Bishop Briggs
black midi
Black Pumas
Black Coffee
BROCKHAMPTON
Calvin Harris
Caribou
Cariño
Carly Rae Jepsen
Cashmere Cat
Channel Tres
Charli XCX
Chelsea Cutler
Chicano Batman
Chris Liebing
City Girls
Code Orange
Conan Gray
Crumb
Cuco
DaBaby
Damian Lazarus
Daniel Caesar
Danny Elfman
Daphni
Dave
Denzel Curry
Detlef
Disclosure
Dixon
DJ Koze
DJ Lord
Doja Cat
Dom Dolla
Duck Sauce
Duke Dumont
Ed Maverick
ela minus
Ellen Allien
Emo Nite
Emotional Oranges
Epik High
Erick Morillo
Ezra Collective
Fatboy Slim
FKA twigs
Floating Points
Flume
Fontaines D.C.
Frank Ocean
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
Friendly Fires
GG Magree
girl in red
Giselle Woo and The Night Owls
GRiZ
Guy Laliberté
Hatsune Miku
Hayden James
Hot Chip
IDLES
Inner Wave
J.I.D
Jai Wolf
Jayda G
Jessie Reyez
Joji
Kim Petras
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Koffee
Kruder and Dorfmeister
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Kyle Watson
Kynda Black
L’Impératrice
Lana Del Rey
Lane 8
Lauren Daigle
Ленинград (Leningrad)
Lewis Capaldi
Lil Nas X
Lil Uzi Vert
Lost Kings
Louis The Child
Luttrell
Madeon
Malaa
Mannequin Pussy
Mariah the Scientist
Marina
Masego
Matoma
Megan Thee Stallion
Melé
MIKA
Monolink
Mura Masa
NIKI
Nilüfer Yanya
Noname
Olivia O’Brien
Omar Apollo
ONYVAA
Orville Peck
Pabllo Vittar
Paco Osuna
Peggy Gou
Pink Sweat$
Princess Nokia
PUP
Rage Against the Machine
Raveena
Rex Orange County
Rich Brian
Roddy Ricch
Run The Jewels
Sahar Z
Sama’
Sampa The Great
Sara Landry
Sasha Sloan
Satori
SebastiAn
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Skegss
SLANDER
Sleaford Mods
slowthai
Snail Mail
Steve Lacy
Summer Walker
Swae Lee
Tchami
Testpilot
The Chats
The Comet Is Coming
The HU
The Martinez Brothers
The Murder Capital
The Regrettes
Thom Yorke | Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
Tiga
TNGHT
TOKiMONSTA
Travis Scott
Viagra Boys
VNSSA
Weyes Blood
Whipped Cream
Yaeji
YBN Cordae
YUNGBLUD
