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Coachella Lineup Announced!!!!

Paul McCartney, the Cure and the Killers will headline the tenth Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival April 17-19 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. Other confirmed acts are Amy Winehouse, Morrissey, Leonard Cohen, My Bloody Valentine and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Paul McCartney issued a statement about his maiden Ameircan music festival appearance: “I have heard that Coachella is one of the greatest festivals in the world. I’m really excited to get out there and rock.” My Boody Valentine was on the bill for 2008 but frontman Kevin Sheilds decided the recently reunited band wasn’t ready and Cohen’s Coachella appearance will be part of his first American tour in 15 years. Coachella will be Amy Winehouse’s first major American appearance since the 2008 Grammy’s and fans are anxious to see how the troubled U.K. artist will appear on stage.

Other acts lined up for the 2009 festival are TV on the Radio, Conor Oberst, Fleet Foxes, Dr. Dog, the Black Keys, the Hold Steady, Okkervil, Band of Horses, Girl Talk, Thievery Corporation, MSTRKRFT, the Crystal Method, Throbbing Gristle, Roni Size and Groove Armada, offering equal parts indie rock and dance/electronica. Among the Coachella virgin acts are White Lies, the Airborn Toxic Event,Gang Gang Dance, Cage the Elephant, Vivian Girls, Lykke Li, Late Of The Pier, the Knux, Hercules and Love Affiar and the Gaslight Anthem. The Drive-By Truckers, Booker T & the MGs, Paul Weller, Henry Rollins, Bob Mould and X are among the veteran acts.

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