As you probably know, the Coachella line-up has been rumored to be announced about every day this week, and apparently, the announcement might not happen this week at all. In an interview with the Pop & Hiss blog at the L.A. Times, chief festival architect Paul Tollett said that the organizers are still busy lining up bands for the festival, and that they're not stalling waiting for other bands to sign-on. Here's what Tollet had to say:
“I know everybody is going crazy, but we’re not stalling, we’re still working on the show. Everything we do is in service of the show, not in service of the announcement of the show. Believe me, we’re excited to tell everybody and we want to tell everybody, but the show is still being put together.”
So there you have it. You'll know who's going to be at Coachella once the organizers finally get there stuff together. (I'm betting Jack Johnson wants more cash.) [L.A. Times via Daily Swarm]
Boo Hiss. I want to see the formal announcement of the Orbital, Neutral Milk Hotel and Luna reunions. Oh, and ad Mogwai, Autechre, LCD Soundsystem, Walkmen. Come on already, I'm sick of making up my own lineups!!
im thinking about doing coachella this yea if its good enough. Bonnaroo is only an hour away, so i always do that - but 2 nights of phish being rumored is disgusting
January 29, 2009 at 1:51 p.m.
dave
Sure they are not stalling, yeah right! The organizer claimed ( by proxy) they are going to release the official line up on radio on Tuesday, they have gone back on their word and their only answer is "we’re still working on the show".
There are two reasonable explanations; either someone really big pulled out at the last minute or they saw the amount of hype created and decided to milk the hype till it's dry. After the last years ticket sales and the pretty poor/realistic "predictions" for the line-up, I'm not surprised.
January 29, 2009 at 5:26 p.m.
kevinv
FRIDAY Nine Inch Nails, Morrissey, Orbital, Franz Ferdinand, Puscifer, Katy Perry, Digitalism, The Presets, K’s Choice, Conor Oberst, Metric, The Black Keys, Shpongle, Turbonegro, Bassnectar, Fair To Midland, Ladytron, Cage, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Hercules & Love Affair, Mickey Avalon, The Gaslight Anthem, Laura Marling, The Whip, The Bloody Beetroots, Kristina Sky, The Airborne Toxic Event, Friendly Fires, Straight Line Stitch, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly., Shadrach Kabango, Los Campesinos!, O’Death, The Wishing Tree, Floater, Alias, Westlord, Snailhouse, Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Miyavi, Kevin Rudolf, Heartless Bastards, Drop The Lime, Lucent Dossier SATURDAY The Killers, Neil Young, Primus, Basement Jaxx, TV On The Radio, Mike Patton, Rahzel, Adele, Immortal Technique, Atmosphere, One Day As A Lion, Girl Talk, Primal Scream, KT Tunstall, Crystal Castles, Amon Tobin, M.A.N.D.Y., She & Him, Roni Size, Kimya Dawson, Glasvegas, The Black Marquee, Jade Everett, Jamie T, Foals, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, No Age, Late Of The Pier, Sebastian Tellier, Peanut Butter Wolf, The Flobots, Radio Luxembourg, Ice Cream Floats, Flying Lotus, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, The Bug, White Lies, The Knux, The Captains Intangible, Mad Marge & The Stonecutters, N.A.S.A., Mexican Institute Of Sound, Eric Mcfadden Trio, Soniko, Kira Willey, Lucent Dossier, Kim H & Danny R SUNDAY Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters, Public Enemy, Chemical Brothers, Keane, Poe, MSTRKRFT, Fleet Foxes, Band Of Horses, Lupe Fiasco, Skunk Anansie, Planet Of The Drums, Jenny Lewis, Imogen Heap, The Heavy, The Shins, Black Mountain, Asobi Seksu, Gus Black, Alabama 3, The Faint, The Sounds, The Ting Tings, Yeasayer, Conjure One, The Bees, Bizarre, Surkin, The Greencards, The Hold Steady, Uh Huh Her, Christopher Lawrence, A Place To Bury Strangers, Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Death Set
Boo Hiss. I want to see the formal announcement of the Orbital, Neutral Milk Hotel and Luna reunions. Oh, and ad Mogwai, Autechre, LCD Soundsystem, Walkmen. Come on already, I'm sick of making up my own lineups!!