Moby fans mob the Sahara Tent during the second Saturday of the 2013 Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio. (Richard Lui/The Desert Sun)
Coachella will be held April 11-13 and April 18-20, 2014, Goldenvoice announced Monday.
The advance ticket sales will open at 10 a.m. PT on Friday, May 24.
This is the only chance residents get for a payment plan.
Important information on the wristbands:
The Coachella website shows a hint about an announcement coming Monday.
Goldenvoice will make a Coachella-related announcement on Monday — and music fans can probably get ready to open their wallets for next year’s festival.
A picture posted to the Coachella website and social media accounts on Friday shows an artistic photo of Coachella with the text: “10 a.m. Monday.”
If history holds true, Goldenvoice will likely announce the dates for the 2014 festival weekends as well as an advanced ticket sale that could happen within days.
It was about this time last year — May 14, 2012 — that Goldenvoice announced the next year’s dates, then opened advance sales from May 17-24, 2012.
The Desert Sun’s music site — MyCoachella.com — will provide an update as soon as the announcement is made on Monday.
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Fans applaud as OMD performs in the Gobi tent during the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio,CA, Sunday, April 21, 2013. (Michael Snyder/The Desert Sun)
Festival producer Goldenvoice announced an attendance figure for its Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals this month that is larger than the population of Coachella Valley.
Grouplove performs at the Mojave Tent during the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California on April 20, 2012 (Omar Ornelas, The Desert Sun).
Goldenvoice announced that first weekend Coachella Festival 2013 passes will be available online for local residents.
Tickets are still sold out to residents living outside of these area codes:
92201, 92202, 92203, 92210, 92211, 92230, 92234, 92236, 92240-92241, 92253, 92255, 92258, 92260, 92261-92264, 92270, 92274, 92275, 92276, and 92292.
Prices for passes are $349 with all fees included.
(Bruce Fessier of The Desert Sun has more on this announcement at MyDesert.com)
File photo from Kate McGinty, The Desert Sun
It’s just over a month until Coachella festival season — and that means wristband giveaways are in full swing.
Here are contests that claim to give away free Coachella wristband (as described by the contest sponsor):
Goldenvoice released its April concert calendar on Feb. 25.
Goldenvoice released its lineup for April shows — also known as your chance to catch Coachella artists in other venues.
Tickets to the 33-plus shows will go on sale as early as March 1.
Among the lineup:
Spiritualized will play April 15 and Franz Ferdinand on April 18, both at Pappy and Harriet’s in Pioneertown.
But don’t forget the biggest bonus show of them all: Tachevah block party on April 17.
That’s when The Desert Sun and Goldenvoice will team up for a free celebration of music in downtown Palm Springs. Three voter-chosen bands and one Goldenvoice headliner will play.
Coachella is slated for April 12-14 and April 19-21 at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio. Wristbands are sold out.
Goldenvoice has announced it will hold an additional sale for local residents, but it has not released details (including when that sale will be or who will be eligible).
Both weekends of Coachella 2013 are sold out, the festival announced Wednesday morning on social networking sites.
— Coachella (@coachella) January 30, 2013
The 6:40 a.m. announcement came less than 24 hours after tickets went on sale Tuesday morning. Passes for the first weekend, April 12-14, sold out within 15 minutes.
We’re still awaiting word on whether additional tickets will be offered only to Coachella Valley residents.
Coachella, Weekend 1 passes sold out within 15 minutes of going on sale Tuesday.
Goldenvoice hasn’t announced a sell out for Coachella, Weekend 2 yet, and even tweeted at 10:35 a.m. for people to keep waiting in the standby room.
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This @MyCoachella blogger was in the “stand by” mode three minutes earlier than tickets were scheduled to go on sale — but still couldn’t buy tickets.
I got this dreaded “connection has timed out” page instead:
Goldenvoice released the official Coachella lineup late Jan. 24, 2013.
Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Blur & The Stone Roses will headline the highly anticipated Coachella festival lineup, Goldenvoice announced late Thursday.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Postal Service and Modest Mouse are also slated to perform.
Of Monsters and Men, Franz Ferdinand and Moby will take the stages during the identical festival weekends, April 12-14 and April 19-21 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.
A second round of tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29.
The announcement followed weeks of leaks and rumored reports of bands that could perform at the popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
In the most hotly reported rumor, the legendary Rolling Stones were expected to headline after the festival briefly appeared on the band’s mobile app. RollingStone Magazine reported Jan. 18 that the band would not appear, citing “a source close to the band.”
The band does not appear on the lineup.
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Photo illustration by Brian Indrelunas, The Desert Sun
There are 94 days until weekend 1 of Coachella 2013 kicks off, but who will take the stages?
There’s still no artist line-up, but it’s never happened this early.
That’s much to the chagrin of the dozens of people who post on the Coachella Facebook page each day, begging for at least an announcement of when the announcement will come.
Don’t count on that.
In the meantime, here’s our roundup of artists who have reportedly confirmed their appearances for 2013 and evidence that exists (or doesn’t) for the persistent rumors about other artists.
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