January 8, 2014. After months of rumors and conjecture, it’s official: Coachella 2014 will be headlined by Arcade Fire, Muse and a reunited OutKast. News of rappers Big Boi and Andre 3000 coming together again as OutKast at Coachella was leaked late last year, with members of Muse strongly hinting that the band would be playing during a recent Radio.com interview.
Other highlights on the bill include rising alt-star Lorde, who’s currently vying for high-profile Grammy awards Record of the Year and Song of the Year for her breakout single, “Royals.”
EDM will again be well represented, with such superstar acts as Skrillex and Calvin Harris making the annual trek to Indio, CA, to rock Coachella’s extensively upgraded Sahara Tent with their body-moving beats.
Hard rock fans will also have ample opportunity to throw up devil horns, with sets from such heavyweights as Queens of the Stone Age and enduring metal legends Motorhead.
A clutch of artists on the festival’s 2014 under-card such as The Glitch Mob, Future Islands and Bonobo were subtly announced ahead of time via simple social network postings from official Coachella accounts.
Coachella 2014 is set for the weekends of April 12-14 and April 19-21, with this being the third year that the festival will be expanded to the dual weekend format.
While advance tickets are already sold out, a limited quantity of general admission weekend passes will go on sale this Friday, January 10, at 10 a.m. Consult the Coachella website for details and radio.com for more.
