“Who is playing Coachella 2013?” That seems to be the question of the month, and wouldn’t we all like to know the answer?!
While Goldenvoice (Coachella’s promoter and owner) has kept the lineup a closely guarded secret, rumors are swirling around the internet about which bands and DJs have been invited to play. From my research it looks like headliners will be any 3 of the following:
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- The Killers
- Big Boi
- No Doubt
- Eminem
- Daft Punk
- Deadmau5
- The Rolling Stones
- Nine Inch Nails
- Wu-Tang Clan
Confirmed for 2013 are:
- Major Lazer
- Infected Mushroom
- Bat For Lashes
- Diplo
- Foals
- Father John Misty
- Allen Stone
- Rodriguez
- Alex Clare
- Kill The Noise
- Hardwell
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Rumored Coachella bands are:
- 2 Chainz
- A-Trak
- Alabama Shakes
- Alex Clare
- Allen Stone
- Alt-J
- Bat For Lashes
- Beach House
- Claude VonStroke
- Cloud Nothings
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
- Danny Brown
- Dash Berlin
- Death Grips
- Deftones
- Dillon Francis
- Divine Fits
- Earl Sweatshirt
- Excision
- Father John Misty
- Grimes
- Grizzly Bear
- Hardwell
- Hot Chip
- James Blake
- Japandroids
- Jeff the Brotherhood
- Kendrick Lamar
- Knife Party
- Local Natives
- Lord Huron
- Major Lazer
- Matt & Kim
- Metz
- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
- Of Monsters and Men
- Passion Pit
- Phoenix
- Pretty Lights
- Purity Ring
- Rodriguez
- Sigur Rós
- Sky Ferreira
- Spiritualized
- The Glitch Mob
- The Joy Formidable
- The Knife
- The Lumineers
- The Neighbourhood
- The Postal Service
- The Stone Roses
- The Underachievers
- The Walkmen
- Theophilus London
- Vintage Trouble
- White Arrows
- Yeasayer
This could potentially be an awesome lineup even if only 80% of the rumored bands show up. But of course, everything is speculation until the 2013 Coachella lineup is released. See Coachella 2013 lineup release date for more on that.