Coachella Music Festival

Coachella festival passes sell out in roughly two hours

The first allotment of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival passes sold out Thursday in roughly two hours.

• May. 18, 2012

Coachella GA, VIP passes going, going, gone

Coachella tickets went on sale today at 10 a.m. for the 2013 music festival, but the advance sale for most passes had ended by early afternoon.

• May. 17, 2012

Coachella fest 2013 dates set; ticket sales begin Thursday

Less than a month after the first two-weekend Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival wrapped up, promoters Goldenvoice announced a second double weekend for the 2013 event, which will be held April 12-14 and 19-21 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

• May. 14, 2012

Coachella announces ticket sales for 2 weekends in 2013

Less than a month after the first two-weekend Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the event’s 13-year history, the Goldenvoice promoters announced today they’re doing their second double weekend April 12-14 and 19-21 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

• May. 14, 2012

Goldenvoice promises Coachella announcements; fan expect Coachella 2013 dates

• May. 13, 2012

Coachella announcement scheduled for Monday

• May. 13, 2012

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival announcement coming Monday

• May. 11, 2012

65-year-old Palm Desert resident shares her experiences at Coachella

Palm Desert resident Charlotte Rios, a retired trauma counselor who at 65 says she may have been the oldest Coachella Music and Arts Festival attendee, shares her experience at the first of the fest's two weekends.

• Apr. 25, 2012

Déjà two: Now what's next for Coachella?

Bruce Fessier: Before I don a cowboy hat for this weekend's Stagecoach country music festival, just a few more words about Coachella. Where do we go from the two-weekend experiment?

• Apr. 24, 2012

Fans can take the heat

From cold and rain the first weekend to record-breaking temperatures the second, the weather wasn't the only difference between the two parts of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Bands changed up their set lists, and a few different guest stars graced the stages at Empire Polo Club in Indio.

• Apr. 23, 2012

Go behind the scenes at Coachella

It was an hour before Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and a hologram of the late Tupac Shakur closed the first weekend of Coachella 2012. Paul Tollett, whose Goldenvoice company booked the West Coast rappers, stood in a backstage area. Just chillin'.

• Apr. 22, 2012

Rocking out in the heat

Saturday was the hottest Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival ever — and the bands rocked, too.

• Apr. 22, 2012

Once-angry neighbors change tune about fest

Roy Salazar sits on his front porch, legs crossed with a vodka tonic in hand, watching the excitement around his house unfold.

• Apr. 21, 2012

It's a HOT time at Coachella

The first Coachella weekend saw the coldest temperature on record for the fest, but temperatures bounced back with a vengeance Friday.

• Apr. 21, 2012

Unauthorized sales of Coachella merchandise halted

A federal judge Friday issued an order to stop sales of unauthorized T-shirts and hats at this weekend's Coachella music festival in Indio.

• Apr. 21, 2012

Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa are smokin' in concert

Snoop Dogg remembered watching all of the Cheech and Chong movies growing up, idolizing the pothead tandem's ability to always escape from danger in their comedy films.

• Apr. 19, 2012

AWOLNATION's Aaron Bruno finally hits success at Coachella Music Festival

Aaron Bruno had just about given up on the old formula for pop music success when a new business model got him on track.

• Apr. 19, 2012

Tupac's resurrection hovers between performance art, gimmick

If you weren't there in person, there's a good chance you have caught it online by now: Tupac Shakur rising from the mists onstage at the Coachella music festival last weekend, greeting the crowd, joining Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre for a couple of songs.

• Apr. 20, 2012

Almost famous: The Sheepdogs in their quest for fame

They may not be headliners — yet — but The Sheepdogs are on their way.

• Apr. 20, 2012

Coachella producers file federal suit contending trademark infringment at festival

LOS ANGELES -- The producers of the Coachella Music Festival are expected to ask a federal judge tomorrow to put a stop to the sale of unauthorized T-shirts and hats at this weekend’s event in Indio.

• Apr. 19, 2012

Robot roams Coachella

The robot that roams the Empire Polo Grounds during Coachella is aptly named — Hotshot.

• Apr. 19, 2012

Top 10 moments of the first weekend of Coachella

Kate McGinty shares her top 10 moments from the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

• Apr. 17, 2012

Fest builds to climax

I can't wait to go back to Coachella for Weekend 2. There were lulls in the programming that bored me. But Sunday ended with such a flourish, it was impossible to keep up.

• Apr. 17, 2012

Tupac Shakur hologram goes viral, may tour with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg

INDIO — The hologram image of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur that rocked the Coachella main stage could go on tour with an all-star lineup, several media outlets reported Monday.

• Apr. 17, 2012