Coachella 2015 Lineup Announced

AC/DC, Jack White and Drake headline 2015 Coachella Music & Arts Festival

You've heard the rumors -- turns out they're true: AC/DC is back in black to headline this year's Coachella Music & Arts Festival, along with Jack White and Drake. Together with the rest of the bands (see full lineup below), they'll fill the desert valley in California with thousands of festival-goers April 10-12 and again April 17-19.

The presale passes (last May, guys, get with it) sold-out like, whoa, but for all you hopefuls who attend massive (and massively costly) weekend-long party shows based on -- gasp! -- who's actually playing, you've still got time. Regular ticket sales Wednesday, Jan. 7, at 12 p.m. PST. Check the Coachella website for full details.

Joining the headliners will be some local acts: A few years back, the festival tried to recruit Drive Like Jehu to perform a reunion show for a pile of money: denied! Instead, the San Diego rockers awed a packed Spreckles Organ Pavilion for a free reunion show last year. And now they're making their Coachella claim for a Saturday spot on the lineup (hopefully for a pile of money). It's all about timing, you know? Also chiming in on Saturday is San Diego-born Gaslamp Killer, a DJ and alt hip-hop producer who made a name for himself (literally) playing clubs in the Gaslamp District. Manning the turntables that same night will be the the Nortec Collective Presents: Bostiche + Fussible, who have deep Tijuana roots.

Or maybe you can't shell out the $375 for a ticket right now. Hey, man, that's cool. You could just watch old episodes of SoundDiego (all archived on your DVR, we know), since we've had dozens of the bands on the show. You could even throw an abridged, digital Coachella party at home! Check it: In place of Fridays full set, for instance, tune in to our shows that featured Interpol, Porter Robinson, Action Bronson and Allah-Las. And who needs to stand in the Saturday afternoon heat when you could watch Alt- J, Flosstradamus, Father John Misty and Run the Jewels from the comfort of your air-conditioned living room? Your Sunday viewing pleasures, of course, include David Guetta, Fitz & the Tantrums, Vance Joy, Built to Spill, St. Lucia and the Orwells.

It's official: festival-season fever has begun. And it's only January.

Here's the lineup for both weekends:

Friday, April 10 and April 17

  • AC/DC
  • Tame Impala
  • Interpol
  • Steely Dan
  • Alesso
  • Alabama Shakes
  • Ride
  • Nero
  • Azealia Banks
  • Flying Lotus
  • Raekwon and Ghostface Killah
  • Lykke Li
  • DJ Snake
  • Porter Robinson
  • Caribou
  • Todd Terje & the Olsens
  • Angus and Julia Stone
  • Not Natured
  • George Ezra
  • Squarepusher
  • Kiesza
  • Action Bronson
  • Gorgon City
  • Reverend Horton Heat
  • Sylvan Essa
  • Kimbra
  • Vic Mensa
  • Erol Alkan
  • Kele
  • Cloud Nothings
  • Keys n Krates
  • MK
  • Pete Tong
  • Ab-Soul
  • Haerts
  • Eagulls
  • Allah-Lahs
  • Alvin Risk
  • Chris Malinchak
  • Jon Hopkins
  • Oliver Heldens
  • Ryan Hemsworth
  • Jason Bentley
  • Brant Bjork & the Low Desert Punk Band
  • Marques Wyatt
  • The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger
  • Los Rakas

Saturday, April 11 and April 18

  • Jack White
  • The Weeknd
  • Axwell /\ Ingrosso
  • Alt-J
  • Belle and Sebastian
  • Ratatat
  • Hozier
  • Flosstradamus
  • Bad Religion
  • SBTRKT
  • FKA Twigs
  • Tyler the Creater
  • Father John Misty
  • The War on Drugs
  • Deorro
  • Run the Jewels
  • Tycho
  • Chet Faker
  • Kasabian
  • Drive Like Jehu
  • Swans
  • Milky Chance
  • Toro y Moi
  • Jungle
  • New World Punk
  • Clean Bandit
  • Glass Animals
  • Royal Blood
  • Alison Wonderland
  • The Gaslamp Killer Experience
  • Loco Dice
  • Danny Tenaglia
  • Antemasque
  • Parquet Courts
  • Gramatik
  • What So Not
  • Yellow Claw
  • DJ Jarvey
  • Tale of Us
  • Yelle
  • Andrew McMahon
  • Carl Craig
  • Phox
  • St. Paul & the Broken Bones
  • Cashmere Cat
  • Nortec Collective Presents: Bostiche + Fussible
  • Tourist
  • Benjamin Boxer
  • Matthew Koma
  • Perfume Genius
  • Jamestown Revival
  • Bad Suns
  • Ruen Brothers
  • Bixel Boys
  • Andrea Olivia
  • Ryn Weaver
  • Radkey
  • Coasts
  • Until the Ribbon Breaks

Sunday, April 12 and April 19

  • Drake
  • Florence & the Machine
  • Kaskade
  • Ryan Adams
  • David Guetta
  • St. Vincent
  • Marina & the Diamonds
  • Fitz & the Tantrums
  • Brand New
  • Madeon
  • Stromae
  • Kygo
  • Odesza
  • Gesaffelstein
  • RAC
  • Circa Survive
  • Jenny Lewis
  • Desaparecidos
  • Jamie xx
  • Martin Solveig
  • Duke Dumont
  • Lil B
  • Mac DeMarco
  • Vance Joy
  • Built to Spill
  • J.E.S.+S. (Jack Master, Eats Everything, Skream and Seth Trexler)
  • Panda Bear
  • Kaytranada
  • R3hab
  • St. Lucia
  • Dirty South
  • Tiger and Woods
  • Dubfire
  • Sturgill Simpson
  • Annie Mac
  • Chicano Batman
  • MO
  • Sloan
  • Doc Martin
  • Saint Motel
  • The Orwells
  • The Cribs
  • tINI
  • Ben Klock
  • Night Terrors of 1927

Hannah Lott-Schwartz, a San Diego native, moved back to the area after working the magazine-publishing scene in Boston. Now she’s straight trolling SD for all the music she missed while away. Want to help? Hit her up with just about anything at all over on Twitter, where -- though not always work-appropriate -- she means well.

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