The 2016 Coachella lineup has already been revealed as new sets of bands and artists will perform and bring up the hype in the festive party. This includes Guns N' Roses, LCD Soundsystem, Calvin Harris, Sia, and many more artists. Also, just like last time, the Indio, California-based festival will be held at the Empire Polo Grounds for two weekends - April 15 to 17 and 22 to 24.
As reported by International Business Times, the Guns N' Roses will headline the festival together with other famous bands and artists. It was reported that more than 100 performers will be present duing the party.
Entertainment Weekly also shared that the LCD Soundsystem, which was led by James Murphy, will have their first show ever since they performed at Madison Square Garden in 2011. The said act inspired the documentary 'Shut Up and Play the Hits.'
Aside from them, Calvin Harris will also be the headliner on April 17 and 24. Other acts in the same lineup will come from Sufjan Stevens, Grimes, M83, Ice Cube, Run the Jewels, Foals, Courtney Barnett, and The Kills.
Further, attention-shy singer Sia will be joining the team as well as 'Latch' hitmaker Disclosure and 'Lean On' producer Major Lazer, according to Sydney Morning Herald. Also playing at the festival are Dan Auerbach's The Arcs, Purity Ring, Bat For Lashes, Magnetic Zeros, Deerhunter, Vince Staples, Savages, Hudson Mohawke, and Edward Sharpe.
The long list of the Coachella lineup also comprises of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Alessia Cara, Wolfe Alice, Rhye, HEALTH, Nathaniel Rateliff & Night Sweats, Silversun Pickups and Rae Sremmurd. In addition, the shoegaze outfit Lush, who had a reunion recently, will perform their first US gig in decades.
As for the festival passes, they already went on sale last week. The official Coachella website also announced that general admission passes for the first weekend (April 15 to 17) have already been sold out. General passes plus shuttle service as well as VIP tickets for both weekends are sold at $459 to $899 with additional fees.
