Coachella Festival Brings Back Rage And The Jesus And Mary Chain

01/23/07 7:30pm

by Josh Finkelman (CHARTattack)

The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival has a history of reuniting bands. Perry Farrell resurrected Jane's Addiction there in 2001. Iggy Pop and The Stooges buried the hatchet in 2003. The 2007 outing looks to be no different, with appearances by Rage Against The Machine and The Jesus And Mary Chain just announced.

The eighth Coachella will also mark the first time that the event will last three days, from April 27 to 29. Also headlining this year's edition in Indio, California will be Bjork and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Rage played Coachella once before, headlining the inaugural show in 1999, just a year before they broke up. Lead singer and politically-minded lyricist Zack De La Rocha has been pretty quiet, while the rest of the group joined up with ex-Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell to form Audioslave.

Britain's Jesus And Mary Chain, led by the battling Reid brothers, effectively melded feedback with melody over the course of six excellent albums before going their separate ways in 1999. Their last album, Munki, was released in 1998. They've influenced a wide range of bands, including My Bloody Valentine, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Stone Roses.

There will also be an impressive Canadian contingent at the festival, including Arcade Fire, The New Pornographers, Tokyo Police Club, Rufus Wainwright, Peaches, Junior Boys and MSTRKRFT.

Tickets for the three-day festival go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday via Ticketmaster and will cost $249 U.S. A limited number of single-day passes will go for $85. Camping passes are available for an extra $45 for a four-night stay.

Here are all of the acts that have been announced to play Coachella so far:

Rage Against The Machine
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Bjork
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Good, The Bad And The Queen
Crowded House
Rodrigo Y Gabriella
Mika
Pharaohe Monche
DJ Tiesto
Arcade Fire
Interpol
Manu Chao
Willie Nelson
Air
Happy Mondays
The Decemberists
Faithless
Gotan Project
Paul Van Dyk
Arctic Monkeys
The Roots
Jarvis Cocker
Sonic Youth
Placebo
Satellite Party
Stephen Marley featuring Jr. Gong
Kings Of Leon
DJ Shadow
Kaiser Chiefs
Kokono No. 1
LCD Soundsystem
Nickel Creek
Travis
Damien Rice
Black Keys
Blonde Redhead
Infected Mushroom
The New Pornographers
Peeping Tom
Placebo
Rufus Wainwright
The Rapture
Explosions In The Sky
Richie Hawtin
Benny Benassy
Felix Da Housecat
Hot Chip
Jacks Mannequin
Julieta Venegas
Lily Allen
Lupe Fiasco
Ozomatli
Peaches
Ghostface Killah
Jose Gonzales
Amos Lee
Brazilian Girls
Fountains Of Wayne
Regina Spektor
VNV Nation
Coco Rosie
Cornelius
Gillian Welch
Junior Boys
Roky Erickson And The Explosives
Soulwax
Sparklehorse
The Kooks
Tilly And The Wall
Andrew Bird
PeterBjorn & John
The Frames
Gogol Bordello
Comedians of Comedy
Justice
MSTRKRFT
We Are Scientists
Yeva
Grizzly Bear
Amy Winehouse
Avett Brothers
Circa Survive
The Coup
The Cribs
CSS
Digitalism
Erol Alkan
Evil Nine
Girl Talk
Klaxons
Noisettes
Spank Rock
Tapes 'N Tapes
The Fields
Tokyo Police Club
DJ Heather
The Feeling
Fratellis
Mike Relm
Silversun Pickups
Busdriver
Brother Ali
Nightwatchman
Bojones
Pop Levi
Anathallo
Fair To Midland