Predict the 2012 lineup a year in advance

[Mr. Porter]

Headliners:
Coldplay
Beastie Boys (or subheadliner, not sure about this, but it could go either way)
...(I'm done predicting Daft Punk, so this spot is still open because I have no idea who's left to headline)
Foo Fighters (possibility)

Other:
Death Cab For Cutie
R.E.M. (they aren't headliner material anymore, but an hour and 15-minute set will do just fine as a subheadliner I guess)
The Decemberists
Broken Bells
Glasvegas
Adele
Santigold
Lykke Li
Fleet Foxes
TV On The Radio
Destroyer
Rise Against
Big K.R.I.T. (just like B.O.B. and Wiz for their respective years, KRIT will be the rising emcee who will be booked for next year. Conceivably, his debut album will be released early next year. Plus, he has crossover appeal)

Reunions/rare acts:
Stone Roses
Pulp

Sahara:
Justice
Dada Life
Digitalism
Avicii
Feed Me (the next Skrillex, signed to Mau5trap. Unfortunately, he will be there next year)
Chris Lake
Cassius (have a good feeling about this)

Pure Filth:
Netsky
Noisia
James Blake
Dam-Funk

For some reason, GV booked almost all of the acts that I listed on my previous sig for this past Coachella. So yeah, hope you're reading this Paul

[gmoneyak]

Gang Of Four

[CoachellaVet01]

justice billed higher than underworld is one of the seventh signs of the apocalypse.

Justice has performed before, and both performances have been legendary. They are Coachella legends and putting them on the main stage would be one HUGE party. That being said as much as I love Justice, Daft would get my vote on the main stage over them. C'mon if shitty ass Tiesto can be on the main stage so can these two awesome live acts.

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Headliners:
Someone everyone hates
Someone everyone loves
Someone everyone can agree with as a headliner but is nether hated or loved

Subheadliners:
OMFG I LOVE THESE GUISES!!!
UGH!! HIPSTERS BULLSHIT!!! WHY ARE THESE GUYS POPULAR!!!??!?
ITS ABOUT TIME THIS GUYS WERE ON THE MAIN!!

The Rest of the line up:
Alright! Now let's see some set times 3 months in advance!
WTF! Tickets sold out?!??! Oh wait not onsale yet!
Line up is lame!! I'm not going this year! Fuck that!
Ugh! What do you mean this act isn't on the list!! GV doesn't not care about my opinion!
THANKS GV!!!

[GuyInTucson]

Headliners:
Someone everyone hates
Someone everyone loves
Someone everyone can agree with as a headliner but is nether hated or loved

Subheadliners:
OMFG I LOVE THESE GUISES!!!
UGH!! HIPSTERS BULLSHIT!!! WHY ARE THESE GUYS POPULAR!!!??!?
ITS ABOUT TIME THIS GUYS WERE ON THE MAIN!!

The Rest of the line up:
Alright! Now let's see some set times 3 months in advance!
WTF! Tickets sold out?!??!
Line up is lame!! I'm not going this year! Fuck that!
Ugh! What do you mean this act isn't on the list!! GV doesn't not care about my opinion!
THANKS GV!!!

Where's the dubstep, "bro"?


Not going to call your shot this year? I mean, you did call Arcade Fire a year ago... was that an educated guess?

[Spid3y]

Headliners
Beastie Boys
Jane's Addiction (new Album this year and Perry is there already anyways)
Tool
With Daft Punk post headlining a night.

Sub
Queens of the Stone Age
Weezer
Ghostland Observatory
Tenacious D

Reunion
No Doubt
At the Drive In

Everything else
Beirut
Yuck
Noah and the Whale
Fleet Foxes
The Lonely Island
Death Cab for Cutie
Iwrestledabearonce
Sublime with Rome
Holy Ghost
Peelander Z
WAVVES
PVT
The Naked and Famous
Le Castle Vania

[abbeyroad 04]

Headliners:
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Beastie Boys

Reunions:
The Jam (I'd shit myself)
Blur (1st U.S. Show)
The Cars

Others:
Rome (Danger Mouse's new project)
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
Noah and the Whale
James Blake
Beady Eye
Funeral Party
Friendly Fires
White Lies
Glasvegas
Theopolus London
Edwyn Collins
The Vaccines
Yuck
Kassidy
Braids
Metronomy
Wild Beasts
The Head and the Heart
The Enemy
Battles
Cloud Control
Biffy Clyro
Rumer
The King Blues
Timber Timbre
Jamie Woon
Maverick Sabre

[beckforcoach]

BECK!!!

[sbessiso]

BECK!!!

I like you. Can we be friends?

He transcends genres even as he reinvents them

[beckforcoach]

sounds good to me!

[DeadSkin]

Headliners:
Daft Punk
R.E.M. or OFF!!
Beastie Boys

Subs:
Jack White & Friends
Wu Tang Clan
TV on the Radio
Queens of the Stone Age

Reunion:
Temple of the Dog
Tubeway Army

Sahara:
JU$TICE
Prodigy
Mr. Ozio

Other:
Trent Reznor
The Melvins
Parliament
Sleep
Social Distortion
EMF
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Of Montreal
Bat for Lashes
The Knife

[kvnty]

Uh, they sold out the Hollywood Bowl and headlined KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas. Subheadliners don't do that. If they play, they headline.

EVERYbody sells out Hollywood Bowl. It's not really about the act, it's about the Bowl experience. Season ticket holders consist of more than 50% of the house, and tourists (and, yes, some fans) usually make up the difference. It doesn't take much to sell out the Bowl, especailly between May and October.

[kvnty]

But, damn, I would love to see a few of the following at Coachella 2012:
Adam Ant
Led Zeppelin
Garbage
Bowie
The Cars
Queens of the Stone Age
Guns N Roses
Stone Temple Pilots
Atari Teenage Riot
Cat Stevens
Combichrist or KMFDM (need more industrial, or even some, industrial presence)
Killing Joke
Moby
New Order
Pet Shop Boys
Lords of Acid
Skinny Puppy
The Buzzcocks
The Joy Formidable (as a sub-headliner, where they belong)
The Kills (come back!)
Cut//Copy (cuz they killed it in 2011)
Sleigh Bells (with a fantastic new album!)

[travelfan]

Big K.R.I.T. (just like B.O.B. and Wiz for their respective years, KRIT will be the rising emcee who will be booked for next year. Conceivably, his debut album will be released early next year. Plus, he has crossover appeal)

I'm almost positive this is going to happen since GV seems to take their hip-hop cues from whoever Pitchfork is slobbering over. In this case no problem with it though, he's a throwback to classic Southern rap and I'd see the shit out of his set.

[hightide]

Lady Gaga
Blur* Phoenix
Justice* Peter Bjorn & John* Markus Schultz* Lil Wayne* Digitalism*
Metric* The Cult *Simian Moblie Disco *Janelle Monae *Spark


Radiohead
Underworld* A Perfect Circle
TV on the Radio* Carl Cox* The Decemberists* Groove Armada*The Streets
Ghostland Observatory* Bat for Lashes *Beady Eye *EOTO


The Beastie Boys
My Morning Jacket*Basement Jaxx*
The Shins* Kid Cudi *Wilco* Girl Talk* John Legend
Royksopp* The Temper Trap *Lykke Li *Soulwax

i would fuck with it

[sacleonard]

Ok, I'll play...

Headliners:
Foo Fighters or Pearl Jam
Eminem
Death Cab For Cutie

Sub-headliners:
Phoenix
Wilco
Arctic Monkeys

[Bus McRider]

HEADLINERS:
Daft Punk (yeah, I know, I know, I know...)
Death Cab for Cutie
OutKast

SUBHEADLINERS:
Missy Elliott
Phoenix
Modest Mouse
Fleet Foxes
Neil Young
TV on The Radio
Kylie Minogue
Lil' Wayne
Beirut

SAHARA:
Armin Van Buuren
Above & Beyond
Justice

REUNION/RARE:
Scott Walker
Culture Club
Husker Du

MISCELLANY:
The Smith Westerns
Suicidal Tendencies
Joanna Newsom

I agree upon:

Headliners:
Daft Punk
Phoenix
Outkast

Subheadliners:
Modest Mouse
Death Cab for Cutie
Justice

[heart cooks brain]

headliners

Radiohead
Daft Punk
Tool

[dyltr0n3030]

I really do not want Eminem on the polo fields.. nor do I want the GaGa.

[summerkid]

I really do not want Eminem on the polo fields.. nor do I want the GaGa.

Beasties will probably headline next year so no worries about Eminem since I doubt they have more than one hip hop headliner.

[foxydj]

Radiohead
Daft punk
Beastie boys

phoenix
arctic monkeys
the raconteurs
weezer
the mars volta
Broken bells


Armin van buurin
Basement jaxx
Justice

Santogold
iron and wine
wu tang



.............

[Coachella Bound]

Beasties will probably headline next year so no worries about Eminem since I doubt they have more than one hip hop headliner.

dont think we'll be getting anymore hiphop headliners for a few years... with that said

Fri.
Main - Beirut < Arctic Monkeys
Sahara - Ghostland

Sat.
Main - Neil Young < Pearl Jam < Justice (chems/tiesto spot)
Sahara - Digitalism (Live)

Sun.
Main - Beastie Boys < Elton John
Sahara - Underworld (but during B.B., the majority of the field will be shutdown for Sir Elton)

random other acts will include: the Growlers, Bonobo (Live), Fool's Gold, Devotchka

and James Murphy will be spinning at the rollerskating rink on sat night.

[flowbee]

Goodness a lot of these headliners sound so tired and recycled, hopefully Coachella can surprise with something out of the expected

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Where's the dubstep, "bro"?


Not going to call your shot this year? I mean, you did call Arcade Fire a year ago... was that an educated guess?

No, it wasn't an educated guess.

[Phunkevil]

dont think we'll be getting anymore hiphop headliners for a few years... with that said

Fri.
Main - Beirut < Arctic Monkeys
Sahara - Ghostland

Sat.
Main - Neil Young < Pearl Jam < Justice (chems/tiesto spot)
Sahara - Digitalism (Live)

Sun.
Main - Beastie Boys < Elton John
Sahara - Underworld (but during B.B., the majority of the field will be shutdown for Sir Elton)

random other acts will include: the Growlers, Bonobo (Live), Fool's Gold, Devotchka

and James Murphy will be spinning at the rollerskating rink on sat night.

Nothing against Arctic Monkeys, but you're insane if you think they can headline Coachella.

[ameeps]

No, it wasn't an educated guess.

So did you have insider information then?

[nationocean]

I would love Beck to headline again... and it's been long enough...

also, it doesn't help the daft punk talk for the rest of the year when paul confirmed he asked him this year and they weren't ready... sounds like they're ready next year.

[summerkid]

I would love Beck to headline again... and it's been long enough...

also, it doesn't help the daft punk talk for the rest of the year when paul confirmed he asked him this year and they weren't ready... sounds like they're ready next year.

ooooh nice can you give me a link.

[manalive!]

In recent years it seems like the 3 headliners kind of break down like this:

1) There’s the insanely huge, iconic music celebrity. The Big Fish of the weekend. (Kanye, JayZ, Paul McCartney).

2) Then there’s the pretty darn big act, with a bunch of radio hits, an established and reliable following, but hardly at the cultural icon level of the Big Fish. (Kings of Leon, Gorillaz, the Cure)

3) Finally, you have the Coming Out Party for a younger band who hasn’t had the chance to headline these kind of events before. If Coachella can pat itself on the back by giving this spot to an act who’s been a part of their undercard before, then even better. (Arcade Fire, Muse, the Killers)

Obviously, an act becomes more likely if they’ve released an album in the past year.

With this pattern in mind (and assuming Coachella doesn’t want to repeat headliners who’ve played in the last ½ decade or so), I think the options break down a little like this:

1) Radiohead (new album and everything), Bruce Springsteen (if he were to wind up releasing an album in the next year), Lady Gaga (yikes), Outkast (may have a new album), U2 (never gonna happen but at least they have an album coming out, right?)

2) Daft Punk, Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam, Chili Peppers, REM, Foo Fighters, Beck

3) Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix (but probably not because they just played last year), Death Cab for Cutie… I don’t think TV on the Radio and My Morning Jacket are big enough yet, are they?

My way too early prediction is Radiohead, REM, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Maybe Bruce instead of Radiohead if he releases an album.

am i the only one that noiticed/cares that this fucking guy compared KoL to daft punk?

[gorezilla]

Headliners:
David Bowie
Daft Punk
Elton John

Sub Headliners:
The Knife
Underworld
Mana
Ghostland Observatory
Franz Ferdinand
Digitalism
Justice
Soulwax
Kid Cudi

Other:
Gary Numan
A1 Bassline
Bart B More
Booka Shade
Brodinski
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Growlers
Siriusmo
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaur
Royksopp
The Rapture
The Klaxons
Fake Blood
Treefight For Sunlight
Datsik