Sunday, January 14, 2007

Coachella 2007 Rumor Tally

Somebody had to do it...

Confirmed:

Red Hot Chili Peppers (via a solid source*)

The Rapture (via a solid source*)

Brazilian Girls (via a solid source*)

LCD Soundsystem

Fountains Of Wayne

Chk Chk Chk (!!!) (April 28th)

Hot Chip

Lupe Fiasco

The Avett Brothers (April 28th)

VNV Nation

Ozomatli (via a solid source*)

Matt Wertz (via a solid source*)

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Novatron

MSTRKRFT

Konono N1

Peeping Tom

Strongly Rumored

Arcade Fire (plenty of chatter about this one including speculation at the LA Times)
Nitzer
Ebb
Smashing Pumpkins (this has been circulating since 2005)
Rage Against The Machine
The Police (reunion tour confirmed...Coachella could be the perfect place for at least the first U.S. date)
Explosions In the Sky(tour routing)
Bjork (same person that said RHCP, which is true, said her too)
Gwen Stefani (tour routing)
Lily Allen (said maybe in interview)
Kaiser Chiefs (on myspace temporarily)
Air (allegedly on myspace for a moment but taken down and pitchfork says will do us festivals this summer)
Silversun Pickups (allegedly confirmed but I can't locate source)
The Decemberists (tour routing)
The Fratellis (email from label)

*confirmed by industry source.