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Above: Psychedelic rockers The Black Angels are one of many bands who will be playing San Diego in between stints at this year's two-weekender Coachella festival.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Coachella comes to San Diego
Aired 4/11/12
GUESTS
Tim Mays, owner of The Casbah.
Tim Pyles, a DJ on FM 94.9 and host of “The Local 94/9”.
Above: tUnE-yArDs, named by Time magazine as one of the top 10 albums of 2011, will play the House of Blues in downtown in between Coachella weekends.
Above: Legendary English punk-rockers The Buzzcocks are one of many Coachella bands making a tour stop in San Diego next week.
Since 1999, the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has been bringing together some of the biggest names in music along with many up-and-coming acts to play in the desert. What started as a two-day festival eventually grew to a three-day festival, with the line-ups continuing to get bigger and bigger each year, drawing more and more attendees (last year's event drew 75,000 people each day to see over 150 bands).
This year marks the first time the Coachella festival will occur over two weekends: April 13-15 and April 20-22. Tickets to both weekends have been sold-out since January. But if you didn't get your hands on any, don't despair. Many bands are using the downtime in between the two weekends to play some smaller venues here in San Diego.
KPBS Midday Edition speaks with Tim Mays, owner of The Casbah, and Tim Pyles, a DJ at FM 94.9, about some of the bands they are looking forward to seeing. Here's a list of their picks plus more Coachella-related shows happening in San Diego:
Saturday, April 14:
The Rapture w/ Beehive & The Barracudas at The Irenic, North Park
Monday, April 16:
M. Ward w/ fIREHOSE at The Belly Up, Solana Beach (SOLD-OUT)
Tuesday, April 17:
Madness at Humphreys by the Bay, Shelter Island
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds at the Balboa Theatre, downtown
Yuck at The Casbah, downtown
The Hives at the Belly Up, Solana Beach (SOLD-OUT)
Wednesday, April 18:
The Buzzcocks at The Belly Up, Solana Beach
tUnE-yArDs w/ St. Vincent at House of Blues, downtown
The Big Pink at The Casbah, downtown
Seun Kuti + Egypt 80 at UCSD, La Jolla
Band of Skulls at The Griffin, Linda Vista
Thursday, April 18
The Horrors w/ The Black Angels at The Belly Up, Solana Beach
James at House of Blues, downtown
We Were Promised Jetpacks at The Casbah, downtown
Comments
JeanMarc | April 13, 2012 at 11:33 a.m. ― 1 year, 1 month ago
I went to cochella once. There were lots of people drunk and/or on drugs and it wasn't very fun.
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