:: Coachella 2012 ::
I didn’t make it last year, but this year will be different! Rapper Dr. Dre will close the 2012 edition of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held for the first time over two consecutive weeks in mid-April. Headliners for the multi-weekend, six-day affair include rock acts the Black Keys, Radiohead and the Shins, as well hip-hop and dance acts Snoop Dogg, the Swedish House Mafia and Kaskade, among many others.
In keeping with tradition, the festival will host a number of artists on the reunion circuit. Brit-pop band Pulp, hardcore Swedish punk band Refused, Mike Watt’s post-Minutman band fIREHOSE and experimental Texas rockers At the Drive-In are among those on the comeback trail.
Sunday night headliner Dr. Dre is a something of a revival act himself. Though he’s stayed in the public eye via his branding efforts and production work, the Compton-raised artist has not released an album since 1999 and has spent much of the last decade working on his long-rumored “Detox.” Verdict - Get your shit together and get your tickets Friday, before it’s too late!
