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Coachella 2011 Confirms Lineup

Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon and Kanye West will co-headline Coachella 2011. As previously reported, the 12th annual event will return to Indio, CA from April 15-17. Arcade Fire and Kings of Leon both performed at Coachella as support acts and will return as official headliners for the first time. Coachella will also host the recently reactivated Strokes as well as the fourth appearance by Black Keys (only a handful of groups have performed at Coachella more than four times). Continuing the festival’s tradition of reuniting bands, Coachella will also boast a reunion set by dance-punk band Death From Above 1979, Jesse F. Keeler’s project before forming MSTRKRFT.

Other bands scheduled to perform include: Animal Collective, Bright Eyes, Lauryn Hill, Gogol Bordello, Fistful of Mercy, Shpongle, The National, Interpol, Nas & Damian Marley, Mumford & Songs, Broken Social Scene, Ozomatli, The Chemical Brothers, Chromeo, The Felice Brothers, .fun, Trampled by Turtles and Black Joe Lewis, among many others.

Like recent years, Coachella will offer an onsite campground featuring a Farmer’s Market, a 24-hour general store, a roller skating rink and free shuttle service to a local grocery store. The festival has also partnered with The Creators Project—a global initiative that supports leading and emerging artists—to collaborate with select headlining acts to curate a series of art installations on the grounds.

Here’s a complete list of confirmed acts

!!!, 12th Planet, Afrojack, Alf Alpha, Andy C, Angus and Julia Stone, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, A-Trak, Axwell, Beardyman, Best Coast, Big Audio Dynamite, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, Bomba Estereo, Boys Noize, Brandon Flowers, Brandt Brauer Frick, Breakage, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene

Cage the Elephant, Caifanes, Caspa, Cee Lo Green, Chromeo, Chuckie, City and Colour, Clare Maguire, Cold Cave, Cold War Kids, Crystal Castles, CSS, Cults, Cut Copy

Daedelus, Death From Above 1979, Delorean, Delta Sprirt, DJ Hype, DJ Kentaro, DJ Marky, DJ Zinc, Duck Sauce, Duran Duran

EE, Elbow, Electric Touch, Eliza Doolittle, Ellie Goulding, Emicida, Empire of the Sun, Erick Morillo, Erykah Badu, Excision

Fat Freddy’s Drop, Fedde Le Grand, Fistful of Mercy, Flogging Molly, Foals, Foster the People, Francis and the Lights, Freelance Whales, fun.

G.Q., Gayngs, Glasser, Gogol Bordello, Good Old War, Gord Downie, Goth Trad, Green Velvet, Gypsy and the Cat

HEALTH, Here We Go Magic, High Contrast, Hurts

Interpol, Jack Beats, Jack’s Mannequin, Jakes, Jenny and Johnny, Jimmy Eat World, Joachim Garraud, Joy Orbison

Kanye West, Kele, Kings of Leon, Klaxons, Kode9, Kyle Hall

Laidback Luke, Leftfield, Lightning Bolt, Lil’ B, Lorn, Los Bunkers

Magnetic Man, , Mariachi El Bronx, Marina and the Diamonds, Mary Anne Hobbs, MEN, Menomena, Monarchy, Mount Kimbie, Moving Units, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Mumford & Sons

Nas & Damian Marley, Neon Trees, New Pants, Nosaj Thing

OFF!, OFWGKTA, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, One Day as a Lion, Ozomatli

Paul van Dyk, Phantogram, Phosphorescent, PJ Harvey, Plan B

Ramadanman, Raphael Saadiq, Ras G, Ratatat, Riva Starr, Robyn, Roska, Rye Rye

Sander Kleinenberg, Sasha, SBTRKT, Scala & Kolacny Bros., Scissor Sisters, She Wants Revenge, Shpongle, Skrillex, Sleigh Bells, Steve Angello, Sven Vath

Take, Tame Impala, Terror Danjah, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, The Aquabats, The Black Keys, The Chemical Brothers, The Drums, The Felice Brothers, The Henry Clay People, The Joy Formidable, The Kills, The London Suede, The Love Language, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Presets, The Radio Dept., The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Strokes, The Swell Season, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Twelves, Thunderball, Tinie Tempah, Titus Andronicus, Tokimonsta, Trampled by Turtles, Trentemoller, Twin Shadow, Two Door Cinema Club

Warpaint, Wire, Wiz Khalifa, Yacht, Yelle and Zed Bias.