See Madonna Live in a Small Sahara Tent at Coachella - Sounds Like a Mirage?

June Caldwell
Madonna has joined this year's line-up for the seventh annual COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA (Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30)! Look for Madonna Sunday in the Sahara dance tent with a performance that comes prior to the launch of her summer concert tour. This announcement comes on the heels of the recent line-up additions of Massive Attack and Daft Punk.

I've never performed at a festival,? says Madonna, ?and I'm especially excited about playing at Coachella before I start my own tour.?

Tickets for the 2006 COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL can be purchased via Ticketmaster charge-by-phone lines at (213) 480-3232 and at all Ticketmaster retail ticket centers or at www.ticketmaster.com. General admission tickets are priced at $85.00 for a one-day ticket and $165.00 for two-day pass, plus applicable service charges and a $1 donation per day for charity. In addition, camping passes are still available at $35 for a three-night stay (Friday, April 28 at 3:00 PM through Monday, May 1 at 10:00 AM). The campground facilities include a general store, food court, restrooms, showers and shade areas. The COACHELLA campground is conveniently located adjacent to the festival grounds and campers may park in a special camping parking lot next to the campground. Parking is included with the price of each camping ticket. In the COACHELLA festival tradition, there is free parking and the doors to the venue will open at 11:00 AM on both days. Parking lots and the box office open at 9:00 AM.

For information about nearby hotels, camping facilities, restaurants and more, check out www.coachella.com.


The COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL line-up (as of 2/23/2006) is as follows:

Saturday, April 29th

Depeche Mode, Daft Punk (in the dance tent), Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Common, Atmosphere, Carl Cox, My Morning Jacket, TV on the Radio, Ladytron, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Tosca, Cat Power, Animal Collective, HARD-Fi, Derrick Carter, Devendra Banhart, She Wants Revenge, The Walkmen, The Juan Maclean, Imogen Heap, Audio Bullys, Lady Sovereign, Deerhoof, The Duke Spirit, Eagles of Death Metal, Lyrics Born, Matt Costa, The New Amsterdams, The Zutons, Platinum Pied Pipers, White Rose Movement, Chris Liberator, Colette, Joey Beltram, Hybrid, Living Things, Wolfmother, The Like, Nine Black Alps, Celebration, The Section Quartet, Shy FX & T Power, Infusion.

Sunday, April 30th

Tool, Massive Attack, Madonna (in the dance tent), Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party, Paul Oakenfold, Scissor Sisters, Matisyahu, James Blunt, Sleater-Kinney, Mogwai, Coheed and Cambria, Wolf Parade, Gnarls Barkley, Phoenix, Coldcut, Digable Planets, Amadou & Mariam, Louie Vega, Mylo (DJ Set), Seu Jorge, Ted Leo / Pharmacists , The Go! Team, Kaskade, Metric, Editors, Art Brut, Dungen, The Dears, Jamie Lidell, The Magic Numbers, Los Amigos Invisibles, Jazzanova, stellastarr*, Michael Mayer, Murs featuring 9th Wonder, Mates of State, Gilles Peterson, Infadels, Gabriel & Dresden, The Subways, Minus the Bear, OneRepublic, Be Your Own Pet, Youth Group, Giant Drag, Kristina Sky, The Octopus Project.
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June Caldwell

June Caldwell (writer & photographer) and husband, Rodger Caldwell (photographer) cover music and political events and trends.
For pit action photos or more of June's articles, please see her postings on undergroundmine.com or more pix at flickr.com. Please see www.photobucket.com for more of Rodger Caldwell's photos. June splits her time between music & political event coverage and doing radio airplay promotions for Bryan Farrish Radio Promotions. She covers the California music scene for artrocker.com, the largest bi-weekly new music publication in the UK; and writes for the international hip-hop and world site fly.co.uk June and Rodger are a contributing author/photography team to several newspapers including the Santa Monica Mirror and the Topanga Messenger.

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