Category: Festivals

Video: Violent Femmes play debut album at Coachella — watch full hour-long reunion set

Video: Violent Femmes play debut album at Coachella — watch full hour-long reunion set

The reunited Violent Femmes — Gordon Gano, Victor DeLorenzo and Brian Ritchie — played their first show in five years Saturday when the band used its Coachella slot to perform its beloved 1983 debut album front-to-back. You can now watch the full set via this capture of the festival’s webcast.

Video: The Stone Roses headline Coachella — watch full 23-minute ‘highlights’ webcast

Video: The Stone Roses headline Coachella — watch full 23-minute ‘highlights’ webcast

The choice of The Stone Roses as a Coachella headliner this year has been one of the festival’s more controversial moves, from the initial “Who is New Order?” barrage to instant postmortems of Friday night’s less-than-packed closing set from Ian Brown and Co.

Video: Johnny Marr plays The Smiths’ ‘There Is a Light That Never Goes Out’ at Coachella

Video: Johnny Marr plays The Smiths’ ‘There Is a Light That Never Goes Out’ at Coachella

There may have been no Smiths reunion at Coachella once again this year, but they were there in spirit as guitarist Johnny Marr played the festival’s first day, whipping out three classics by his former band — including the indelible “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out,” which you can see here.

Coachella live webcast: The Stone Roses, New Order, Violent Femmes, Nick Cave, OMD and more

Coachella live webcast: The Stone Roses, New Order, Violent Femmes, Nick Cave, OMD and more

The first of Coachella’s two weekends kicks off tonight in the California desert, and, once again, the massive festival is livestreaming some of its lineup’s sets via YouTube. Below you can seen the highlight of this year’s webcast schedule, which includes New Order, Johnny Marr, the reunited Violent Femmes and more.

Siouxsie to play first concert in 5 years this summer as part of Yoko Ono’s Meltdown

Siouxsie to play first concert in 5 years this summer as part of Yoko Ono’s Meltdown

Siouxsie will return to the concert stage this summer after a five-year absence to perform at the Yoko Ono-curated Meltdown festival at London’s Southbank Centre, an event that also will feature sets by Patti Smith, Iggy & The Stooges, Boy George, and both Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore.

It’s official: The Cure, New Order, Nine Inch Nails set for Lollapalooza 2013

It’s official: The Cure, New Order, Nine Inch Nails set for Lollapalooza 2013

As fully expected after last week’s big leak, the lineup for this summer’s Lollapalooza festival in Chicago was announced today, with headliners that include The Cure and Nine Inch Nails, as well as an appearance by New Order. Check out the full lineup; single day tickets on sale Wednesday.

The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, New Order among Lollapalooza 2013’s expected headliners

The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, New Order among Lollapalooza 2013’s expected headliners

We’ve already speculated as to why there’s a good chance we’ll see The Cure and New Order on the bill of August’s Lollapalooza, and now comes a photo of what’s purported to be a poster featuring the Chicago festival’s yet-to-be-announced lineup, headlined by Robert Smith and Co.

Glastonbury 2013: Nick Cave, Primal Scream, PiL, Tom Tom Club, Johnny Marr — and more

Glastonbury 2013: Nick Cave, Primal Scream, PiL, Tom Tom Club, Johnny Marr — and more

The lineup for this summer’s Glastonbury festival was announced today, and it’s an utter monstrosity, with headliners The Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys and Mumford & Sons joined by a seemingly endless list of bands, including Primal Scream, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg and more.

The Cure, New Order return to North America this summer for Montreal’s Osheaga Festival

The Cure, New Order return to North America this summer for Montreal’s Osheaga Festival

The Cure and New Order each will return to North America this summer, as both bands were announced this week as headliners at Montreal’s three-day Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts in early August — a billing that will put the two legendary acts just hours away from Chicago, which hosts Lollapalooza that same weekend.

Depeche Mode to perform at South By Southwest during first-ever visit to festival

Depeche Mode to perform at South By Southwest during first-ever visit to festival

Depeche Mode’s visit to Austin, Texas, next week for the South By Southwest Music Festival won’t just be all-talk: The band today announced that, in addition to its Q&A session about upcoming album ‘Delta Machine,’ it will perform its first-ever showcase at the annual music festival on Friday, March 15.

The Jesus and Mary Chain to headline Canada’s Sled Island festival this summer

The Jesus and Mary Chain to headline Canada’s Sled Island festival this summer

The Jesus and Mary Chain will return to North American this summer — at least for one performance, following this week’s announcement of the Glasgow noise-pop legends as an early headliner of the Sled Island Music & Arts Festival in Calgary, Canada, on June 19-22 alongside Swans, Divine Fits, Explosions in the Sky and more.

Depeche Mode announce South By Southwest Q&A to discuss ‘Delta Machine,’ world tour

Depeche Mode announce South By Southwest Q&A to discuss ‘Delta Machine,’ world tour

Depeche Mode today announced that it will follow up next week’s “Live at Letterman” album-launch concert with an appearance at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, where the band’s three members will participate in a Q&A session about their forthcoming album ‘Delta Machine.’

Close Lobsters, The Bats, The Monochrome Set, The Wolfhounds playing NYC Popfest

Close Lobsters, The Bats, The Monochrome Set, The Wolfhounds playing NYC Popfest

True to its name, the 2013 installment of NYC Popfest will be an indie-pop lover’s dream, as the organizers have pulled off a booking coup, landing rare American performances by C86 veterans Close Lobsters and The Wolfhounds as well as U.K. post-punk act The Monochrome Set and an appearance by The Bats.