Coachella 2013: Complete lineup comes with a Rolling Stones joke

By Todd Martens

Jan. 25, 2013 12 AM PT

It was supposed to be a sure thing. The Rolling Stones, celebrating their 50th anniversary, were coming to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

The evidence was all there -- or so a bunch of amateur detectives believed. First, a purported screenshot from the Rolling Stones smartphone app listed the desert city of Indio among the band’s dates in mid-December.

When asked, any member of the Rolling Stones would plead ignorance, but then what was believed to be the smoking gun arrived. On Jan. 3, Goldenvoice posted a photo on its social networking site of a stone in a field. What do stones do? They roll. Done. Boom. Booked.

Pop & Hiss was among the publications that wrote about the photo, taking it to mean that a Rolling Stones announcement was imminent. Again, the band, whenever asked, pleaded ignorance. And then Mick Jagger began flat-out denying that the band would be at Coachella.

Shortly after unveiling the Coachella lineup Thursday night -- one that features Blur, the Stone Roses, Phoenix, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and no members of the Rolling Stones -- Goldenvoice poked a bit of fun at all those who thought the promoter was dishing out hints and clues about its lineup.

The Jan. 3 photo was, as some in this newsroom (ahem) pointed out, nothing more than a picture of a polo ball in a polo field. Coachella, after all, has taken place on the grounds of the Empire Polo Club since its 1999 inception. One hour after posting the lineup, Goldenvoice finally clarified the matter with some handy arrows.

The full 2013 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is below:

FRIDAY

Action Bronson
Aesop Rock
Alt-J
Band of Horses
Bassnectar
Beach House
Beardyman
Blur
c2c
DaM-Funk
Deathfix
Dillon Francis
Divine Fits
DJ Harvey
Dog Blood
Earl Sweatshirt
FOALS
Four Tet
Grinderman
How to Destroy Angels
Infected Mushroom
IO Echo
Jake Bugg
Jamie xx
Japandroids
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
Johnny Marr
Jurassic 5
Lee Scratch Perry
Local Natives
Lord Huron
Lou Reed
Luciano
Metric
Modest Mouse
Modestep
Nicky Romero
Of Monsters and Men
Palma Violets
Passion Pit
Polica
Purity Ring
Sam XL Pure Filth Sound
Seth Troxler
Skinny Lister
Social Distortion
Sparks
Stars
Tegan and Sara
The Neighbourhood
the shouting matches
The Stone Roses
Thomas Gold
TNGHT
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Tommy Trash
Wolfgang Gartner
Youth Lagoon

SATURDAY

2 Chainz
3Ball MTY
Allen Stone
Baauer
Bat for Lashes
Ben Howard
Benny Benassi
Biffy Clyro
Bingo Players
Birdy Nam Nam
Booka Shade
Café Tacvba
Cassy
Danny Brown
Descendents
Dropkick Murphys
El-P
Fedde Le Grand
Franz Ferdinand
Grizzly Bear
Guards
Hot Chip
Huoratron
Janelle Monae
Jason Bentley
Kids These Days
Kill the Noise
Knife Party
Kurt Vile
Loco Dice
Major Lazer
Moby DJ Set
Mona
New Order
Phoenix
Portugal. The Man
Puscifer
Pusha T
ReignWolf
Richie Hawtin
Savages
Shovels & Rope
Sigur Ros
Simian Mobile Disco
Spiritualized
The 2 Bears
The Colourist
The Evens
The Make-Up
The Postal Service
The Selecter
The Wombats
The xx
Theophilus London
Trash Talk
Two Door Cinema Club
Vintage Trouble
Violent Femmes
Wild Nothing
Yeasayer

SUNDAY

Adrian Lux
Alex Clare
Cloud Nothings
Danny Avila
Dead Can Dance
Deap Vally
DIIV
Dinosaur Jr.
Dirtyphonics
Disclosure
Dub FX
Eric Prydz
Excision x Vision
Father John Misty
Ghost
Grimes
Hanni El Khatib
Hardwell
James Blake
James McCartney
Jamie Jones
Jeff the Brotherhood
Jessie Ware
Joris Voorn
Julio Bashmore
La Roux
Ladies Night
Little Green Cars
Maya Jane Coles
Mimosa
Mord Fustang
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
OMD
Parov Stelar Band
Paul Kalkbrenner
Paul Oakenfold
Pretty Lights
Raider Klan
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Robert DeLong
Rodriguez
Roni Size
Smith Westerns
Tame Impala
Tanlines
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Faint
The Gaslight Anthem
The Lumineers
The Three O’Clock
Thee Oh Sees
Unicorn Kid
Vampire Weekend
White Arrows
Wild Belle
Wu-Tang Clan
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Zane Lowe