Beastie Boys, Chili Peppers, Queens, White Stripes Set For Coachella 2003

02/19/2003 6:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Darren Davis

(2/19/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- The Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens Of The Stone Age, White Stripes, and Johnny Marr were among artists announced for this year's Coachella Festival, which takes place April 26 and 27 in Indio, California.

Artists set for Saturday include the Beastie Boys, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Queens Of The Stone Age, Groove Armada (live), Blue Man Group, the Donnas, N.E.R.D, Ladytron, Felix Da Housecat, Masters At Work (Little Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzales), Kinky, Roger Sanchez, Darren Emerson, Talib Kweli, Peanut Butter Wolf/Jaylib (Jaydee & Madlib)/Wildchild, Badly Drawn Boy, the Libertines, Gomez, the Music, Hot Hot Heat, Idlewild, Amon Tobin, Ben Kweller, Joseph Arthur, Particle, Christopher Lawrence, Division Of Laura Lee, South, Stereo Total, the Mooney Suzuki, Nightmares On Wax, Herman Cantanneo, D:Fuse, Spymob.

Artists set for Sunday include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the White Stripes, Underworld, Jack Johnson, Primal Scream, Blue Man Group, Sonic Youth, Thievery Corporation, Cafe Tacuba, Fischerspooner, Dirty Vegas, Deep Dish, Richie Hawtin, Timo Mass, the Mars Volta, Johnny Marr & the Healers, G. Love & Special Sauce, Rooney, Ben Folds, Tortoise, the Soundtrack Of Our Lives, the Polyphonic Spree, Mouse On Mars, El P/Aesop Rock/RJD2/Mr. Lif/Murs, Black Eyed Peas, the Von Bondies, Whirlwind Heat, the Kinison, DJ Irene, 22-20's, DB, Eisley.

Tickets for Coachella go on sale February 22, and a camping area with a capacity of 10,000 is also being set up nearby. Single-day tickets are $75, and two-day tickets are $140. There are also plenty of hotel accommodations, and fans interested in attending should check out the festival website.

-- Darren Davis, New York

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