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Festival No. 0000065 · Est. 1999

Coachella 2002

Coachella 2002

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Empire Polo Club - Indio, US
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Empire Polo Club
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81-800 51st Ave. 92201
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Indio, US

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  • Bad Boy Bill
    Bad Boy Bill was born in Chicago, United States. Plays electronic, house.
  • Banshees
    Banshees formed in Burlingame, United States. Plays garage rock.
  • Belle & Sebastian
    Belle & Sebastian formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in January 1996. Plays alternative rock, baroque pop, chamber pop, dance-pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, jangle pop.
  • Björk
    Björk was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 21 November 1965. Plays alternative dance, alternative pop, alternative rock, ambient, ambient pop, art pop, avant-garde, avant-garde pop.
  • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1998. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, gothic country, indie rock, noise rock, post-punk revival.
  • Blonde Redhead
    Blonde Redhead formed in New York, United States, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock.
  • BT
    BT was born in Rockville, United States, on 4 October 1971. Plays ambient, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, deep house, edm, electronic.
  • Cake
    Cake formed in Sacramento, United States, in 1992. Plays alternative rock, funk rock, indie rock, pop rock, rock.
  • Chemical Brothers
    Chemical Brothers formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays alternative dance, big beat, breakbeat, electronic, electronica, neo-psychedelia, progressive house, techno.
  • Christopher Lawrence
    Christopher Lawrence plays tech trance, trance.
  • Citizen Cope
    Citizen Cope was born in Memphis, United States, on 20 May 1968. Plays folk rock.
  • Cornershop
    Cornershop formed in 1991. Plays dance.
  • Dilated Peoples
    Dilated Peoples formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1992. Plays alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop, hip hop.
  • DJ Dan
    DJ Dan was born in Lacey, United States, on 8 July 1968, and died on 29 March 2026, aged 57. Plays house.
  • DJ Z-Trip
    DJ Z-Trip was born in Phoenix, United States, on 22 July 1972. Plays turntablism.
  • Elbow
    Elbow formed in Ramsbottom, United Kingdom, in 1990. Plays alternative rock, britpop, chamber pop, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, post-britpop, post-rock.
  • Fairview
  • Folk Implosion
    Folk Implosion formed in Boston, United States, in 1993.
  • Foo Fighters
    Foo Fighters formed in Seattle, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, indie rock, pop rock, post-grunge, rock.
  • G. Love & Special Sauce
    G. Love & Special Sauce formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 1992. Plays alternative hip hop, indie pop.
  • Galactic
    Galactic formed in New Orleans, United States, in 1994. Plays acid jazz, funk, jam band, jazz-funk, rock.
  • Groove Armada
    Groove Armada formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays alternative dance, ambient dub, ambient techno, big beat, downtempo, electronic, electronica, electropop.
  • Herbert
    Herbert was born in Tacoma, United States, on 8 October 1920, and died on 11 February 1986, aged 65.
  • Jack Johnson
    Jack Johnson was born on 18 May 1975. Plays blues rock, folk, folk rock, indie pop, pop, rock, singer-songwriter, soft rock.
  • Jimmy Van M
    Jimmy Van M was born in Ghent, Belgium. Plays downtempo, house, peak time techno, progressive house, tech house, techno.
  • Jurassic 5
    Jurassic 5 formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1993. Plays alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop, hip hop.
  • Kosheen
    Kosheen formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 1998. Plays club, dance, downtempo, drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electronic, electronica.
  • KRS-One
    KRS-One was born in The Bronx, United States, on 20 August 1965. Plays boom bap, conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop.
  • Lee Burridge
    Lee Burridge was born in November 1968. Plays breakbeat, deep house.
  • Mix Master Mike
    Mix Master Mike was born in San Francisco, United States, on 4 April 1970. Plays hip hop, instrumental hip hop, turntablism.
  • Mos Def
  • Oasis
    Oasis formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1991. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, britpop, hard rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, pop rock.
  • Ozomatli
    Ozomatli formed in 1996. Plays latin pop.
  • Pete Tong
    Pete Tong was born in Dartford, United Kingdom, on 31 July 1960. Plays electronic, electronica, house.
  • Pete Yorn
    Pete Yorn was born in Montville, United States, on 27 July 1974. Plays rock.
  • Ping Pong Bitches
    Ping Pong Bitches formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000.
  • Princess Superstar
    Princess Superstar was born on 25 February 1971. Plays electro house, electronic, hip hop, hip house, rock, tech house.
  • Queens of the Stone Age
    Queens of the Stone Age formed in Palm Desert, United States, in 1996. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, desert rock, garage rock revival, hard rock, rock, stoner metal.
  • Sandra Collins
    Sandra Collins plays electronic, progressive house, techno, trance.
  • Sasha And John Digweed
    Sasha And John Digweed formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1993.
  • Saul Williams
    Saul Williams was born in Newburgh, United States, on 29 February 1972. Plays alternative hip hop, poetry, spoken word.
  • Saves the Day
    Saves the Day formed in Princeton, United States, on 17 April 1997. Plays pop punk.
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees
    Siouxsie and the Banshees formed in London, United Kingdom, in September 1976, and split up in April 1996, after 19 years. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, art pop, art punk, art rock, gothic rock, neo-psychedelia, new wave.
  • STS9
    STS9 formed in Snellville, United States, on 3 October 1997.
  • The (International) Noise Conspiracy
    The (International) Noise Conspiracy formed in Umea, Sweden, in 1998, and split up in 2009, after 11 years. Plays garage rock, punk rock, rock.
  • The Beta Band
    The Beta Band formed in St Andrews, United Kingdom, in 1996. Plays alternative rock, folktronica, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, trip hop.
  • The Charlatans
    The Charlatans formed in West Midlands, United Kingdom, in 1988. Plays alternative rock, britpop, indie pop, indie rock, madchester, neo-psychedelia, rock, roots rock.
  • The Mars Volta
    The Mars Volta formed in 2001. Plays alternative rock, art rock, experimental, hard rock, melodic metalcore, neo-progressive rock, neo-psychedelia, post-hardcore.
  • The Pharcyde
    The Pharcyde formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1989. Plays alternative hip hop, hip hop, west coast hip hop.
  • The Prodigy
    The Prodigy formed in Braintree, United Kingdom, on 5 October 1990. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, big beat, breakbeat, breakbeat hardcore, dance, drum and bass, electronic.
  • The Strokes
    The Strokes formed in New York, United States, in 1998. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, new wave, post-punk revival, rock, synth-pop.
  • The Vines
    The Vines formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1999. Plays alternative rock, garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, post-grunge, rock.
  • Tiësto
    Tiësto was born in Breda, Netherlands, on 17 January 1969. Plays big room house, big room trance, dance, dance-pop, dutch house, edm, electro house, electronic.
  • Triple Threat
  • Zero 7
    Zero 7 formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1997. Plays acid jazz, downtempo, electronic, electronica, indietronica, soul, trip hop.