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Coachella 2016 lineup has been revealed

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival announced its 2016 lineup for the annual Indio, California-based concert. The festival will again take place over the span of two weekends, April 15 through 17 and 22 through 24, at the Empire Polo Grounds.
Coachella is known for featuring an array of genres, including electronic dance, country, jazz, world music, pop and so forth.
This years headliners are full of major reunions. The founding members of Guns N’ Roses will be reuniting for their first performance in two decades. LCD Soundsystem will return after a five-year hiatus. The third headliner is Calvin Harris.
On Friday, headliner LCD Soundsystem will be joined by Ellie Goulding, M83, Jack U, The Front Bottoms, Run the Jewels, Sufjan Stevens, DJ Mustard, Purity Ring and dozens of others.
Guns N’ Roses will be headlining Saturday and will include sets from ASAP Rocky, Halsey, Churches, Disclosure, Ice Cube, Zedd and many more, including U.K. band Lush, another reunion for this festival, whose first shows in 20 years was announced for London this coming May.
The final night is Sunday, and Harris is headlining. He will be sharing the stage with The 1975, Rancid, Matt and Kim, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Chainsmokers and more. Also, of note, Sia will be performing her first U.S. show in half a decade.
Coachella tickets go on sale 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6. The limited presale tickets for both weekends quickly sold out when made available for purchase back in June.

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