Please excuse us if we're interrupting your 2-hour lunch at Joan's on 3rd on this hectic Friday in your arduous week of freelancing—unless you're actually employed and reading the compelling stories on this site to kill time as you quietly chant "baby step to 5-o'clock", then you're welcome—but this is important: passes for Coachella 2012, for BOTH weekends, are on sale right NOW. They went up for purchase at 10am today and are only available for a limited time so, like, maybe you want to get on that or something? More»

via la.guestofaguest.com: Next year, our annual retreat to the desert for Coachella won't be relegated to just one weekend.  Festival organizers are planning on making it TWO WEEKENDS of fake hippies, music, and parties! Passes will be going on sale June 3rd, 2011, as in THIS FRIDAY at 10am PST until June 10th, 2011, as in NEXT FRIDAY, at 10pm PST. Got that? Why, you ask?  MORE>>>

HUGE. NEWS. Next year, our annual retreat to the desert won't be one, but TWO WEEKENDS of fake hippies, music, and parties as Coachella 2012 will be held over two consecutive weekends: Weekend 1 scheduled for April 13-15, 2012, and Weekend 2 scheduled for April 20-22, 2012.

Why, you ask? From the official Coachella website: More»

We've all had a chance to examine the official lineup for Coachella 2011, and therefore a chance to marvel at how we more or less nailed it with our early predictions. While some websites would be content to pat themselves on the back, we are not. Which is why I'm delighted to announce our next big scoop: early information and analysis on some huge special unannounced acts for each day of the festival. More»

Left: Official Coachella 2011 lineup flyer; Right: Our lineup predictions flyer

After all the speculation, teasing games and false alarms (thank you, @IGGNASTYY) over the last few days as we all waited with baited breath, the official lineup for Coachella 2011 has been released! And we were prettttyyyyy, prettyyyyyy, prettyyyyyy, pretty close with our predictions. Now let's breakdown the official Coachella performers and take a look at which acts we guessed right and the ones we missed. More»

In light of some feedback on the Coachella 2011 Lineup Predictions post yesterday from our fans who are adamant The Rolling Stones and Daft Punk are confirmed headliners, we'd just like to say we hope, from the bottom of our hearts, they're correct. Sincerely. However... More»

It's coming. The long-speculated Coachella lineup is traditionally revealed in mid-to-late January. Since 2008, with a close ear to the ground, I've concocted posters reflecting my informed predictions of the festival's list of performers each year, and there's a real science to formulating a Coachella lineup: More»