NASHVILLE |DATE: December 12, 2005
DOCUMENTARY FILM ENTITLED
“COACHELLA”
SET FOR THEATRICAL RELEASE
JANUARY 24, 2006;
DATES SET FOR
COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2006:
SATURDAY, APRIL 29 AND SUNDAY, APRIL 30
AT EMPIRE POLO FIELD
As excitement builds for 2006’s COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL–set to return for its seventh year on Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30 at the breathtakingly beautiful and peaceful Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA–music fans across the country will now have the chance to experience six years of festival highlights when the documentary film entitled COACHELLA arrives in theatres January 24, 2006.
Directed by Drew Thomas and produced by Goldenvoice, the two-hour feature film captures the magical sense of adventure that is unique to the COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL, hailed as “The Best American Festival” by Rolling Stone, “…the nation's most respected rock festival” by the Los Angeles Times and “probably the best festival in the world” by England’s NME. The film is filled with one classic performance after another by iconic headliners and wide-ranging, forward-looking artists, and also includes interviews with COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL artists and fans amidst the vast green landscape framed by beautiful desert mountains.
The full list of performances in the COACHELLA documentary is as follows:
The Arcade Fire
Belle & Sebastian
Bjork
Bright Eyes
The Chemical Brothers
The Crystal Method
Fischerspooner
The Flaming Lips
Iggy & The Stooges
Kool Keith
The Mars Volta
Morrissey
Nu-Mark & Cut Chemist
Oasis
Pixies
The Polyphonic Spree
Prodigy
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Roni Size
Saul Williams
Spearhead
Squarepusher
The White Stripes
Zero 7
And appearances by:
Beck
Josh Homme
Stay tuned for additional news about the COACHELLA documentary (which will make its public debut with a Los Angeles premiere on January 19 at the Orpheum Theatre) and the 2006 COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL.
Here’s some critical praise from the 2005 COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL:
“When you die, this is what indie heaven is gonna be like.”
—NME (May 14, 2005)
“…one the most respected of American rock music festivals.”
–Mikel Jolet, NPR All Things Considered (May 2, 2005)
“…the nation's most respected rock festival.”
–Robert Hilburn, Los Angeles Times (May 3, 2005)
“…one of America’s top rock festivals.”
–Jim Fusilli, Wall Street Journal (May 17, 2005)
“…Coachella’s international stature has risen so high that it’s now regarded as one of the most important and anticipated musical happenings across the globe.”
–Ben Wener, Orange County Register (April 24, 2005)
For up-to-the-minute updates, go to www.coachella.com.
Contacts:
MSO: 818-380-0400
Marcee Rondan marcee@msopr.com ext. 248
Kristine Ashton-Magnuson kashton@msopr.com ext. 233
Alexandra Greenberg agreenberg@msopr.com ext. 223
Mitch Schneider mschneider@msopr.com ext. 235
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