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April 12th, 2008 by Hannah

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Prince is a music icon and a consummate performer. It’s quite understandable that he doesn’t come cheap. The purple majesty was recently added to the lineup of the Coachella Music Festival near the Palm Springs later this month and it’s been made clear how and why his addition came to be. A source says that “Prince was a late late addition to the line-up. The promoters added him to try and sell more tickets and make up for a less than stellar - in comparison to years past - roster of performers.” And it reportedly cost them. Another source says that “The exact amount Prince is getting paid for his Coachella performance is $4.8 million.”

January 26th, 2008 by Hannah

Coachella Lineup

While the full line up of performers has yet to be revealed, the organizers of Coachella has announce a couple dozen of the acts that will be performing at the West Coast edition of the music festival this April. The list includes the Raconteurs, The Verve, Jack Johnson, Kraftwerk, Portishead, Death Cab for Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Love and Rockets, Justice, M.I.A., The Breeders, Rilo Kiley, Sasha & Digweed, Café Tacuba, Fatboy Slim, Spritualized, Tegan and Sara, Madness, The National, Animal Collective, Mum, Pendulum, Sharon Jones, Stars, Battles, Aesop Rock, Midnight Juggernauts, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Spank Rock, Minus the Bear, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Diplo, Adam Freeland, Santogold, Vampire Weekend, Dan Deacon, Hot Chip, Cold War Kids, Stephen Malkmus, Gogol Bordello, Chromeo, Metric, Danny Tenaglia, Booka Shade, Murs, Cool Kids, Sia, Les Savy Fav, Holy Fuck, Black Kids, Black Mountain, Man Man, I’m from Barcelona, Kid Sister, The Horrors, Austin TV, Shout Out Louds, Luckyiam, Autolux, Modeselektor, The Bees, Professor Murder, Cut Copy, Busy P and VHS or Beta.