Coachella Festival 2012

Published April 16, 2012
Snoop Dogg smokes while performing at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? Reuters Photo.
Snoop Dogg smokes while performing at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? Reuters Photo.
Pelle Almqvist of Swedish band The Hives performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? AP Photo.
Pelle Almqvist of Swedish band The Hives performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? AP Photo.
Carrie Brownstein of Wild Flag performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? AP Photo.
Carrie Brownstein of Wild Flag performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? AP Photo.
Andrew Bird performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? AP Photo.
Andrew Bird performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? AP Photo.
Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? AP Photo.
Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? AP Photo.
Australian artist Gotye performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? AP Photo.
Australian artist Gotye performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? AP Photo.
Musician Annie Clark of St. Vincent performs onstage during day 2 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. ? AFP Photo.
Musician Annie Clark of St. Vincent performs onstage during day 2 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. ? AFP Photo.
Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums performs at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? Reuters Photo.
Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums performs at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? Reuters Photo.
People dance on the final day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 15, 2012.  ? Reuters Photo.
People dance on the final day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 15, 2012. ? Reuters Photo.
Jessica Williams of New York and James Robert of Los Angeles watch rapper Azealia Banks' set during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? AP Photo.
Jessica Williams of New York and James Robert of Los Angeles watch rapper Azealia Banks' set during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ? AP Photo.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Fetival is an annual three -day music and arts festival organized by Goldenvoice.

It started out  in 1999 on the desert lawns of the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, and has grown from 25,000 attendees overall to 75,000 people a day, and has become an important platform for alternative rock, rave and electronic music acts.

From 2012 onwards, the festival will be  will be held over two separate weekends. - Text and photos by Agencies.

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