Prince crashes Coachella festival lineup

No word if the April 26 gig at California's trendy fest will preclude more concert dates.

April 10, 2008 at 1:59PM
Prince performs during the 6th annual BET Awards in this June 27, 2006, file photo in Los Angeles.
Prince performs during the 6th annual BET Awards in this June 27, 2006, file photo in Los Angeles. (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

It's April, and we haven't yet been hit with any big surprises from Prince this year -- until today, when he was added as a headliner for the über-trendy Coachella Music Festival.

The rest of the Coachella lineup -- happening April 25-27 in Indio, Calif. -- was announced back in January, and it was widely considered lackluster compared with past years. Prince might have been brought in to raise interest. Jack Johnson and Roger Waters headline the other nights, with other acts including Portishead, the Verve, Raconteurs, Death Cab for Cutie and My Morning Jacket.

Performances at Coachella often preclude summer tours, as was the case when Madonna joined the lineup at the last minute in 2006. Prince's only other confirmed date of the year so far is in Dublin on June 16.


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Chris Riemenschneider

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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