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Coachella 2019 Festival Lineup Announced

Photo by Chris Molina of Coachella 2014, Weekend 2

The moment we've all been waiting for is finally here, Scenestar readers! The big yearly reveal by Goldenvoice as to who is performing in this year's edition of Coachella! Weekend 1 is scheduled to take place from Friday, April 12, to Sunday, April 14, and Weekend 2 held from Friday, April 19, to Sunday, April 21, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. with this year's headliners—Childish Gambino, Tame Impala, and Ariana Grande, — will take the stage at Coachella 2019. Other notable performers include: The 1975, Aphex Twin, Blackpink, Calypso Rose, Cola Boyy, Charlotte de Witte, Billie Eilish, Empress Of, Gesaffelstein, HYUKOH, Jon Hopkins, NGHTMRE, Anderson.Paak, Polo & Pan, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, RÜFÜS DU SOL, and many more. Also for the first time ever, YouTube will live-stream BOTH weekends.

The Sound Of Animals Fighting at the Wiltern

Back again with a rare headlining show is The Sound Of Animals Fighting! Super group The Sound Of Animals Fighting will be returning to the site of their last Los Angeles-area show, the Wiltern, on Friday, February 22. The Sound Of Animals Fighting is comprised of Rich Balling (of Rx Bandits), Derek Doherty (of Finch), Matt Embree (of RX Bandits), and Anthony Green (of Circa Survive & Saosin).

Shows of the Night: Monday, December 31st

BUY TICKETS: Ozzfest NYE at the Forum

It's your last chance, Scenestar readers! Your final time in 2018 to get some live music under your belt featuring our top pick for Show of the Night: Ozzfest. The festival will wrap up the year at The Forum with a lineup that includes Ozzy Osborne, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Body Count, and more.

If you can't get in to our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by !!! (Chk Chk Chk), Ariel Pink, Jason Bentley, Aloe Blacc, Black Crystal Wolf Kids, Classixx, The Crystal Method, DIIV, Gabriel Garzon-Montano, Ozomatli, Redd Kross, and many more. Click here for ticket links and info on all of today's shows as well as upcoming local shows on our concert calendar. For any further updates, be sure to also follow us on Twitter for any last-minute news and set times (posted daily in the comments section) if available for select shows!

Flashback Friday I'm in Love: Music Videos From Back in the Day - Holiday edition pt. 1 [weekly]

Here at The Scenestar, we do our best to bring you relevant music news centered around Los Angeles but there's plenty of amazing songs that are deep in the vault that we still love to this day! So, on Fridays we decided to do a little music video round-up of some of our favorite videos from yesteryear – Enjoy!

Chris Cornell Tribute Event at the Forum

Los Angeles will be playing host to an epic event that will be paying tribute to legendary artist Chris Cornell. 'I Am The Highway', a tribute to Chris Cornell, will take place on Wednesday, January 16, at The Forum in Inglewood. The event will feature performances from the members of Soundgarden, Temple Of The Dog, and Audioslave, plus performances scheduled by Foo Fighters, Metallica, Ryan Adams, and many more. The event will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Chris Cornell passed away in May 18, 2017 while on tour in Detroit. Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 16 at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster with all proceeds will benefit EBMRF.

Music Video: Prophets of Rage "The Ballot or The Bullet"

Prophets of Rage released this video called "The Ballot or The Bullet" in time for midterm election day. The clip is named after Malcolm X’s famous 1964 speech about black voter rights, it's a mashup of three of their unreleased tracks plus their latest single “Heart Afire.” The video includes Malcolm X’s speech, NRA protests, photos from the civil rights movement, and other imagery akin to the aforementioned. 

Music Video: Theophilus London "Only You" Feat. Tame Impala

Some Angelenos were lucky enough to see Theophilus London and Tame Impala's Kevin Parker perform a sold-out show together at The Peppermint Club here in LA a few days ago as "Theo Impala." They've since released "Only You," a Steve Monite cover, along with a video out today!

Ladies of LCD Soundsystem (Nancy Whang and Gavin Rayna Russom) at 1720

By the time you read this, the Ladies of LCD Soundsytem tour will have begun. But we'll have something no one else will have, Los Angeles, and that is the final date of the tour. You know what that means... We need to make the closing night of the tour unforgettable.