Cool Weather Accompanies Radiohead On Day Two Of Coachella Fest.
A cool breeze should clear the skies today for Day Two of the typically hot Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, where bands such as Feist, the Shins and the Buzzcocks will entertain the crowd of about 80,000 before the experimental English rock band Radiohead wraps up the day.
Campers braved near-freezing temperatures overnight, with the westerly winds gusting up to about 30 mph, as a late-season storm swept over the region, dusting the surrounding mountains with snow.
The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory, effective through 6 p.m., for winds out of the west at 25-35 mph. Highs should top out in the upper 60s.
When the concert series at the Empire Polo Club opened under stormy skies yesterday, more people were lined up for hot chocolate than cold beer.
Police arrested 39 people, mostly for drug- or alcohol-related violations, Indio police spokesman Ben Guitron said, adding that no violence was reported.
“Everybody was very cooperative,” he said.
The concert series — tickets at $285 each sold out weeks ago — draws about 80,000 people daily, roughly doubling Indio’s population.
For the first time this year, the same bands will play a repeat show next weekend.
Actor David Hasselhoff was among the celebrities in the crowd when the English ska band Madness opened with its hit “One Step Beyond” and got the crowd the hopping.
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, the Southern California duo Mazzy Star, indie producer/singer-songwriter M. Ward and the English post-punk band Pulp were among the big draws for Day One. The Black Keys, an American blues-rock band out of Ohio, was the headline act on the Main Stage last night.
The big draws tonight will be Bon Iver and the headliner act Radiohead, which is set to take the Main Stage just after 11 p.m.
Avenue 50 between Jackson and Madison streets, Avenue 49 between Monroe and Madison and Madison between avenues 49 and 50 will be closed through Sunday and April 19-22. Delays were expected on Washington, Jefferson, and Monroe streets and avenues 50 and 52 on those days.
