Lineup Archive

Coachella 2012 lineup

The Coachella line-up page lists 225 acts for Coachella 2012 across 7 stages (Apr 13–22, 2012). Headliners were The Black Keys, Radiohead and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg. 161 acts appeared at Coachella for the first time in our records. 4 other billed acts cancelled.

Apr 13–22dates
225acts
7stages
72%first time at Coachella
Friday
The Black Keys
Swedish House Mafia Pulp Arctic Monkeys Jimmy Cliff & Tim Armstrong James Kendrick Lamar Hello Seahorse! GabeReal
Refused Explosions in the Sky Mazzy Star Madness Girls Neon Indian Yuck The Dear Hunter The Sheepdogs The Horrors The Black Angels Atari Teenage Riot Frank Ocean WU LYF Death Grips Gary Clark Jr. EMA Other Lives Wolf Gang Abe Vigoda Amon Tobin M83 The Rapture M. Ward Dawes Grouplove Ximena Sariñana Givers honeyhoney Wallpaper. +36 more
Saturday
Radiohead
Bon Iver The Shins Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Kaiser Chiefs Awolnation Childish Gambino We Are Augustines Juice
Miike Snow Feist Jeff Mangum Andrew Bird Tune-Yards Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Destroyer We Were Promised Jetpacks Suedehead DJP ASAP Rocky SBTRKT Flying Lotus St. Vincent Laura Marling Buzzcocks Firehose Azealia Banks The Vaccines Spector Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Sub Focus Godspeed You! Black Emperor Kasabian Squeeze Manchester Orchestra The Head and the Heart The Big Pink Black Lips Dragonette +40 more
Sunday
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg
At the Drive-In Justice The Hives Fitz and the Tantrums Santigold Band of Skulls Mantastique
Florence and the Machine Girl Talk The Weeknd Wild Flag The Growlers Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Metronomy Lissie Sleeper Agent DJ Shadow Company Flow The Airplane Boys The Gaslamp Killer Thundercat Real Estate Greg Ginn and the Royal We Le Butcherettes Housse de Racket Alf Alpha Modeselektor Beirut Gotye AraabMuzik Beats Antique Wild Beasts First Aid Kit Oberhofer Gardens & Villa Tyler Uppercut Avicii +37 more

Friday lineup

Coachella Stage

  1. 1Swedish House Mafia
  2. 2The Black Keys
  3. 3Pulp
  4. 4Arctic Monkeys
  5. 5Jimmy Cliff & Tim Armstrong
  6. 6James
  7. 7Kendrick Lamar
  8. 8Hello Seahorse!
  9. 9GabeReal

Outdoor Theatre

  1. 1Refused
  2. 2Explosions in the Sky
  3. 3Mazzy Star
  4. 4Madness
  5. 5Girls
  6. 6Neon Indian
  7. 7Yuck
  8. 8The Dear Hunter
  9. 9The Sheepdogs

Gobi

  1. 1The Horrors
  2. 2The Black Angels
  3. 3Atari Teenage Riot
  4. 4Frank Ocean
  5. 5WU LYF
  6. 6Death Grips
  7. 7Gary Clark Jr.
  8. 8EMA
  9. 9Other Lives
  10. 10Wolf Gang
  11. 11Abe Vigoda

Mojave

  1. 1Amon Tobin
  2. 2M83
  3. 3The Rapture
  4. 4M. Ward
  5. 5Dawes
  6. 6Grouplove
  7. 7Ximena Sariñana
  8. 8Givers
  9. 9honeyhoney
  10. 10Wallpaper.

Sahara

  1. 1Datsik
  2. 2Afrojack
  3. 3Alesso
  4. 4Madeon
  5. 5Feed Me
  6. 6SebastiAn
  7. 7Breakbot
  8. 8R3hab
  9. 9LA Riots
  10. 10Méa
  11. 11Plastic Flowers

The Do LaB

  1. 1Lucent Dossier Experience (Weekend 1)
  2. 2Stephan Jacobs (Weekend 1)
  3. 3Sugarpill (Weekend 1)
  4. 4Jupit3r (Weekend 1)
  5. 5Gladkill (Weekend 1)
  6. 6Russ Liquid (Weekend 1)
  7. 7GoldRush (Weekend 1)
  8. 8CrisB. (Weekend 1)
  9. 9Jobot (Weekend 1)
  10. 10Patricio (Weekend 1)
  11. 11Lucent Dossier Experience (Weekend 2)
  12. 12Jupit3r (Weekend 2)
  13. 13Patricio (Weekend 2)
  14. 14Jeremy Sole (Weekend 2)
  15. 15Marley Carroll (Weekend 2)
  16. 16Geno Cochino (Weekend 2)
  17. 17Natasha Kmeto (Weekend 2)
  18. 18Quade (Weekend 2)

Heineken Dome

  1. 1EC Twins (Weekend 1)
  2. 2Andy Caldwell (Weekend 1)
  3. 3Hot Mouth (Weekend 1)
  4. 4Zen Freeman (Weekend 1)
  5. 5La' Reda (Weekend 1)
  6. 6Roy Davis Jr. featuring J. Noize (Weekend 2; live)
  7. 7David Harness (Weekend 2)
  8. 8Marques Wyatt (Weekend 2)
  9. 9J Paul Getto (Weekend 2)
  10. 10Cappa Regime (Weekend 2)

Saturday lineup

Coachella Stage

  1. 1Radiohead
  2. 2Bon Iver
  3. 3The Shins
  4. 4Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
  5. 5Kaiser Chiefs
  6. 6Awolnation
  7. 7Childish Gambino
  8. 8We Are Augustines
  9. 9Juice

Outdoor Theatre

  1. 1Miike Snow
  2. 2Feist
  3. 3Jeff Mangum
  4. 4Andrew Bird
  5. 5Tune-Yards
  6. 6Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
  7. 7Destroyer
  8. 8We Were Promised Jetpacks
  9. 9Suedehead
  10. 10DJP

Gobi

  1. 1ASAP Rocky
  2. 2SBTRKT
  3. 3Flying Lotus
  4. 4St. Vincent
  5. 5Laura Marling
  6. 6Buzzcocks
  7. 7Firehose
  8. 8Azealia Banks
  9. 9The Vaccines
  10. 10Spector
  11. 11Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Mojave

  1. 1Sub Focus
  2. 2Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  3. 3Kasabian
  4. 4Squeeze
  5. 5Manchester Orchestra
  6. 6The Head and the Heart
  7. 7The Big Pink
  8. 8Black Lips
  9. 9Dragonette
  10. 10Keep Shelly in Athens
  11. 11Tijuana Panthers

Sahara

  1. 1Kaskade
  2. 2David Guetta
  3. 3Fedde le Grand
  4. 4Sebastian Ingrosso
  5. 5Martin Solveig
  6. 6Zeds Dead
  7. 7Jacques Lu Cont
  8. 8Borgore
  9. 9Mt Eden
  10. 10Destructo
  11. 11Pure Filth Sound (live show)

The Do LaB

  1. 1Patricio (Weekend 1)
  2. 2Lucent Dossier Experience (Weekend 1)
  3. 3Two Fingers (Weekend 1)
  4. 4Machine Drum (Weekend 1)
  5. 5Pumpkin (Weekend 1)
  6. 6Christian Martin (Weekend 1)
  7. 7Worthy (Weekend 1)
  8. 8iDiot Savant (Weekend 1)
  9. 9Sammy Bliss (Weekend 1)
  10. 10Empire Strikes Back! (Weekend 2)
  11. 11Lucent Dossier Experience (Weekend 2)
  12. 12Lowriderz (Weekend 2)
  13. 13Sidecar Tommy (Weekend 2)
  14. 14Shawna (Weekend 2)
  15. 15David Satori (Weekend 2)
  16. 16SaQi (Weekend 2)
  17. 17ill-esha (Weekend 2)

Heineken Dome

  1. 1Starkillers featuring. Dmitry Ko (Weekend 1)
  2. 2Droog (Weekend 1)
  3. 3Fernando Garibay (Weekend 1)
  4. 4John Beaver (Weekend 1)
  5. 5Team No Sleep (Weekend 1)
  6. 6Donald Glaude (Weekend 2)
  7. 7Audrey Napoleon (Weekend 2)
  8. 8Save the Robot (Weekend 2)
  9. 9Colette (Weekend 2)
  10. 10Ranidu Lankage (Weekend 2)
  11. 11Siren (Weekend 2)

Sunday lineup

Coachella Stage

  1. 1Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg (featured guest spots from Eminem, 50 Cent, Wiz Khalifa, Kendrick Lamar, Kurupt, Warren G and a holographic version of Tupac Shakur)
  2. 2At the Drive-In
  3. 3Justice
  4. 4The Hives
  5. 5Fitz and the Tantrums
  6. 6Santigold
  7. 7Band of Skulls
  8. 8Mantastique

Outdoor Theatre

  1. 1Florence and the Machine
  2. 2Girl Talk
  3. 3The Weeknd
  4. 4Wild Flag
  5. 5The Growlers
  6. 6Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
  7. 7Metronomy
  8. 8Lissie
  9. 9Sleeper Agent

Gobi

  1. 1DJ Shadow
  2. 2Company Flow
  3. 3The Airplane Boys
  4. 4The Gaslamp Killer
  5. 5Thundercat
  6. 6Real Estate
  7. 7Greg Ginn and the Royal We
  8. 8Le Butcherettes
  9. 9Housse de Racket
  10. 10Alf Alpha

Mojave

  1. 1Modeselektor (featuring Thom Yorke, weekend 2 only)
  2. 2Beirut
  3. 3Gotye
  4. 4AraabMuzik
  5. 5Beats Antique
  6. 6Wild Beasts
  7. 7First Aid Kit
  8. 8Oberhofer
  9. 9Gardens & Villa
  10. 10Tyler Uppercut

Sahara

  1. 1Avicii
  2. 2Calvin Harris
  3. 3Nero
  4. 4Dada Life
  5. 5Porter Robinson
  6. 6Flux Pavilion & Doctor P
  7. 7Zedd
  8. 8Noisia
  9. 9Morgan Page
  10. 10Jimbo Jenkins

The Do LaB

  1. 1Empire Strikes Back! (Weekend 1)
  2. 2Lucent Dossier Experience (Weekend 1)
  3. 3KRADDY (Weekend 1)
  4. 4NastyNasty (Weekend 1)
  5. 5R/D (Weekend 1)
  6. 6David Starfire (Weekend 1)
  7. 7NitGrit (Weekend 1)
  8. 8Salva (Weekend 1)
  9. 9Deru (Weekend 1)
  10. 10Inspired Flight (Weekend 1)
  11. 11Hopscotch (Weekend 1)
  12. 12Lucent Dossier Experience (Weekend 2)
  13. 13Minnesota (Weekend 2)
  14. 14Live & Light (Weekend 2)
  15. 15LYNX (Weekend 2)
  16. 16Griz (Weekend 2)
  17. 17Imagika (Weekend 2)
  18. 18oscure (Weekend 2)
  19. 19Dov (Weekend 2)
  20. 20Ruff Hauser (Weekend 2)

Heineken Dome

  1. 1Mike Balance (Weekend 1)
  2. 2Late Night Sneaky (Weekend 1; live)
  3. 3White Noize (Weekend 1)
  4. 4DJ Dan (Weekend 1)
  5. 5Doc Martin featuring Sublevel (Weekend 2; live)
  6. 6Gene Hunt (Weekend 2)
  7. 7Wally Callerio (Weekend 2)
  8. 8Barry Weaver (Weekend 2)
  9. 9Dusty Carter (Weekend 2)

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Cat Power (dropped (cancelled))
  2. 2La Roux (dropped (cancelled))
  3. 3The Midnight Beast (dropped (cancelled))
  4. 4Black Sabbath (dropped (cancelled))
On this bill

Their festival histories

The Black Keys 25 appearances · headlined 7× Arctic Monkeys 23 appearances · headlined 11× Florence and the Machine 21 appearances · headlined 9× Kaiser Chiefs 20 appearances Manchester Orchestra 20 appearances Gary Clark Jr. 19 appearances Kasabian 18 appearances · headlined 4× Kaskade 18 appearances · headlined 2×

First time at Coachella in 2012

Dr. Dre & Snoop DoggAwolnationBon IverChildish GambinoFitz and the TantrumsGabeRealHello Seahorse!JamesJimmy CliffJuiceKendrick LamarMantastiqueNoel Gallagher's High Flying BirdsPulpThe ShinsSwedish House MafiaWe Are AugustinesA$AP RockyAbe VigodaThe Airplane BoysAlessoAraabMuzikAtari Teenage RiotAudrey NapoleonAviciiAzealia BanksBarry WeaverThe Black AngelsBorgoreBreakbotBuzzcocksCappa RegimeChristian MartinCompany FlowCrisB.Dada LifeDatsikDavid HarnessDavid SatoriDawes+121 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. At the Drive-Inlast played Coachella in 199913 years
  2. DJ Danlast played Coachella in 200210 years
  3. Amon Tobinlast played Coachella in 20039 years
  4. The Hiveslast played Coachella in 20039 years
  5. Radioheadlast played Coachella in 20048 years

Other festivals in 2012

Reading & Leeds 2012 20 sharedLollapalooza 2012 36 sharedAustin City Limits 2012 14 sharedOutside Lands 2012 6 sharedGovernors Ball 2012 2 sharedNewport Folk 2012 6 sharedHangout 2012 7 sharedSplendour in the Grass 2012 6 shared
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Questions about Coachella 2012

Who headlined Coachella 2012?

The Black Keys, Radiohead and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg were the headliners of Coachella 2012.

How many acts are on the Coachella 2012 lineup?

The Coachella line-up page lists 229 acts for Coachella 2012 across 7 stages; 4 of thems cancelled. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

When was Coachella 2012?

Coachella 2012 took place on Apr 13–22, 2012, in Indio, California.

Who played Coachella for the first time in 2012?

161 acts on the 2012 lineup had not appeared at Coachella before in our records, including Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, Awolnation, Bon Iver, Childish Gambino and Fitz and the Tantrums.

Source: Wikipedia, "Coachella Festival line-ups" (revision 1381296443), CC BY-SA 4.0. The lineup covers the stages and acts that page lists. Billing order follows the order acts are listed there; headliners are the acts it marks as headliners. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.