Photo Credit: Andrew Jorgenson for Stagecoach
Stagecoach, the country flavored kin of Coachella, announced their 2012 lineup. Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert. Blake Shelton, and Alabama sit at the top of the bill. The show is scheduled for April 27-29 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Early bird tickets will run you around $150 for the three day weekend.
Other country crooners in the lineup include: Martina McBride, Kenny Rogers, Luke Bryan, The Mavericks, Sara Evans, The Band Perry, Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, Chris Isaak, Justin Moore, The Jayhawks, Eli Young Band, The JaneDear Girls, The Del McCoury Band, Brett Eldredge, Aaron Lewis, Ralph Stanley & His Clinch Mountain Boys, Uncle Monk, JD Crowe & The New South, Sara Watkins, Sunny Sweeney, Dave Alvin and the Guilty Ones, The Unforgiven, Greensky Bluegrass, Split Lip Rayfield, Elizabeth Cook, JD Souther, and Old Man Markley.
With Coachella doubling up this year, that makes three full weekends of music in Indio. Looks like April is becoming a music festival hotspot.