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OMD performs at Coachella 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

Here’s a look at how we spent our Sunday at weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. We tried to hit different things than last week.
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Andy McCluskey of OMD dances at Coachella 2013 on Sunday, April 21. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

OMD played a pitch-perfect set you could dance to without entering the Sahara Tent on the closing night of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.
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Social Distortion’s Sunday evening set as the sunshine rallied one last time over the masses at the Empire Polo Club was 50 minutes of California at the state (and the country’s) premier music festival.

With staples like “Mommy’s Little Monster” and “Story Of My Life” ringing from the main stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Social Distortion became the kings of California, punkers who have become iconic rock legends.
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Fans sit and watch Dinosaur Jr. at Coachella’s Outdoor Theatre on Sunday, April 21. (VANESSA FRANKO/STAFF PHOTO VIA INSTAGRAM)

Dinosaur Jr ‘s afternoon set was like a picnic for the crowd who sat down around the Outdoor Theatre to watch the rock antics of the alternative band on the final day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
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An inflatable pink flamingo got used as an air guitar during the JEFF the Brotherhood set Sunday, April 21, at Coachella. (Vanessa Franko/Staff photo)

More people you see at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival:
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Here’s a question for the Coachella Festival faithful–what amazing band have you discovered just from trying to catch some shade?

After seeing Ghost B.C.’s great set last week, I headed over to Cloud Nothings in Mojave to catch some shade and I ended up loving them. (See photos from their set here.)
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One of the best places for celebrity spotting at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is the bathrooms.

Years ago I once saw Corbin Bersen make his way to the portapotties.

Talking to one of the nice people who directs the bathroom traffic into men and women’s areas (new for 2013), I found out most of the celebrities have been nice, including Jessica Alba, who stopped and talked to people, and Solange Knowles, who was on hand weekend one to perform with The xx.
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