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COACHELLA 2013: Set times for Sunday, April 21

It’s the final day of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Make it count! Here are your set times for Sunday.

Vampire Weekend at Coachella

Vampire Weekend performs on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif., on Sunday, April 14, 2013. (Rodrigo Pena/Freelance Photographer)


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COACHELLA 2013: ‘Thank You’ to the Descendents

Descendents perform at Coachella weekend one.

Descendents perform at Coachella weekend one.

I have a lot of special “Coachella Moments” stored away in my memory bank, like the energy In the field when Rage Against the Machine reunited at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, or watching Paul McCartney’s epic set in 2009 next to my mother, or seeing Arcade Fire headline in 2011 and drop a ton of LED lit beach balls into the crowd.
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COACHELLA 2013: The people you see at Coachella at night

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is really like two festivals in one. Once the sun goes down, the Empire Polo Club turns into a completely different place.

Here’s who you might see at Coachella at night.

-The guy doing Tai Chi to Yeasayer.

-The guy who is sitting on the ground of the Gobi Tent, oblivious to everything around him, staring in wonderment at all of the LED lights he has on him.
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