Coachella 2015 tickets on sale at noon

When: Gates open at 11 a.m. April 10-12 and 17-19.

Where: Empire Polo Club, 81-800 Avenue 51, Indio.

Tickets: On sale at noon Jan. 7. General admission passes are already sold out for both weekends, but beneral admission with shuttle service for $435 for both weekends are still available.

Information: www.coachella.com

Rock is definitely being celebrated at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this year with legendary rock hard band AC/DC, alternative rocks Jack White and jazz rocks Steely Dan among the biggest names of the festival.

All three acts, as well as hip-hop superstar and headliner Drake, were announced as part of the mega fests lineup Tuesday morning, which is set for April 10-12 and 19-17 at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio. Tickets go on sale at noon today.

Guitarist Barry Johnson of Torrance punk band Joyce Manor, who are also on the bill, said Tuesday he couldnt wait for the his band to perform on April 12 and 19, the same dates Drake is set to close out the night.

Its a tremendous honor to be playing such a prestigious music festival, Johnson said. In 2009, I never thought my Four Loko fueled pop punk band would be playing Coachella. I hope I get a picture with Drake.

AC/DC, who close out the first nights of the three-day festival weekends on April 10 and 17, has never performed at Coachella, but White and Drake are no strangers to the desert festivals stages. White performed with his former band White Stripes in 2003, while Drake joined R&Bs Jhene Aiko onstage last year as a surprise guest.

White headlines on April 11 and 18, while and Drake closes out the festival.

Festival organizers released the lineup early Tuesday (two days earlier than last years announcement), showing more than 50 acts featured each day for more than 150 total acts including L.A.-area acts like Flying Lotus, whose appearance at the festival was leaked last month, and the progressive pop of Saint Motel as well as Carson hip-hop artist Ab-Soul.

But as with every year when the highly anticipated lineup is announced, there are fans and haters, many who took to social media to air their excitement and dispappointment.

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This has got to be the worst line up in Coachella history.... wow, Patrick Dawn of Lake Forest posted on the Coachella Facebook page, while others joked that their parents are the only ones excited for AC/DC and Steely Dan.

It feels all over the place, said Christopher Zych said, store manager of Riverside record store The Mad Platter. Theyre trying to cater to the classic rock crowd and the alternative crowd and the hip-hop crowd. It doesnt seem very focused.

Freddy Rivera, on-air personality for radio station 102.7 KIIS-FM said he was also a little underwhelmed by the lineup as he had hoped to see U2 and some others to be announced as headliners. But he added that with Madeon, Kaskade and David Guetta set to spin, the electronic dance music portion of the festival seems strong.

But for every non-plessed critic, there is a fan like Alejandro Ruiz Arvizu of Los Angeles posting on Facebook vying for a chance to make it out to what is expected to be another sold-out extravaganza.

For those complaining about the line up, Ill gladly buy your ticket, Arvizu said.

Source: http://www.dailybulletin.com/events/20150106/coachella-2015-tickets-on-sale-at-noon