Coachella Lineup is Here! McCartney, The Killers, The Cure to Headline

Well, it ends up Ryan Seacrest did lie (a little bit) and Defamer didn’t testify much better, but neither of those rumors matter any longer because the OFFICIAL lineup was announced this morning on Coachella’s website!

But remember, this is just the INITIAL lineup. We got Prince a little late in the game last year, so we can still cross our fingers for an appearance from David Bowie.

Check out the full line up below…

Friday, April 17th

• A Place To Bury Strangers
• Alberta Cross
• Bajofondo
• Beirut
• Buraka Som Sistema
• Cage the Elephant
• Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
• Craze and Klever
• Crystal Castles
• Dear and the Headlights
• Felix da Housecat
• Franz Ferdinand
• Genghis Tron
• Ghostland Observatory
• Girl Talk
• Gui Boratto
• Leonard Cohen
• Los Campesinos!
• M. Ward
• Molotov
• Morrissey
• N.A.S.A.
• Noah and the Whale
• Patton & Rahzel
• Paul McCartney
• Peanut Butter Wolf
• People Under the Stairs
• Ryan Bingham
• Silversun Pickups
• Steve Aoki
• Switch
• The Crystal Method
• The Aggrolites
• The Airborne Toxic Event
• The Black Keys
• The Bug
• The Courteeners
• The Hold Steady
• The Knux
• The Presets
• The Ting Tings
• We Are Scientists
• White Lies

Saturday, April 18th

• Amanda Palmer
• Amy Winehouse
• Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
• Atmosphere
• Band Of Horses
• Billy Talent
• Blitzen Trapper
• Bob Mould Band
• Booker T
• Calexico
• Cloud Cult
• Crookers
• Dr. Dog
• Drive By Truckers
• Drop The Lime
• Electric Touch
• Fleet Foxes
• Gang Gang Dance
• Glass Candy
• Glasvegas
• Henry Rollins
• Hercules and Love Affair
• Ida Maria
• James Morrison
• Liars
• Mastodon
• Michael Franti & Spearhead
• MSTRKRFT
• Surkin, Para One (Live)
• Superchunk
• The Bloody Beetroots
• The Killers
• Thenewno2
• Thievery Corporation
• Tinariwen
• TRAV$DJ-AM
• Turbonegro
• TV On The Radio
• Zane Lowe
• Zizek

Sunday, April 19th

• Antony and the Johnsons
• Brian Jonestown Massacre
• Christopher Lawrence
• Clipse
• Friendly Fires
• Fucked Up
• Gaslight Anthem
• Groove Armada (DJ Set)
• Jenny Lewis
• Junior Boys
• K’naan
• Late of the Pier
• Lupe Fiasco
• Lykke Li
• M.A.N.D.Y.
• Marshall Barnes
• Mexican Institute of Sound
• My Bloody Valentine
• No Age
• Okkervil River
• Paolo Nutini
• Paul Weller
• Perry Farrell
• Peter Bjorn and John
• Public Enemy
• Roni Size
• Sebastien Tellier
• Shepard Fairey
• Supermayer
• The Cure
• The Horrors
• The Kills
• The Night Marchers
• Themselves
• Throbbing Gristle
• Vivian Girls
• X
• Yeah Yeah Yeah’s

And as for proof that we’re not just making this up. Here is the official Coachella 2009 poster.

I’d say that if this looks good to you, buy your tickets now before it becomes a rat race. Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. with 3-day passes at $269.00. Pricey, but Coachella is offering a layaway option this year for all the music-crazed middle-classers out there! Huge props to festival organizers on this one.

But I have a serious beef: AMY WINEHOUSE? One thing’s for sure, if you’re hittin’ up the fest on Saturday (April 18), and you happen to run into a crazy woman that can sing incredibly well, keep your guard up. Wouldn’t want any of that crazy to rub off.

What do you think of the initial lineup? Who should Goldenvoice/Coachella add?