Lineup Archive

Coachella 2003 lineup

The Coachella line-up page lists 78 acts for Coachella 2003 across 5 stages (Apr 26–27, 2003). Headliners were Beastie Boys and Red Hot Chili Peppers. 65 acts appeared at Coachella for the first time in our records. 1 other billed act cancelled.

Apr 26–27dates
78acts
5stages
83%first time at Coachella
Saturday
Beastie Boys
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals Queens of the Stone Age Blur The Hives N.E.R.D w/ Spymob The Donnas The Mooney Suzuki
Gomez Blue Man Group Black Eyed Peas Talib Kweli Michael Franti Kinky Ben Kweller Joseph Arthur Particle Roger Sanchez Masters at Work Marques Wyatt Darren Emerson Felix da Housecat Christopher Lawrence Hernán Cattáneo D:Fuse The Libertines Groove Armada Ladytron The Music Hot Hot Heat Badly Drawn Boy The Rapture Idlewild South Amon Tobin Dillinja & Lemon D Stereo Total Peanut Butter Wolf/Madlib/Wildchild +3 more
Sunday
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Iggy and the Stooges The White Stripes Jack Johnson Sonic Youth The Mars Volta The Polyphonic Spree The Soundtrack of Our Lives Whirlwind Heat
Interpol Blue Man Group Thievery Corporation Primal Scream Café Tacvba Tortoise Ben Folds The Kinison Eisley Richie Hawtin Underworld Deep Dish Timo Maas DB DJ Irene FC Kahuna Fischerspooner G. Love & Special Sauce Johnny Marr and the Healers Dirty Vegas Rooney 22-20s The Von Bondies Ima Robot S.T.U.N. El-P/Aesop Rock/RJD2/Mr. Lif/Murs Mouse on Mars C-Minus Ursula Rucker Ian MacKaye +1 more

Saturday lineup

Coachella Stage

  1. 1Beastie Boys
  2. 2Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
  3. 3Queens of the Stone Age
  4. 4Blur
  5. 5The Hives
  6. 6N.E.R.D w/ Spymob
  7. 7The Donnas
  8. 8The Mooney Suzuki

Outdoor Theatre

  1. 1Gomez
  2. 2Blue Man Group
  3. 3Black Eyed Peas
  4. 4Talib Kweli
  5. 5Michael Franti
  6. 6Kinky
  7. 7Ben Kweller
  8. 8Joseph Arthur
  9. 9Particle

Sahara Tent

  1. 1Roger Sanchez
  2. 2Masters at Work
  3. 3Marques Wyatt
  4. 4Darren Emerson
  5. 5Felix da Housecat
  6. 6Christopher Lawrence
  7. 7Hernán Cattáneo
  8. 8D:Fuse

Mojave Tent

  1. 1The Libertines
  2. 2Groove Armada (Live)
  3. 3Ladytron
  4. 4The Music
  5. 5Hot Hot Heat
  6. 6Badly Drawn Boy
  7. 7The Rapture
  8. 8Idlewild
  9. 9South

Gobi Tent

  1. 1Amon Tobin
  2. 2Dillinja & Lemon D
  3. 3Stereo Total
  4. 4Peanut Butter Wolf/Madlib/Wildchild
  5. 5Ian MacKaye (Q & A)
  6. 6Medusa (spoken word)
  7. 7Tha Liks

Sunday lineup

Coachella Stage

  1. 1Red Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2Iggy and the Stooges
  3. 3The White Stripes
  4. 4Jack Johnson
  5. 5Sonic Youth
  6. 6The Mars Volta
  7. 7The Polyphonic Spree
  8. 8The Soundtrack of Our Lives
  9. 9Whirlwind Heat

Outdoor Theatre

  1. 1Interpol
  2. 2Blue Man Group
  3. 3Thievery Corporation
  4. 4Primal Scream
  5. 5Café Tacvba
  6. 6Tortoise
  7. 7Ben Folds
  8. 8The Kinison
  9. 9Eisley

Sahara Tent

  1. 1Richie Hawtin
  2. 2Underworld
  3. 3Darren Price of Underworld
  4. 4Deep Dish
  5. 5Timo Maas
  6. 6DB
  7. 7DJ Irene
  8. 8FC Kahuna

Mojave Tent

  1. 1Fischerspooner
  2. 2G. Love & Special Sauce
  3. 3Johnny Marr and the Healers
  4. 4Dirty Vegas
  5. 5Rooney
  6. 622-20s
  7. 7The Von Bondies
  8. 8Ima Robot
  9. 9S.T.U.N.

Gobi Tent

  1. 1El-P/Aesop Rock/RJD2/Mr. Lif/Murs
  2. 2Mouse on Mars
  3. 3C-Minus
  4. 4Ursula Rucker (spoken word)
  5. 5Ian MacKaye (Q & A)
  6. 6Michael Franti (spoken word)

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Division of Laura Lee (dropped (cancelled))
On this bill

Their festival histories

Interpol 22 appearances · headlined 1× Queens of the Stone Age 22 appearances · headlined 2× Red Hot Chili Peppers 21 appearances · headlined 19× Ben Harper 17 appearances · headlined 1× G. Love & Special Sauce 14 appearances Thievery Corporation 13 appearances Blur 12 appearances · headlined 6× Gomez 12 appearances

First time at Coachella in 2003

Beastie BoysRed Hot Chili PeppersBlurThe DonnasThe HivesIggy & The StoogesThe Mooney SuzukiN*E*R*DThe Polyphonic SpreeSonic YouthThe Soundtrack of Our LivesWhirlwind HeatThe White Stripes22-20sBadly Drawn BoyBen FoldsBen KwellerThe Black Eyed PeasBlue Man GroupC-MinusCafé TacvbaD:FuseDarren EmersonDBDeep DishDillinja & Lemon DDirty VegasDJ IreneEisleyEl-PFC KahunaFelix da HousecatFischerspoonerGomezHernán CattáneoHot Hot HeatIan MacKayeIdlewildIma RobotInterpol+25 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Amon Tobinlast played Coachella in 19994 years
  2. Ben Harperlast played Coachella in 19994 years
  3. Michael Franti & Spearheadlast played Coachella in 19994 years
  4. Richie Hawtinlast played Coachella in 19994 years
  5. Thievery Corporationlast played Coachella in 19994 years

Other festivals in 2003

Glastonbury 2003 8 sharedReading & Leeds 2003 14 sharedLollapalooza 2003 5 sharedAustin City Limits 2003 8 sharedNewport Folk 2003Splendour in the Grass 2003 2 shared
Next yearCoachella 2004Radiohead · The CureSee the lineup →

Questions about Coachella 2003

Who headlined Coachella 2003?

Beastie Boys and Red Hot Chili Peppers were the headliners of Coachella 2003.

How many acts are on the Coachella 2003 lineup?

The Coachella line-up page lists 79 acts for Coachella 2003 across 5 stages; 1 of them cancelled. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

When was Coachella 2003?

Coachella 2003 took place on Apr 26–27, 2003, in Indio, California.

Who played Coachella for the first time in 2003?

65 acts on the 2003 lineup had not appeared at Coachella before in our records, including Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blur, The Donnas and The Hives.

Source: Wikipedia, "Coachella Festival line-ups" (revision 1381296443), CC BY-SA 4.0. The lineup covers the stages and acts that page lists. Billing order follows the order acts are listed there; headliners are the acts it marks as headliners. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.