Lineup Archive

Coachella 2005 lineup

The Coachella line-up page lists 93 acts for Coachella 2005 across 6 stages (Apr 30 – May 1, 2005). Headliners were Coldplay and Nine Inch Nails. 81 acts appeared at Coachella for the first time in our records. 3 other billed acts cancelled.

Apr 30 – May 1dates
93acts
6stages
87%first time at Coachella
Saturday
Coldplay
Bauhaus Weezer Wilco Keane Snow Patrol The Raveonettes Buck 65
Spoon Mercury Rev Sage Francis Café Tacvba Rilo Kiley Razorlight Eisley Jamie Cullum Nic Armstrong & the Thieves The Chemical Brothers Hernán Cattáneo Josh Wink U.N.K.L.E. (James Lavelle) Tiga DJ Marky DJ Peretz Fantômas Bloc Party The Secret Machines MF Doom Stereophonics The Kills Ambulance LTD Radio 4 Gratitude The Sexy Magazines Zap Mama Amp Fiddler Four Tet Swayzak +6 more
Sunday
Nine Inch Nails
Black Star New Order Gang of Four The Futureheads Thrice The Perceptionists Gram Rabbit
Bright Eyes The Faint British Sea Power Aesop Rock Arcade Fire Tegan and Sara The Fiery Furnaces Jem Donavon Frankenreiter Shout Out Louds The Prodigy Roni Size w/ Dynamite MC Armin van Buuren Junkie XL Miss Kittin Ben Watt Matthew Dear Diplo DJ Jun The Locust The Blood Brothers Pinback The Dresden Dolls Roots Manuva The Bravery Kasabian Autolux Sloan Midlake Goodbye Radar +11 more

Saturday lineup

Coachella Stage

  1. 1Coldplay
  2. 2Bauhaus
  3. 3Weezer
  4. 4Wilco
  5. 5Keane
  6. 6Snow Patrol
  7. 7The Raveonettes
  8. 8Buck 65

Outdoor Theatre

  1. 1Spoon
  2. 2Mercury Rev
  3. 3Sage Francis
  4. 4Café Tacvba
  5. 5Rilo Kiley
  6. 6Razorlight
  7. 7Eisley
  8. 8Jamie Cullum
  9. 9Nic Armstrong & the Thieves

Sahara

  1. 1The Chemical Brothers
  2. 2Hernán Cattáneo
  3. 3Josh Wink
  4. 4U.N.K.L.E. (James Lavelle)
  5. 5Tiga
  6. 6DJ Marky
  7. 7DJ Peretz
  8. 8Evil Nine (cancelled)

Mojave

  1. 1Fantômas
  2. 2Bloc Party
  3. 3The Secret Machines
  4. 4MF Doom
  5. 5Stereophonics
  6. 6The Kills
  7. 7Ambulance LTD
  8. 8Radio 4
  9. 9Gratitude
  10. 10The Sexy Magazines

Gobi

  1. 1Zap Mama
  2. 2Amp Fiddler
  3. 3Four Tet
  4. 4Swayzak
  5. 5Jean Grae
  6. 6Immortal Technique
  7. 7M83
  8. 8k-os
  9. 9Katie Melua
  10. 10Boom Bip

Sunday lineup

Coachella Stage

  1. 1Black Star
  2. 2Nine Inch Nails
  3. 3New Order
  4. 4Gang of Four
  5. 5The Futureheads
  6. 6Thrice
  7. 7The Perceptionists
  8. 8Gram Rabbit

Outdoor Theatre

  1. 1Bright Eyes
  2. 2The Faint
  3. 3British Sea Power
  4. 4Aesop Rock
  5. 5Arcade Fire
  6. 6Tegan and Sara
  7. 7The Fiery Furnaces
  8. 8Jem
  9. 9Donavon Frankenreiter
  10. 10Shout Out Louds

Sahara

  1. 1The Prodigy
  2. 2Roni Size w/ Dynamite MC
  3. 3Armin van Buuren
  4. 4Junkie XL
  5. 5Miss Kittin
  6. 6Ben Watt
  7. 7Matthew Dear
  8. 8Diplo
  9. 9DJ Jun

Mojave

  1. 1The Locust
  2. 2The Blood Brothers
  3. 3Pinback
  4. 4The Dresden Dolls
  5. 5Roots Manuva
  6. 6The Bravery
  7. 7Kasabian
  8. 8Autolux
  9. 9Sloan
  10. 10Midlake
  11. 11Goodbye Radar

Gobi

  1. 1Wolf Eyes
  2. 2Matmos
  3. 3DJ Krush
  4. 4Z-Trip
  5. 5Beans
  6. 6M.I.A.
  7. 7Sixtoo
  8. 8Subtle
  9. 9Zion I

The Do LaB

  1. 1Jupit3r
  2. 2Todd Spero

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Cocteau Twins (dropped (cancelled))
  2. 2Doves (dropped (cancelled))
On this bill

Their festival histories

Bloc Party 25 appearances The Kills 20 appearances Arcade Fire 19 appearances · headlined 9× Spoon 19 appearances Kasabian 18 appearances · headlined 4× The Chemical Brothers 18 appearances · headlined 1× Wilco 17 appearances · headlined 2× Perry Farrell 16 appearances

First time at Coachella in 2005

ColdplayNine Inch NailsBauhausBlack StarBuck 65The FutureheadsGang Of FourGram RabbitKeaneNew OrderThe PerceptionistsThe RaveonettesSnow PatrolThriceWilcoAesop RockAmbulance LTDAmp FiddlerArcade FireArmin van BuurenAutoluxBeansBen WattBloc PartyThe Blood BrothersBoom BipThe BraveryBritish Sea PowerDiploDJ KrushDJ MarkyDonavon FrankenreiterThe Dresden DollsThe FaintFantômasThe Fiery FurnacesFour TetGoodbye RadarGratitudeImmortal Technique+41 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. DJ Junlast played Coachella in 19996 years
  2. Weezerlast played Coachella in 20014 years
  3. The Chemical Brotherslast played Coachella in 20023 years
  4. The Prodigylast played Coachella in 20023 years
  5. Z-Triplast played Coachella in 20023 years

Other festivals in 2005

Glastonbury 2005 23 sharedReading & Leeds 2005 13 sharedLollapalooza 2005 10 sharedAustin City Limits 2005 16 sharedNewport Folk 2005 1 sharedSplendour in the Grass 2005 3 shared
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Questions about Coachella 2005

Who headlined Coachella 2005?

Coldplay and Nine Inch Nails were the headliners of Coachella 2005.

How many acts are on the Coachella 2005 lineup?

The Coachella line-up page lists 96 acts for Coachella 2005 across 6 stages; 3 of thems cancelled. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

When was Coachella 2005?

Coachella 2005 took place on Apr 30 – May 1, 2005, in Indio, California.

Who played Coachella for the first time in 2005?

81 acts on the 2005 lineup had not appeared at Coachella before in our records, including Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, Black Star and Buck 65.

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.