Fans dance to driving beats under cooling mists in a tent at the Coachella music fest.

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Perry Farrell performs with his wife, Etty Lau Farrell, at the Coachella festival.

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Deadmau5 performs a DJ set as the closing act in the Sahara tent.

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Fans of Deadmau5 reach out during his headlining DJ set in the Sahara tent on Day 1.

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Actor Danny DeVito shows off some dance moves during the headlining DJ set of Deadmau5.

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La Roux performs in the Gobi tent.

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Vampire Weekend performs on the outdoor stage on the first day of the three-day Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.

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A giant beach ball takes flight during Benny Benassi's DJ set in the Sahara tent.

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DJ Lance Rock (he's the one in orange) joins some friends onstage at Coachella.

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Calle 13 performs at the Coachella festival.

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Music fans cool off in the Do Lab's Misting Oasis during the first day of last year's fest.

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Zooey Deschanel of She & Him (she's also an actress) performs at the Coachella festival.

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Lucent Dossier dancers perform on the last day of the 2010 Coachella festival.

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Jay-Z, right, performs at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio.

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Beyonce, center, watches her husband, Jay-Z, perform.

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Jay-Z performs.

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Fans cheer as Them Crooked Vultures take the stage.

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Josh Homme fronts Them Crooked Vultures with former Led Zeppelin rhythm man John Paul Jones.

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Roadies prepare the stage for Them Crooked Vultures.

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A dancer is silhouetted against the night lights of the festival.

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Victoria Legrand gets into the music.

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The Dirty Projectors play the Mojave tent.

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The Dirty Projectors perform.

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The crowd turns red under the lights of the Dirty Projectors in the Mojave tent.

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Dancers fill the Do Lab tent as the sun sets on Day 2 of the 2010 festival, on the Empire Polo Club grounds in Indio.

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Die Antwoord performs in the Sahara tent on day two of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.

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Devo performs as the closing act in the Mojave tent on day two of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.

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Les Claypool performed in the Mojave tent, his first time playing Coachella.

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Music fans line up at misters in the VIP area to cool off on a warm Day 2 of the Coachella festival.

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Fans groove to the music on Day 2 at Coachella.

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A festival-goer wields a water gun on sultry Day 2 of Coachella.

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An amorous couple steals a kiss at an outdoor stage at the 2010 Coachella festival.

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Camera Obscura performs.

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Shooter Jennings performs.

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Colorful head gear brightens the scene at Coachella.

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Tattooed youths help decorate the Coachella music fest.

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Muse performs.

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The White Rabbits perform on the Saturday program of last year's festival.

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Festival-goers play with a piece of art called "The Metamorphosis."

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Muse performs.

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Muse performs.

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Hot Chip performs at Coachella.

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Faith No More performs.

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Concert-goers groove to the rhythms of DJ Tiesto.

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A fan named Will uses glow sticks to get into the groove of DJ Tiesto.

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DJ Tiesto performs at last year's festival.

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A woman dances while DJ Tiesto spins tunes.

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B.o.B. performs at the Coachella Music Festival.

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Concertgoers cool off under streams of water at the 2010 Coachella fest.

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The audience during Spoon's set on the main stage on the final day of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.

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Ariel Lezzi sits on her father Fabian's shoulders during the Spoon show on the main stage on the final day of Coachella.

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Stephen Malkmus, frontman for the band Pavement, during its performance on the main stage on the final day of the 2010 fest.

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Thom Yorke performs at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio.

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Flea plays bass on a set with Thom Yorke at the Coachella Music Festival.

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Jamie Cobb, 24, from Manchester, Tenn., works her lighted hula hoop between shows while attending her first Coachella with her husband, David, on the the final night of the 2010 festival.

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The Gorillaz perform on the main stage, closing the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, on the Empire Polo Club grounds in Indio.

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The Gobi tent is cleared of people in the last hours of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.

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The sun sets on the Gobi Stage tent on the last day of the 2010 Coachella Music Festival in Indio.

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