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IN PHOTO Women lie on the grass to listen to Hozier at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 11, 2015. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was a hit during its first weekend with performances by various famous artists such as Madonna, Drake, FKA twigs and many others. Those who missed the fun of the April 10 to April 12 weekend, there is still another chance. The festival will re-open on April 17 weekend in Indio, California with a large number of performances that will continue to entertain the music fans till April 19.

Rockers Alabama Shakes (“Hold On”); Swedish alt-pop singer Lykke Li (“Little Bit); The War on Drugs (“Lost in the Dream”); Reverend Horton Heat (“Baddest of the Bad”); and hip-hop artist Azealia Banks (“Ice Princess”) are scheduled to perform on April 17 at Coachella. The Saturday's show features Grammy Award winning singer Jack White (“That Black Hat Licorice”), British band Alt-J (“Hunger of the Pine”); and rap group Run the Jewels (“Lie, Cheat, Steal”). Also included in the act are St. Paul and the Broken Bones (“Half the City”); and folk rock artists Father John Misty (“I Love You, Honeybear”).

The last day of the Coachella Music festival on Sunday will see performances by indie artist St. Vincent (“Birth in Reverse”); Fitz & the Tantrums (“Out of My League“); new country singer Sturgill Simpson (“You Can Have the Crown”); Vance Joy (“Riptide”); and St. Lucia (“Elevate”). The nearly twenty hours performances by various artists including Jack White, St. Vincent, Father John Misty and the War on Drugs will be covered on AXS TV, according to a press release.

The festival’s second weekend will take place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. AXS TV will broadcast Coachella performances starting at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT over the weekend starting April 17. The shows run for seven hours on Friday and Saturday but it is six hours on Sunday, added the information from the press release.

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