Photos: Coachella 2010

An amorous couple steal a kiss at an outdoor stage at the Coachella Music Festival.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A young man is pulled from a mosh pit at the Coachella Music Festival.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Flea plays bass on a set with Thom Yorke at the Coachella Music Festival.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Thom Yorke performs at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A young music fan lets a flag fly in the breeze at the conclusion of the Coachella Music Festival.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Charlotte Gainsboury performs Sunday at the Coachella Music Festival.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Sunny Day Real Estate performs Sunday.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A couple relax during the Gorillaz set on the main stage, closing the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festiva in Indio.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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 festival, on the Empire Polo Club grounds in Indio.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

The Gobi tent is cleared of people in the last hours of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

The Gorillaz perform on the main stage, closing the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, on the Empire Polo Club grounds in Indio.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Stephen Malkmus, front man for the band Pavement, during their performance on the main stage on the final day of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

David Jude Jolicoeur, aka Plug Two, of De La Soul, performs with the group on the main stage during the last day of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

The crowd dances during De La Soul’s set on the main stage on the last day of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Devo performs in the Mojave tent on day two of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Britt Daniel performs with his band Spoon on the main stage on the final day of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

The audience during Spoon’s set on the main stage on the final day of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Ariel Iezzi,17 months sits on top of her dad Fabian’s shoulders during the Spoon show on the main stage, on the final day of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, on the Empire Polo Club grounds in Indio.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Hotshot the Robot, one of the many art pieces at Coachella, interacts with music fans on the final day of the festival.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Music fans take a rest on the lawn near the main stage on the last day of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, on the Empire Polo Club grounds in Indio, Ca.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Concertgoers cool off under streams of water at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio on Sunday.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

B.o.B. works the crowd Sunday at the Coachella Music Festival.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

The desert heat is oppressive and the weekend is almost over, so you might as well walk around in your superhero briefs.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Local Natives, a Southern California band, performs on the festival’s final day.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A young woman takes in the Local Natives show Sunday at Coachella.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A fan tries to catch a breeze with a pinwheel at the Local Natives show Sunday.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Dj Tiesto performs at the Coachella Music Festival.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Dj Tiesto performs.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A kid named Will uses glow sticks to get into the groove of Dj Tiesto.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Concert-goers groove to the rhythms of Dj Tiesto.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Muse performs.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Muse performs.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Hot Chip performs at Coachella.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

XX performs at Coachella.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Muse performs.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Muse performs.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A woman dances to Dj Tiesto spinning the tunes.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

The White Rabbits perform at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio on Saturday.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A fan takes in the XX show.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Faith No More performs.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Muse performs.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Dancers fill the Do Lab tent as the sun set on Day 2 of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, on the Empire Polo Club grounds in Indio.
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Frontman Dave Longstreth of the Dirty Projectors plays the Mojave tent.
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The Dirty Projectors play the Mojave tent.
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The crowd turns red under the lights of the Dirty Projectors in the Mojave tent.
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Christopher Owens and his band Girls, from San Francisco, play the Gobi tent during Day 2 of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.
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Fans groove to the music on Day 2 at 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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Within the first couple of hours, the grass was packed outside the Gobi tent on Day 2 of Coachella.
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A festival-goer wields a water gun on sultry Day 2 of Coachella.
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An unsuspecting music fan who was fast asleep becomes a canvas for an artistic passerby, while another woman immortalizes the scene.
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Promotional material for Dead Weather shades a concert-goer.
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The green in front of the main stage had plenty of space available in the early hours of Coachella Day 2. It didn’t stay that way.
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Victoria Legrand of Beach House performs in the Mojave tent.
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Victoria Legrand gets into the music.
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Shooter Jennings performs.
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The Almighty Defenders play their pseudo-religious schtick.
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Camera Obscura performs.
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Portugal the Man performs.
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It’s hat weather in the heat of the Indio desert Saturday at the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival in Indio.
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Tattooed youths help decorate the Coachella music fest.
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Colorful head gear brightens the scene at Coachella.
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Festival-goers play with a piece of art called “The Metamorphosis.”
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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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La Roux performs in the Gobi tent.
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John Paul Jones plays bass for Them Crooked Vultures.
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Josh Homme fronts Them Crooked Vultures.
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A dancer is silhouetted against the night lights of the festival.
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Roadies prepare the stage for Them Crooked Vultures.
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LCD Sound System perform.
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Josh Homme fronts Them Crooked Vultures with former Led Zeppelin rhythm man John Paul Jones.
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Fans cheer as Them Crooked Vultures take the stage.
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Fans wait to see Jay-Z perform.
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Joel Zimmerman, aka deadmau5.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

A giant beach ball takes flight during Benny Benassi’s DJ set in the Sahara tent.
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Actor Danny DeVito shows off some dance moves during the headlining DJ set of Deadmau5.
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Jay-Z, right, performs at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio on Friday night.
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Jay-Z performs at Coachella.
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Beyonce watches her husband, Jay-Z.
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The shadows grow long in the late afternoon at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio.
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Fans wait for a performance by She and Him at the Coachella festival.
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Zooey Deschanel of She and Him -- she’s also an actress -- performs at the Coachella festival.
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M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel of She and Him perform at the Coachella testival.
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DJ Steve Porter, right, performs at the Coachella restival.
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Perry Farrell performs with his wife, Etty Lau Farrell, at the Coachella festival.
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A dancer performs with Perry Farrell at Coachella.
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Perry Farrell performs with wife Etty Lau Farrell.
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DJ Lance Rock (he’s the one in orange) joins some friends onstage at Coachella.
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DJ Lance Rock runs through a purple haze of confetti at the Coachella festival.
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DJ Lance Rock branches out at the Coachella festival.
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Puerto Rican group Calle 13 performs in Indio.
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Calle 13 performs at the Coachella festival.
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Fans dance to driving beats under cooling mists in a tent at the Coachella music festival in Indio.
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Music fans stand, sit and dance atop their vehicles while waiting in line to be checked by security before entering Indio’s Empire Polo Field, the site of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.
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A day before the start of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, Xavier Minnamon, 8, and his sister, Samantha Arias,13, play with soap bubbles while waiting to be checked by security and set up their campsite. Their mother, Maggie Badaraco, rests inside their truck before entering the Empire Polo Field in Indio.
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Chris Buzarellos, 23, stands atop his Chevrolet Blazer and looks out over the music fans lined up to attend the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.
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Music fans line up for a security check before entering the camping area for the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.
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Music fans with tickets for camping line up to be checked by security before entering the Empire Polo Field grounds in Indio.
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Music fans nap at midday.
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