Colin Young-Wolff

UPDATE: General admission passes are $349, including all fees.

Next year's installment of Coachella will once again be held over two weekends, April 12-14, 2013 and April 19-21, 2013. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Mighty early, this announcement, no? Here's why...

Daniel Kohn

It couldn't all be great performances, decent recreational drugs, and pleasant weather at Coachella. Here are our writers' picks for their least favorite things from the festival's second weekend.

Timothy Norris

By the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more or less learned to ignore the dust and the heat. Here are our intrepid writers' favorite things about the final hours of the 2012 event.

Rebecca Haithcoat

During Coachella's second weekend, temperatures topped 100 degrees every day. Yet somehow folks were dancing even crazy-er!

Most just stripped down and let the sweat flow. Here are the ten funkiest, silliest Coachella dancers we saw, in GIF form!

They inspired us to get down our own self.

We were strolling through the Coachella grounds last weekend trying not to trip over passed out people when we encountered this fella.

We weren't sure if it was the headdress (are people really still wearing those?), the dance moves, or the combination of both, but he coaxed us into sticking around and watching him.

A GIF of him doing his thing is below. Trust us: it's worth it.

Mangum doesn't allow photos at his shows

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"What's going on over there?"

Jeff Mangum, the reclusive singer of Neutral Milk Hotel who blew our minds last weekend, halted his performance at Coachella last night to to call attention to a distressed fan. Security at the Outdoor Stage wasn't paying attention, and this young female attendee needed help -- bad.

Meranda Carter

Saturday at Coachella meant tributes, tributes, tributes. From Levon Helms to Biggie, everyone got a shout-out. In between all that, some nasty partying and a little recreational drug use. Read our highly-trained writers as they tell you the the best things they saw on Saturday, April 21 at Coachella.

Meranda Carter

Safe bet that thousands of people shouting, "I guess that cunt getting eaten" in unison has never happened at Coachella before. Yet that's exactly what was heard yesterday during Azealia Banks' set. It was midday, and most of us weren't even drunk yet.

Last September, the Harlem rapper broke out with the video to her song "212." And it was with good reason: in cutoff jean shorts, a Mickey Mouse sweater and braided pigtails, the 20-year-old is the picture of innocence -- until she caps her first verse with the above chant. In the following months, she's pushed boundaries and, predictably, found a fan in Kanye West.

Timothy Norris

Bon Iver

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Better than...trying to dance off your sunburn.

Flickering strands of glowing balloons swayed gently over the polo fields as the crowd drew in for Bon Iver's set on the main stage yesterday evening. Sunburnt and spent, these half-naked revelers came to be calmed by Justin Vernon's falsetto after a long hard day of dancing. It's not easy frolicking in 100 degree temperatures all day in nothing but gauzy underclothes and dusty flip flops, Fortunately, then, Bon Iver was just the ticket. A huge crowd sprawled out on the grass studded with cigarette butts, water bottles, and the occasional pile of god-knows-what under a ceiling of search lights.

Meranda Carter

For much of their 30 year existence, alternative Manchester Britpop rockers James have been severely underrated. Having toured across the globe and played some of the biggest festivals in the world, frontman Tim Booth knows much about what makes a show great, which is why he loves Coachella. "Some places you play, you just aren't in the zone," Booth explains. "But not here. It's a great place to get going and play a terrific show."

The band loved playing yesterday afternoon's show in 100-degree heat; on the other hand, they hated performing on final touring version of Lollapalooza. Below, Booth offers five reasons why Coachella kicks ass and Lollapalooza sucked.