Coachella 2026: doubts and rumors about the line-up, explained

Coachella 2026: doubts and rumors about the line-up, explained

What does the mention of radiohead mean? And what exactly is Nine Inch Noize? You have questions, we have the answers

The dissemination of the poster of the Coachella 2026 It generated many questions, as it happens every year. “Why is this artist’s source greater than that?”, “Can I see the set of this DJ without losing anything from that band?”, “I’m still cool enough to go to Coachella? But two names in particular aroused most of their curiosity, and both were linked to iconic rock bands.

What is Nine Inch Noize?

Friday’s main names included artists known as The xx, Turnstile and Disclosure. However, a particular name caught our attention more: NINE INCH NOIZE. Does a designer of Goldenvoice Was it fired by the typing error of the year? No. The British Vanguard Electronic Group Art of Noise is joining the NINE INH NAILS? No, but it’s close.

One of the highlights of the current tour of the NINE INH NAILSa Peel it back tourit is a mini-set in which the vocalist Trent Reznor and the member Atticus Ross join the German producer Boys Noizethe opening attraction of the tour, to make music remix Nin as “Vessel”, “AS Alive As You Need Me To Be” and “Closer”. Boys Noize It is known for mixing electro, house and techno in an intense beat, both in its original work and in its acclaimed remixes of artists ranging from Daft Punk the Snoop Dogg and YEAH YEAH YEAHS.

Virtually everyone who saw the tour were impressed. Move with the perfection of “Closer” It is an audacious risk that works, and is good enough to justify a complete show in the Coachella. The representative of Nin confirmed the partnership in a statement to Rolling Stone. “Yes!” Said the representative. “It is an extension of a very exciting attraction on the tour Peel it back“.

What is Radiohead Kid to Mnesia?

At the end of the poster, below all the other names, appears an enigmatic line: “The Bunker Debut of Radiohead Kid A Mnesia”. This intrigued fans of British legends, who recently announced their first shows in seven years. It would be a performance of Coachella? Perhaps something like the limited 20 European dates they will do in the fall? Well, no. A representative of Radiohead said to Rolling Stone that “the band will not be physically there”.

What Radiohead Kid A Mnesia It really is, probably relates to the set of three records, art book and immersive exhibition released with the same name in 2021. Those projects revisited the creation of the classic albums of Radiohead at the beginning of the millennium, Kid A and Amnesiacwith rare studio leftovers, B sides, visual art and more. “When we reviewed the multiprist tapes… music and art eventually become a little more transcendent,” he said Thom Yorke the Rolling Stone at the time. “Trying to embrace some kind of future, even if it’s a nightmare.”

This article was originally published by Rolling Stone USA by Simon Vozick-Levinson and Jason Newman on September 16, 2025 and can be checked here.

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Source: Rollingstone

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