Musical Reunifications at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

In 2001, the festival organizers were having trouble attracting a major headlining band. Running out of time, they went to friend Perry Farrell, who reunited Jane's Addiction in order to headline that year's event. Since then, it has become somewhat of a Coachella tradition to reunite at least one band for each festival. Although the line between a hiatus and an actual breakup is somewhat blurry, a number of artists are considered to have been reunited at Coachella, or have played Coachella as one of their first major shows after a reunion. The following is a list of performers who reunited or made a big return at a Coachella festival.

2009

• Throbbing Gristle - Have not performed in U.S. since 1981; Coachella is the band's third tour stop.

2008

• Portishead - First U.S. performance following 10-year hiatus
• The Verve - First U.S. performance following reunion
• Love and Rockets
• Swervedriver

2007

• Rage Against the Machine
• Crowded House - First U.S. performance following reunion
• The Jesus and Mary Chain
• Happy Mondays

2006

• Daft Punk - First U.S. performance since 1997
• Massive Attack - First major U.S. performance since 1998
• Tool - First major U.S. show since 2002.

2005

• Bauhaus
• Gang of Four
• Nine Inch Nails - first major US show since 2000
• Cocteau Twins - Cancelled a month prior to the show

2004

• Pixies - First major performance of their 2004 reunion tour
• Kraftwerk - First U.S. show since 1998, and marking only their third Southern California appearance since 1981.

2003

• Iggy Pop & The Stooges

2002

• Siouxsie and the Banshees

2001

• Jane's Addiction