Who is Tame Impala? Australian band fronted by Kevin Parker headlining Coachella 2019
TAME Impala are an Australian band that are set to headline Coachella this year.
Here is everything you need to know about them.
Who is Coachella 2019 headliner Tame Impala?
Tame Impala has been described as "an Australian psychedelic music project".
Kevin Parker, 33, leads the group and writes, performs and produces the music.
On tour he performs alongside Dominic Simper (guitar, synthesiser), Jay Watson (synthesiser, vocals, guitar), Cam Avery (bass guitar, vocals), and Julien Barbagallo (drums, vocals).
Their debut album Innerspeaker was a hit with critics.
But it was their 2012 follow-up record Lonerism that gained them international attention - even earning them a Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Music Album.
It reached No14 in the UK album charts
Their third album Currents - which was released in 2015 - won ARIA Awards for Best Rock Album and Album of the Year.
Currents was a No3 hit in the UK.
And they have since gone on to win two Rolling Stone Awards, 15 WAMI Awards and a Brit Award for Best International Group.
As well as being nominated for various other awards including an MTV Video Music Awards and two Grammy's.
On top of headlining Coachella 2019, Tame Impala will be headlining the 2019 Primavera Sound festival.
Where and when is Coachella 2019?
The annual music event is held in the Coachella Valley in the Riverside County city of Indio, near Palm Springs California.
This year the event will take place over two weekends - April 12-14 and April 19-21.
It's technically a metropolitan area of LA, although the desert landscape certainly makes it seem barren.
The event has five different music stages, a giant food hall and a huge camping area with its own showers, wifi, toilets, stores, phone charging stations and more.
Around 500,000 people attend the festival every year.
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Who's headlining Coachella 2019?
Childish Gambino (Friday), Tame Impala (Saturday) and Ariana Grande (Sunday) are the main headliners for this year's festival.
Also performing will be:
- Janelle Monae
- The 1975
- DJ Snake
- Diplo
- Rufus Du Sol
- Blackpink
- Kid Cudi
- Weezer
- Aphex Twin
- J Balvin
- Billie Eilish
- Bassnectar
- Khalid
- Zedd
- Gesaffelstein
- Bad Bunny
- Dillon Francis
- Chvrches
- YG
The line-up was announced on January 3, with fans overjoyed at the news of Ariana headlining.