Follow the white hare? A man wearing a rabbit mask on the back of his head makes his way to the main stage at Coachella. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Robert Smith leads the Cure through their signature brand of atmospheric rock on the main stage. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Roni Size, left, and singer Onallee take dance music to a dark place at the Outdoor Theater stage Sunday night. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
Genesis P-Orridge faces down the crowd during Throbbing Gristle’s set. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Lead singer of Thobbing Gristle Genesis P-Orridge performs in the Mojave Tent. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
“The Bamboo Starscraper,” by Gerard Minakawa, soars over 90 feet high and is part of the scene at Coachella. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Rob Andrews, 24, from Miami, Fla., wore a green neon suit while crawling through the Elastic Plastic Sponge, a piece created by students at the Southern California School of Architecture in L.A. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
The crowd reacts during the Groove Armada DJ set in the Sahara Tent. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
The heat takes its toll on the final day of Coachella. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Why fight traffic? Concert-goers clown around in the Mojave Tent after Throbbing Gristle’s set. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Burning Lotus Girls art installation, “Serpent Mother,” keeps the night air warm. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Alison Mosshart from the Kills performs in the Mojave Tent. (Trixie Textor / Getty Images)
Crowd-surfing breaks out during Public Enemy’s Sunday night set. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav performs for a big crowd at Coachella’s Outdoor Theater stage. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Public Enemy’s Chuck D, left, and Flavor Flav brought their confrontational and politically charged hip-hop to the Outdoor Theater stage. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav crowd-surfs his way back to the stage during the group’s Outdoor Theater set. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
My Bloody Valentine singer-guitarist Bilinda Butcher conjures a wall of sound from her guitar. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Thomas Felman of the Orb midway through the electronic duo’s festival-closing set in the Gobi Tent. (Karl Walter / Getty Images)
Musician Devendra Banhart performs In the Gobi Tent Sunday afternoon. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
Fans of X crowd the Mojave Tent stage during the band’s performance. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
A young girl enjoys X from an elevated vantage point. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
John Doe from the veteran band X sings to a packed Mojave Tent. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Exene Cervenka of the L.A. band X enjoyed a sort of homecoming at Coachella. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Fans enjoy the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the front of the main stage. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs lead singer Karen O is a bundle of energy during her band’s main stage set. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
A big crowd takes in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Sunday. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs captures a moment from the main stage. (Karl Walter / Getty Images)
Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Coachella in 2009. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
Antony and the Johnsons fought the heat on the Outdoor Theater stage with dramatic song structures. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Rapper K’naan strikes a global chord at Coachella. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Lykke Li goes for some additional amplification on the Outdoor Theater stage. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
Sebastien Tellier performs a mid-afternoon set at the Gobi Tent. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
With temperatures topping 100 degrees Sunday, the crowd refreshed with sprays from a high-powered water gun at The Do Lab (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Anton Newcombe, left, leads the Brian Jonestown Massacre through a midday set in the Mojave Tent. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Singer Pink Eyes (Damian Abraham) of the Canadian punk band F. . . Up gets bloodied in the crowd in the Mojave Tent (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
Los Angeles artist Shepard Fairey performs a DJ set in the Sahara Tent Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls performs in the Mojave Tent (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
Rah Almillio and Krispy Kream of the Knux get things started on the Coachella main stage Sunday. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
DJs Jel and Doseone of Themselves perform behind a unique stage setup. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
Camilo Lara of Mexican Institute Of Sound performs an early set at the Outdoor Theater stage. Lara started the indie label Suave Records before launching this hip-hop group. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
Will Robison Sheff of Okkervil River led his band through a rollicking afternoon set on the main stage. (Kevin Winter /Getty Images)
SATURDAY
Brandon Flowers of the Killers, Saturday’s headliner at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, soaks up the spotlight. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
All keyed up for the Killers. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Lewis has a planned July release date for her new LP “The Voyager.” (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon take in the Jenny Lewis performance at the side of the Outdoor Theater stage. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
Musicians Johnathan Rice and Jenny Lewis acknowledge the crowd at the close of Lewis’ set at Coachella. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
The Flaming Lotus Girls’ art installation “Serpent Mother” draws some eyes upward. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
M.I.A., a last-minute replacement at the fest for Amy Winehouse, took the stage Saturday night. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
British-born M.I.A. had some history to live down when she took the stage at the Empire Polo Field. Her performance last year was a meltdown of air-raid sirens, sampled gunshots and disjointed scraps of songs, according to critics. (Spencer Weiner/Los Angeles Times)
M.I.A. in action. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Norway’s Turbonegro, with Hank Von Helvete, performed in the Mojave Tent. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
Brend Hinds, Troy Sanders and Bill Kelliher of Mastodon bring the heavy rock in Coachella’s Mojave Tent. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
The crowd reacts to the dance act the Crookers in the Sahara Tent. (Kristian Dowling / Getty Images)
One of the members of the dance act the Crookers exults under the Sahara Tent lights. (Kristian Dowling / Getty Images)
Robin Pecknold and Christian Wargo of Fleet Foxes fill the stage with breezy, rustic harmonies Saturday night. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
Ida No of Glass Candy performs in the Gobi Tent Saturday night. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
What is this, 1991? A rash of crowd-surfing breaks out in the Sahara Tent during the Bloody Beetroots set. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Fans pack the Sahara Tent for the Bloody Beetroots. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Masked dance act the Bloody Beetroots take the Sahara Tent stage. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
One of the members of Tinariwen surveys the crowd during their performance in the Gobi Tent. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Amit Chertof took part in the revelry under the desert sun. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Scottish performer Paulo Nutini. (Steve C. Mitchell/ EPA)
Headliner the Killers performed Saturday. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Chemical Brothers rally the crowd in the Safari Tent with beat-heavy dance music. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
DJ AM rocks out with his laptop. (Kristian Dowling / Getty Images)
Fans enjoy a DJ set from the Chemical Brothers in the Safari Tent. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
North African Tuareg rockers Tinariwen bring a whole different side of desert life to Coachella. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Juston Stens of indie band Dr. Dog gets up in front. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
Paris Hilton and boyfriend Doug Reinhardt dressed for the daytime’s heat. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
Travis Barker -- billed with DJ AM as TRV$DJ-AM -- performs Saturday on the Sahara stage. (Kristian Dowling / Getty Images)
Booker T. Jones, Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood hit Coachella’s Gobi stage Saturday night. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
Kyp Malone, left, and Tunde Adebimpe of TV On The Radio played an energetic set on the main stage early Saturday evening. (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
Musician-activist Michael Franti of Spearhead led the crowd through a number of singalong choruses. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
Coachella concert-goers were able to purchase a water bottle at the event and receive free refills throughout the weekend. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Musician and recent KCRW employee Henry Rollins offers some spoken word fireworks in the Mojave Tent. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
Amanda Palmer pauses for a refreshment during her performance at Coachella. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Fans break out their cameras during Amanda Palmer’s set in the packed Gobi Tent. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
USA recording artist Amanda Palmer performs. (Steve C. Mitchell/ EPA)
George Harrison‘s son Dhani leads Thenewno2 through spacey psychedelia in the Mojave Tent. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
The Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer performed a solo set to a rapt Gobi Tent crowd. The set closed with a singalong of Radiohead‘s “Creep.” (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
Southern rockers the Drive-By Truckers perform on the Outdoor Theater stage Saturday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Twenty-year-old Brittany Bowerman, left and Leslie Ventura, 19, are beat the 100-degree heat with help from Bryan Foley, a member of the Do Lab Collective. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Joss Stone reaches for the sky during her Saturday afternoon set. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
British singer Joss Stone performs during the second day of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
One-time leader of Husker Du Bob Mould performs a powerfully loud set in the Gobi Tent. (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
Musician Ariel Pink (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Craig Minowa of the environmentally conscious indie band Cloud Cult got Saturday started at the Outdoor Theater stage. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
Ariel Pink of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti performs a Saturday afternoon set. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
Norway’s buzz-worthy Ida Maria rewarded early arrivers with an opening set at the Gobi Tent. (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
FRIDAY
Sir Paul McCartney performs as the main stage headliner at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field in Indio. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
View of the stage during Paul McCartney’s set at Coachella. (Frazer Harrison /Getty Images)
Headliner Leonard Cohen greets the crowd. (Spencer Weiner/ Los Angeles Times)
Leonard Cohen performs. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory performs. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Fans surround Girl Talk’s Gregg Gillis on stage at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Morrisey performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Morrissey works the crowd onstage at Coachella. (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand performs. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
