Hollywood Reporter
The 2009 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival rang up its second biggest year ever, with an aggregate attendance of 160,000, according to producer Paul Tollett, president of Goldenvoice, a division of AEG Live. The event was held April 17-19 at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif. Tollett credits a lineup that boasted such acts as Paul McCartney, the Killers, Leonard Cohen, My Bloody Valentine, and the Cure for the success of this year’s event, along with the equity established with fans over the past decade. “The lineup I thought was really good this year, and we’ve got the momentum of all the years we’ve been going,” Tollett told Billboard.