Jaunted

Stereogum called Friday's lineup an "AARP hoedown" as Moz was paired with Leonard Cohen and Paul McCartney as co-headliners. Perhaps it was to prove that he's still young that the former Beatle ran almost an hour over the city-imposed curfew with his three-hour-plus set. Each minute cost organizers Goldenvoice a $1,000 fine, meaning that between McCartney and Sunday night headliners the Cure (about 30 minutes over), the town of Indio is getting itself some fancy new street signs. "The Cure had their power cut during the 3rd encore, and they kept playing 'Boys Don't Cry' unplugged," reported @randymatheson.

Saturday's highlights included Jaunted fave M.I.A.'s first post-baby performance complete with an insane amount of glow-in-the-dark costumes. The singer formerly known as Maya Arulpragasam confounded security by inviting the crowds to come up on stage with her but failed to deliver on a promise made on Twitter that Lil' Wayne would join her for a duet. Sounds like her set left her tuckered out for the whole weekend: @_M_I_A_ wrote this morning "AM I HUMAN OR AM I A GANGSTER? MY JEANS R STILL GLOWIN, STILL ON THE FLOOR FROM WHEN I ROLLED INTO BED, NOW ITS A LAMP FOR MY BEDROOM." Yup, she actually referenced fellow Saturday night headliners the Killers, whose performance is already all over YouTube.

Celebrity sightings at Coachella '09 included Reese Witherspoon, who rocked out to Jenny Lewis with boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal; Zach Braff wearing a really inadvisable tan fedora; Kate Bosworth checking out the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and "90210"'s Dustin Milligan and Jessica Stroup eating the barbecue that drove Morrissey away.

This year's shows were on some of the hottest days on record, causing Twitter users to get all steamed about something besides walkouts and denials of encore. The high temps gave @Krownz some mixed signals: "I dunno if this girl across from me is trying to look seductive or if she's about to pass out from the heat." @jjdaddyo credited one artist with staying cool: "OK I am a believer Lykke Li you crazy scandinavian...wearing all black layers on stage in the 99 deg heat." And @sddialedin found one way to cope: "Decided today is a wet t-shirt day. No shame in this heat." But @cleashearer asked the question on everyone's mind: "Why does God hate hipsters?"

Related Stories:
· Attendance Strong at Coachella Despite the Economy [NY Times]
· Smell of meat 'offends' Morrissey [BBC News]
· Paul McCartney, The Cure Ignore Curfews. The Cost? [LA Times]

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