Coachella Fest unveils music lineup

NEW YORK -- Portishead, Jack Johnson and former Pink Floyd principal Roger Waters will headline the 2008 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 25-27 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif.

Also near the top of the bill are the Verve, Kraftwerk, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, Cafe Tacuba and the Raconteurs.

The Breeders, the reunited Love And Rockets, Rilo Kiley, Justice, M.I.A., Sasha & Digweed, Fatboy Slim, Madness and Battles are also on the bill. Tickets go on sale Friday.

Coachella will be Portishead's first show on American soil in nearly a decade. The pioneering U.K. act has a new album due in April internationally, with U.S. details still pending.

The newly reunited Verve will also be touching down Stateside for the first time since splitting in 1999, while the Raconteurs, featuring the White Stripes' Jack White, will be plugging their sophomore album, due in late spring or early summer.

Autolux, the National, Animal Collective, Tegan & Sara, Mum, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Aesop Rock, Minus The Bear, Spank Rock, Diplo, Vampire Weekend, Cold War Kids, Flogging Molly, Turbonegro, Chromeo, Simian Mobile Disco, the Streets, the Field, Les Savy Fav, Rogue Wave, Cut Copy, VHS Or Beta, Black Mountain, Kid Sister, Manchester Orchestra and Modeselektor will also perform at Coachella.

Also announced recently were details on a new festival in New Jersey's Liberty State Park, being launched by Coachella promoter AEG Live/Goldenvoice. The first All Points West event will be held there on Aug. 8-10. Radiohead has been tipped by sources as one of the headliners.