Stone Roses, Blur, Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers Headlining Coachella 2013 Lineup

Just called Indio, California "Little Britain" this spring. Coachella's 2013 lineup has a heavy influx of UK bands like the Stone Roses — that band's first Stateside gigs since reforming last year — Blur, New Order, the xx, Hot Chip, Franz Ferdinand, Jessie Ware, Foals, James Blake, Johnny Marr, Two Door Cinema Club and more. Plenty of non-Brits are also on board, with Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Wu-Tang Clan, Modest Mouse, Postal Service, Grizzly Bear, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Sigur Rós, Tame Impala and more also slated for two consecutive weekends, April 12-14 and 19-21.

Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns N' Roses Get Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Nod

Elbowing past other worthy, long-listed nominees like the Cure and Eric B. and Rakim, the Beastie Boys, Guns N' Roses and Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's latest inductees, to be formally honored on April 14 in in Cleveland.

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