California’s legendary desert festival Coachella has predictably pulled in the heavyweight players to fill out its three days of sunstroked madness in 2009.

Friday night is headed by the not-cheap-to-book Paul McCartney, with Leonard Cohen, Morrissey and Franz Ferdinand filling out the top-tier. Saturday takes a leaf out of V Festival Australia’s book, putting glam-rockers The Killers at the top of the bill. Organisers have taken a gamble with Amy Winehouse, who hasn’t put in a convincing festival performance in some time – let alone to a Coachella-sized crowd. That said, she’s surrendered the crack-pipe, so there might be hope yet.

The Sunday closing slot is reserved for iconic acts, and in 2009 it’ll be The Cure. No less exciting is the addition of My Bloody Valentine and Throbbing Gristle, making the final day pretty stellar. As expected, the line-up goes deep with the kind of bands we’re used to seeing lead festivals: The Black Keys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV On The Radio, Paul Weller and a whole host more.

On the dance side of thins it’s a cornucopia of top class talent across the three days. The Crystal Method, Switch, The Presets, Gui Boratto, Crookers, MSTRKRFT, Groove Armada, M.A.N.D.Y, Supermayer… and that’s just the tip of the iceberg!

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival happens at Empire Polo Club, California, from 17-19 April. Here’s the line-up in all its alphabetical glory:

A Place To Bury Strangers
Alberta Cross
Bajofondo
Beirut
Buraka Som Sistema
Cage the Elephant
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
Craze and Klever
Crystal Castles
Dear and the Headlights
Felix da Housecat
Franz Ferdinand
Genghis Tron
Ghostland Observatory
Girl Talk
Gui Boratto
Leonard Cohen
Los Campesinos!
M. Ward
Molotov
Morrissey
N.A.S.A.
Noah and the Whale
Patton & Rahzel
Paul McCartney
Peanut Butter Wolf
People Under the Stairs
Ryan Bingham
Silversun Pickups
Steve Aoki
Switch
The Crystal Method
The Aggrolites
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Black Keys
The Bug
The Courteeners
The Hold Steady
The Knux
The Presets
The Ting Tings
We Are Scientists
White Lies
Amanda Palmer
Amy Winehouse
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Atmosphere
Band Of Horses
Billy Talent
Blitzen Trapper
Bob Mould Band
Booker T
Calexico
Cloud Cult
Crookers
Dr. Dog
Drive By Truckers
Drop The Lime
Electric Touch
Fleet Foxes
Gang Gang Dance
Glass Candy
Glasvegas
Henry Rollins
Hercules and Love Affair
Ida Maria
James Morrison
Liars
Mastodon
Michael Franti & Spearhead
MSTRKRFT
Surkin, Para One (Live)
Superchunk
The Bloody Beetroots
The Killers
Thenewno2
Thievery Corporation
Tinariwen
TRAV$DJ-AM
Turbonegro
TV On The Radio
Zane Lowe
Zizek
Antony and the Johnsons
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Christopher Lawrence
Clipse
Friendly Fires
Fucked Up
Gaslight Anthem
Groove Armada (DJ Set)
Jenny Lewis
Junior Boys
K’naan
Late of the Pier
Lupe Fiasco
Lykke Li
M.A.N.D.Y.
Marshall Barnes
Mexican Institute of Sound
My Bloody Valentine
No Age
Okkervil River
Paolo Nutini
Paul Weller
Perry Farrell
Peter Bjorn and John
Public Enemy
Roni Size
Sebastien Tellier
Shepard Fairey
Supermayer
The Cure
The Horrors
The Kills
The Night Marchers
Themselves
Throbbing Gristle
Vivian Girls
X
Yeah Yeah Yeahs