NEW YORK, April 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM announced
today that it will be the exclusive radio broadcaster of live
performances and interviews from the Coachella Valley Music and
Arts Festival for the third consecutive year.
In advance of Coachella, SiriusXM's Coachella Radio, the
limited-run channel, will feature music by artists who will be
performing at Coachella 2017 leading up to the
festival. Coachella Radio will then provide continuous
coverage of the festival both weekends with live performances,
artist interviews as well as exclusive Coachella news and
happenings. Select performances will also air on other
SiriusXM channels including Electric Area, Alt Nation, The
Spectrum and more. SiriusXM was the first radio
broadcaster to broadcast Coachella live in 2015.
"SiriusXM is the go-to place for festival coverage and our
exclusive broadcasts from the top music festivals bring our
listeners inside these coveted events. This year's lineup at
Coachella is outstanding including Radiohead, Lady Gaga,
Kendrick Lamar and Martin Garrix,
among others, and we will be there to deliver performances,
interviews and reports that can be heard nowhere else. Our
listeners nationwide can tune in to catch the hottest musical acts
and Coachella's unmistakable vibe," said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content
Officer, SiriusXM.
SiriusXM's Coachella Radio will launch on channel 18 on
Monday, April 10 at 12:00 pm ET and will air through Monday, April 24. The channel will also be
available through the SiriusXM App on smartphones and other
connected devices, as well as online at siriusxm.com.
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival's 2017 lineup will
include Radiohead, Lady Gaga, Kendrick
Lamar, the XX, Bon Iver, Lorde, Travis Scott, Future, Justice, Father
John Misty, DJ Snake, New
Order, Empire of the Sun, Martin Garrix, Porter Robinson & Madeon, Dillon Francis, , ScHoolboy Q, Future Islands,
Mac Miller, Gucci Mane, Hans Zimmer, Steve
Angello, the Head and the Heart, DJ Khaled, Glass Animals,
Two Door Cinema Club, Marshmello, and many more.
For more details about broadcast times go
to SiriusXM.com/coachella.
For more information on SiriusXM, please
visit www.siriusxm.com.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
radio company measured by revenue and has approximately 31.3
million subscribers. SiriusXM creates and offers commercial-free
music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive
talk and entertainment, and a wide-range of Latin music, sports and
talk programming. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from every
major car company and on smartphones and other connected devices as
well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM radios and accessories are
available from retailers nationwide and online at SiriusXM.
SiriusXM also provides premium traffic, weather, data and
information services for subscribers through SiriusXM Traffic™,
SiriusXM Travel Link, NavTraffic®, NavWeather™. SiriusXM delivers
weather, data and information services to aircraft and boats
through SiriusXM Aviation™ and SiriusXM Marine™. In addition,
SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free music to a
variety of businesses. SiriusXM holds a minority interest in
SiriusXM Canada which has approximately 2.8 million subscribers.
SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services,
giving customers access to a suite of safety, security, and
convenience services including automatic crash notification, stolen
vehicle recovery assistance, enhanced roadside assistance and
turn-by-turn navigation.
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