NEW YORK, March 30, 2016 /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.
In advance of Coachella, SiriusXM will launch Coachella Radio on
April 11. The limited-run channel
will feature music by artists who will be performing at Coachella
2016 leading up to the festival. Coachella Radio will then
provide continuous coverage of the festival both weekends with live
performances, artist interviews and reports from backstage and the
festival grounds 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.
"Broadcasting the live performances and interviews from
Coachella will give SiriusXM listeners, no matter where they are,
the feeling of being somehow magically transported to this seminal
live music event," said Scott
Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM.
"We are thrilled to again be the exclusive radio broadcaster of
this influential festival as Coachella Radio offers listeners
unique access to performances, backstage interviews and more."
SiriusXM's Coachella Radio will launch on channel 18 on
Monday, April 11 at 5:00 pm ET and will air through Thursday, April 28. The channel will also be
available through the SiriusXM App on smartphones and other
connected devices, as well as online at siriusxm.com. Select
performances will also air on other channels including Electric
Area, Alt Nation, The Spectrum and more.
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival's 2016 lineup will
include LCD Soundsystem, Ellie
Goulding, Sufjan Stevens, Jack U, M83, Underworld, The
Kills, Guns N' Roses, Ice Cube, Disclosure, Zedd, A$AP Rocky,
CHVRCHES, Halsey, James Bay,
Calvin Harris, Sia, Major Lazer, Flume, Beach House 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
29.6 million subscribers. SiriusXM creates and offers
commercial-free music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy;
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vehicles from every major car company in the U.S. and on
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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,
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Weather, XMWX Aviation™, XMWX Weather, and XMWX
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 more than 2.7 million subscribers. SiriusXM is
also a leading provider of connected vehicles services to major
automakers, 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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