The following article is provided by Rolling Stone.
By STEVE KNOPPER
The Red Hot Chili Peppers signed on to headline Coachella about an hour before the annual Indio, California, festival announced its lineup last night, one of the band’s managers tells Rolling Stone. “We’ve been in talks for months,” says Cliff Burnstein, whose firm, Q Prime, also manages Metallica, the Black Keys and other top rock acts. “It goes down to the wire. It’s a negotiation.”
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Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Coachella Booking Almost Didn’t Happen

