November 06, 2008

By By Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Kid Rock, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley and Kenny Chesney will headline the third Stagecoach Country Music Festival, to be held April 25-26 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif.

Tickets for the event, which is produced by Goldenvoice, the Messina Group and Moore Entertainment Group, go on sale Nov. 14.

The initial lineup for Stagecoach also features Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Poco, Charlie Daniels Band, Darius Rucker, Earl Scruggs, Chris Cagle, Lady Antebellum, Reverend Horton Heat, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Stanley, Lynn Anderson, Doyle Lawson, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Danielle Peck, Dale Watson, Zac Brown Band, the Duhks, Waddie Mitchell, Randy Houser, Hot Club Of Cowtown and James Intveld.

The event is held on the same site a week after its sister festival, the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. Last year's headliners included the Eagles, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw and the reunited Judds.

Among the other on-site attractions are a BBQ competition, clinics and mechanical bull rides. Stagecoach is sponsored by Toyota Tundra and Budweiser.

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