Coachella 2011: The rise of a new generation

No Roger Waters or Prince this year. Instead, the festival got its star wattage from acts that came of age in the aughts.As the U.K. folk-revival quartet Mumford & Sons, all of whom are in their early 20s, stared out on the 70,000 people or so gathered to watch their set at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival on Saturday night, they couldn't help but remark on how much had changed for them. "In 2008, I was a punter sneaking in here for Rage Against the Machine," one of the Mumfords' stri...

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