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Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

The first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is under way in Indio, Calif.

The Black Keys performs during the band's headlining set on the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Friday, April 13, 2012. The festival continues next weekend with, among other acts, Bon Iver, Girltalk and Florence and the Machine.

Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys performs during the band's headlining set.

Jarvis Cocker, Pulp's lead singer, performs.

Pulp, with singer Jarvis Cocker, performs.

High winds and rain clouds were prominent Friday.

Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff performs.

A young woman grooves to the music with a hula hoop.

Christian Zucconi, lead guitarist of Grouplove, performs.

Luara Newton, left, Lucy Holme and Louise Watkins, right, visitors from Great Britain, attend the festival.

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner performs on stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on Friday, April 13, 2012.

Guitar virtuoso Gary Clark Jr. performs.

Graham "Suggs" McPherson performs with Madness.

London Chow and Cole Benedetti dance in a mist of water.

Tim Booth of James performs among fans .

Alex Turner, left, and Nick O'Malley of British band Arctic Monkeys acknowledge the crowd as they arrive onstage for their set.

Jason Faries of Neon Indian performs.

Gary Clark Jr. performs during the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Friday, April 13, 2012, in Indio, Calif.

Festivalgoers react during British band Arctic Monkeys' set.

Festivalgoers try to stay warm during windy and wet conditions.

Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys performs.

Jarvis Cocker of the British band Pulp performs during the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Friday, April 13, 2012, in Indio, Calif.

Arctic Monkeys perform.

Gary Clark Jr. performs.

Gary Clark Jr. performs.

Pulp performs.

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The Black Keys performs during the band's headlining set on the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Friday, April 13, 2012. The festival continues next weekend with, among other acts, Bon Iver, Girltalk and Florence and the Machine.

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