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Billboard.com reports: In a first, the 2007 edition of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is officially sold out in advance, more than two months prior to its April 27-29 engagement at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. And despite rumors to the contrary, Coachella will remain at the palatial desert venue for the foreseeable future, according to Goldenvoice co-founder Paul Tollett, who books the festival.

One of the key reasons: Goldenvoice committed to a second event at the Polo Field, the country festival Stagecoach, which will launch the weekend after Coachella. “There are rumors about that whole area being developed for houses and golf courses,” he tells Billboard.com. “We said we’d make this commitment to them, but please don’t make houses here, and it worked.”

Tollett admits it is “unbelievable” that Coachella has already gone clean, an achievement he attributes to “a killer lineup” featuring a one-off reunion from RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, Bjork, the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, THE ARCADE FIRE and THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN.

Capacity will be slightly decreased from last year’s 60,000-per day figure, and, in another first, cars with four or more passengers will be given preferential parking and access to the grounds. “It’s crazy it took us eight years to think of that one,” Tollett says. “But less cars going to a show is always good.”