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'Coachella, with Tool and ... Madonna?

San Francisco - Imagine if Elvis had decided to make a pit stop at Woodstock.

It's perhaps the best way to put into perspective the hotly anticipated performance by Madonna - perhaps one of the most famous faces on the planet - at this weekend's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., a three-day musical extravaganza best known for its lineup of indie-rock bands and dance-oriented DJs.

Outside of Madonna, the biggest acts on the bill are Depeche Mode and Tool - though successful, hardly on the superstar pop level of Madonna. Others include the punk-rockers Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Orthodox Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu and the electronica dance duo Daft Punk.

Certainly Madonna's appeal is universal, and organizers are pleased as punch to have her there. She brings with her, however, a magnetic megastar effect - some will want to see her simply out of curiosity.

The Madonna festival?

"Coachella this year is going to be known as the Madonna festival," said a joking Tom Smith, lead singer of Editors, an up-and-coming rock foursome hailing from England. "Good on her, I say."

Others are mystified she's there at all.'