Coachella cruise festival headlined by Pulp to set sail

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Greg Cochrane By Greg Cochrane
Newsbeat music reporter Jarvis Cocker from Pulp Pulp won an NME outstanding contribution to music award this year

Californian music festival Coachella has announced details of a new event taking place on a cruise ship.

Pulp and Hot Chip are among the acts to perform on board the S.S. Coachella.

The cruise liner, which has capacity for 2,800 fans, will set sail for two journeys around Bahamas and Jamaica in December.

Other acts confirmed to play gigs on board include Yeasayer, Sleigh Bells, Grimes, Warpaint with James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem playing a DJ set.

The festival will make two trips with the first one departing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on 16 December.

It follows a number of other music events being staged on cruise ships.

In January US indie-rockers Weezer performed at sea as part of their own festival.

R. Kelly's Love Letter Cruise will also take place in October.

Meanwhile, Coachella's annual land-based music festival, held near Indio, California returns across two weekends in April 2013.

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