Prince’s headlining set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is clearly one of the greatest performances in the festival’s history.

By the end of Coachella, over 100 bands had fanned out across five stages, more than 150,000 people had sweltered through the desert heat and at least as many bottles of water had been guzzled.

But there was one who rose above all others.

Prince, in his Saturday evening headlining performance, firmly established himself in Coachella lore among famous concerts from years past, including the Pixies and Rage Against the Machine. Prince, for certain, didn’t plan to share the mantle.

“From now on, this is Prince’s house!” he declared at the end of his set, which went well beyond midnight.

Few seemed inclined to argue after Prince put on a funky, rollicking show that featured passionate performances of classics like “Let’s Go Crazy” and “Purple Rain,” as well as unexpected and creative covers of Radiohead (”Creep”) and the Beatles (”Come Together”).

Source: Prince, Roger Waters help make Coachella a success in year 9

More photos and coverage:

• Prince @ Coachella, Indio, CA - pics, video & setlist

See also:

• Coachella Builds a Bigger Game
• Billboard: Prince Rocks Coachella With Collabs, Covers
• Prince’s Coachella Concert Draws Hollywood Stars

Here is the video, as of this writing, still available on YouTube.
UPDATE: YouTube, predictably has pulled the video. We will post another one if and when we can find it.

In the meantime, the video of Prince’s performance of “Turn Me Loose” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from our previous post is still available.

Prince - Creep (Radiohead) - Live @ Coacella 08