( CNN ) -- The first weekend of this year 's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival was blessed by gorgeous sunny weather -- until a sandstorm swept through the desert Sunday night . The swirling dust clouds prompted Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis to quip , `` I feel like Lawrence of Arabia . ... I 'm going to go home and throw up a sandbox for my small child . '' One of his band mates -- it was hard to see which through the haze -- added , `` I feel like Woody Guthrie during the Dust Bowl . '' The Chili Peppers , who were headlining Coachella for the third time , soldiered through cuts from their current album , `` I 'm With You , '' mixed with hits like `` Under the Bridge , '' `` Dani California '' and `` Give it Away . '' An enthusiastic crowd sang along , their voices slightly muffled by the scarves and pieces of clothing they 'd pulled over their noses and mouths . A few resourceful concertgoers even managed to get their hands on surgical masks . Ironically , the weather conditions seemed to benefit electronic artist Derek Vincent Smith , who goes by the moniker Pretty Lights . Performing in the adjacent Outdoor Theatre , his show featured a dazzling display of lasers and lights , whose brilliant hues were enhanced by the dusty backdrop . The most coveted souvenirs from Sunday night were Wu-Tang beachballs . The legendary rap icons kicked it old-school , tossing out oversized black-and-yellow inflatables stamped with the group 's trademark `` W. '' In the crowd , three blonde girls tussled over one beachball , while a man nearby hugged his tightly against a chainlink fence , trying to deflate it before a shirtless guy in an Indian headdress could snatch it from him . It was a scene straight out of WWE with a soundtrack provided by one of the greatest rap groups of all time . The dust has n't even settled on this year 's Coachella -- or in this case , been swept away -- but festival goers were already speculating who might appear on the 2014 bill . Disappointment ran high when this year 's line-up failed to include the Rolling Stones , especially after a Coachella date briefly appeared on the Stones ' website in December then mysteriously disappeared . There was speculation that the Chili Peppers were a last-minute fill-in -- a point the band not-so-subtly referenced during its Sunday night set , when it played a snippet of the Stone 's `` Beast of Burden . '' One act you probably wo n't be seeing at Coachella anytime soon -- the Smiths . Even though the band 's guitarist , Johnny Marr , played three Smiths songs during his solo set on Friday , he tells CNN it is n't true that festival organizers are constantly throwing big bucks at him and Morrissey to reunite on stage . `` No , '' he says with a hint of steel in his soft speaking voice . `` It 's just kind of my nature to move forward . ''
A sandstorm whipped through the last day of festival . Red Hot & Riot closed out the festival , playing their hits and ` ` Piece of Me '' by the Rolling Stones . The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr says there 's no reunion with Morrissey in the works .