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Get PETA on the horn, stat: Roger Waters' escaped porker has landed, and it ain't pretty.

The helium-filled bacon balloon had been MIA since floating away into the Southern California desert during the Pink Floyd mastermind's Sunday-night set at Coachella, prompting concert promoters to offer a reward for its return.

The shredded corpse of the creature, a staple of Floyd shows since 1977, was recovered by two couples at the Hideaway Golf Club in La Quinta, Calif., according to the Desert Sun of nearby Palm Springs.

Coachella officials positively ID'd the tattered porcine remains, and the couples will each get tickets for life to the alt-music festival and split a finder's fee of $10,000.

As for the fate of the punctured pig prop? As Porky might say, that's all, folks.

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Roger Waters lost his pig, and would like him back, please.

The big pig is a stage prop that's two stories high, inflatable and was last seen floating away during the former Pink Floyd main man’s performance at Coachella Sunday.

Released during the song "Pigs," the pork dirigible, according to AP and NME, was scrawled with antiwar graffiti ("Don't be led to the slaughter") and an apparent Barack Obama endorsement.

(Question: Where was Hillary Clinton during the festival? Also, can pigs vote?)

As it escaped, Waters reportedly said, "That's my pig."

Instead of making rubbery bacon out of the thing, potential finders should know the safe return of the flying swine will bring a reward of $10,000 and four Coachella tickets for life. Email lostpig@coachella.com if you have information (though as of 8 p.m. Monday night emails were bouncing back).

No reports suggest the pig said, “Th-th-that’s all, folks” before heading off toward the dark side of the moon, but we’d like to think it did.

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The California desert is gonna get hot this weekend.

And we aren’t just talking about the expected 100-degree heat, because that’s pretty hot already.

The ninth annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival kicks off today in Indio, Calif. This year, Prince will headline Saturday night, with good-vibey Jack Johnson capping tonight's performances and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters taking the top slot Sunday.

The fest features more than 125 acts, including the Raconteurs, Death Cab for Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Justice, Portishead, M.I.A., Kraftwerk and many more.

Fans can get updated info at the website as well as catch live webcasts at the AT&T blue room.

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