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Coachella 2022 – Live: All updates from day 2 as Billy Ailish is in the title

Harry Styles starred in Coachella and surprised fans with Shania Twain’s cameo

After a two-year absence, Coachella made his long-awaited return.

Located in Indio, California, the Desert Festival has gained popularity over the years due to its sleek Instagram-worthy dress code and great sightings of celebrity guests.

The festival is a leader in the group when it comes to innovative ensembles. Two of the most popular artists (Harry Styles and Billy Ailish) are under 30, while below on the carefully prepared poster you will find some of the liveliest new artists around – Koffee, Amyl and the Sniffers, Rina Sawayama – mingling with old school staples like Spiritualized and The Avalanches.

Find all the updates from this year’s festival below

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Megan Thee Stallion fans were a little confused during her Saturday set after the singer appeared to have disappeared in the middle of her set.

With what was considered a particularly difficult costume change, the singer left and took a few minutes to return, prompting some viewers to wonder if she was “relaxed.”

Louis Chilton April 17, 2022 10:10

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Gorillaz’s Billy Isle and Damon Albarn perform “Feel Good Inc”

Damon Albarn wanders the stage to join Billy Isle, who is in the middle of Getting Older.

The 20-year-old later portrayed him as Gorrillaz’s Damon Albarn, who “changed his life” and was “literally a genius” before banding together to perform “Feel Good Inc”.

Kevin EG Perry April 17, 2022 09:00

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Watch: Billy Ailish joins Khalid as a duo performing the 2018 hit “Lovely”

Khalid joined Billy Ailish as the duo recreated the magic of their 2018 hit “Lovely” during Ailish’s historic set in Coachella.

Fans on social media shared excerpts from Ailish and Khalid’s performance, describing it as “iconic”.

Maanya Sachdeva April 17, 2022 08:30

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Danny Elfman Wears Spider-Man, Batman and The Simpsons in Coachella – Review

And now it’s time for something completely different: composer Danny Elfman is the oldest performer to take part in this year’s Coachella edition, which focuses on youth. But based on his eclectic open-air theater show late Saturday night (April 16), his age is the least unusual thing for him.

For starters, there may be a few 68-year-old composers who would choose to perform topless to show off a heavily tattooed torso. More appropriately, there are few composers of all ages who could make a full orchestra sound like a garage punk band, as Elfman often does throughout his one-hour set.

“Hello, Coachella,” he says, soon playing the single “Insects” from 2021 and then part of his orchestral score from Spider-Man from 2002. “My name is Danny Elfman and I have a strange little show for you. “He is not joking.

Read Kevin EG Perry’s four-star review of Elfman Coachella’s first performance here:

Maanya Sachdeva April 17, 2022 08:00

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Coachella says goodbye to the innovative boy band Brockhampton – review

After nearly a decade of pushing boundaries and breaking the rules, the 21st century’s most innovative boy gang has decided to call it the day.

Taking over the huge air hangar, which is the stage of the Sahara at the Coachella Music Festival on Saturday (April 16), the sprawling Texas band Brockhampton decided to hang their hats forever. Well, at least that’s what fans were told in January this year when they revealed on social media that they were going to take an “indefinite break” after Coachella, while thanking fans for their support over the past eight years.

However, after the spectacular hour tonight, the video screens reveal that they are not ready yet. When the band leaves the stage, a pre-recorded video of de facto frontman Kevin Abstract flashes as he talks to his bandmates. He has something to tell them, he says. The screens then darken, leaving nothing but the words, “Brockhampton. The final album. 2022. ” If the audience hadn’t gone crazy enough during the set, that’s enough to make them lose it completely.

Read the full review of US entertainment editor Leonie Cooper on The Independent here.

Maanya Sachdeva April 17, 2022 07:27

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First photos of Megan Thee Stallion in Coachella day 2

The Megan Thee Stallion set is currently underway in Coachella!

“Are you ready, chicks?” The “Hot Girl Summer” singer arrived on stage wearing a silver-cut jumpsuit for the first time at the festival.

Fans are speculating whether Dua Lipa may appear surprisingly with Megan; the collaboration of the singers “Sweetest Pie” was released last month.

Meghan Thee Stallion at Coachella 2022

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Maanya Sachdeva April 17, 2022 07:01

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Brockhampton’s upcoming album in 2022 will be their “last”.

Brockhampton announced their latest album together at Coachella, after founder Kevin Abstract also told fans that their concerts in California would be “their last”.

The American hip-hop boy band wrapped up their set on the Sahara festival stage on Saturday (April 16th) with an emotional update: Brockhampton’s upcoming 2022 album will also be their latest.

Read the whole story here.

Maanya Sachdeva April 17, 2022 05:47

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Disclosure, joined by Khalid and brass band during the high-energy rave set

The last time Surrey-born brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence played Coachella was in 2016, when they enriched their live show with a number of high-profile guest vocalists, including Lord (for “Magnets”), Sam Smith (for “Latch” and ” Omen ”) and AlunaGeorge (for White Noise).

By these high standards, tonight’s performance was a bit of a surprise – except for the appearance of Khalid later for the first live performance of their collaboration in 2020, “Know Your Worth”. Perhaps this is a sign that the Lawrence brothers are now more confident in their own ability to keep the Coachella audience captive with minimal bells and whistles.

For more than a decade in their career as minors, the couple have become experienced experts in delivering high-energy rave so far. Coachella’s audience is more than willing to meet them halfway and they are in effect for the duo’s sunset, a euphoric performance with hands in the air. “We want to see maximum energy, maximum vibrations tonight,” the brothers announced. It is fair to say that their wish has been granted.

“When the fire starts to burn” makes the whole crowd move in unison as the phone lights flash to illuminate “Nocturnal”. Although he played at the festival yesterday, there is no trace of Slowthai except in pre-recorded form on the big screens for the Grammy-nominated thunder “My High”.

The duo closed their set with the anthem of the Tondo party, which was joined on stage by a section of the brass band horn, but the focus never left the brothers and sisters on the central stage during a kind of sublime performance for which the Coachella stage was created. .

Guy Lawrence and Howard Lawrence of Disclosure perform on stage at the open-air theater during the Coachella Valley 2022 Music and Arts Festival on April 16, 2022 in Indio, California

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Kevin EG Perry April 17, 2022 04:58

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Jackson Wang’s surprise appearance is all Twitter can talk about

While Disclosure is busy attracting one of the biggest crowds over the weekend to the open-air theater, 88rising is doing its equally impressive thing on Coachella’s main stage.

The first record label of its kind to receive its own showcase at the festival, the band does not take this honor lightly.

Since 2015, 88rising has been working with artists and creators from all over Asia, and tonight the Los Angeles-based company attracts big boys and girls for an 80-minute extravaganza with an epic list of names, as well as a troupe of dancers and a multi-layered stage.

A mini version of 88rising’s own hugely successful Head in the Clouds festival, this is the perfect variety show in pots – featuring Thai rapper Millie, South Korean singer, songwriter Bibi and Jakarta-born singer Nikki, as well as Indonesian rappers Rich Brian and Warren Hugh.

However, it is the unannounced appearance of Chinese superstar Jackson Wang that really makes the festival lose its collective mind.

With his silver-blue hair and red gloves on a majestic display, the screaming Wang sneaks in ten minutes of Michael Jackson-inspired choreography with a dignified taste of a Las Vegas wizard, leaving many fans more than happy to arrive, but he also wonders why he wasn’t on stage for at least an hour.

Fans are reacting to Wang’s performance of Coachella for a “festival takeover”.

Leoni Cooper April 17, 2022 04:10

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Coachella weather forecast

Where it was too hot yesterday, today it is definitely too windy. Dust storms surround the site, making visibility a challenge for many people driving to the festival. On the ground, this means that hats are spread everywhere, bins are rolled in the fields and many hairstyles turn into hair. The solution? Keep your hats on, Coachella.

Leoni Cooper April 17, 2022 3:30 p.m.