Angèle knows you might not know her songs — or understand them — and she’s OK with that. This weekend, the Belgian pop star is performing a string of shows at New York City’s Terminal 5, wrapping her productive and eye-opening first-ever tour of the U.S. Back home, she’s used …
Read More »Blackpink Reflect on Historic Coachella Performances: 'We Are Forever Grateful'
Every time Blackpink has performed on stage at Coachella, it has been a history-making event. Their debut appearance there, on the Sahara stage back in 2019, marked the first time that a K-pop girl group performed on any of the festival’s stages. Fast forward four years, and the four-piece supergroup …
Read More »Coachella Closers: Blink-182 and a Power Trio of DJs Fill a Void Left by Frank Ocean
A big question hung over the final night of Coachella 2023‘s second weekend: What now? Seven days earlier, on April 16, Frank Ocean had closed out the festival’s first weekend with a performance that he himself acknowledged as chaotic at best. Some fans were devastated by it, while others found …
Read More »Zendaya Makes Surprise Return to Stage During Labrinth's Coachella Set
Zendaya made a surprise return to the stage Saturday as the Euphoria star joined Labrinth’s Coachella set to sing “I’m Tired” and “All for Us,” marking her first live performance in over seven years. “I cannot express my gratitude enough for this magical night,” Zendaya wrote in an Instagram story …
Read More »Dave Grohl Assists Wet Leg for Surprise 'Longest Loudest Scream' at Coachella
Coachella’s second weekend has been chock full of surprise guest appearances, and Wet Leg’s Friday set was no exception as the Isle of White duo got a boisterous, surprise assist from Dave Grohl. The band was performing “Ur Mum” — during Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers’ live performances, the song …
Read More »OK, Seriously, What Was Frank Ocean's Deal at Coachella?
Frank Ocean‘s Coachella performance last Sunday (April 16) was so bizarre, beginning with the fact that much of it took place backstage, that some critics assumed it had to be a deliberate, brilliant deconstruction of expectations for festival headliners. Or something. Then Ocean himself said it “wasn’t what I intended …
Read More »See Bad Bunny Join Gorillaz to Perform 'Tormenta' for the First Time Together at Coachella
Bad Bunny was his own opening act — in a way — before his Friday night headlining gig at Coachella as the singer made a surprise appearance during Gorillaz’ set to perform their collaboration “Tormenta” together for the first time. Damon Albarn and Gorillaz — who for the past two …
Read More »Frank Ocean Fans Process His Chaotic Coachella Departure: 'I Still Don't Believe It'
When Frank Ocean’s headlining Coachella set came to an abrupt end on Sunday evening, the first wave of emotion to hit the thousands of people waiting in the audience was denial. For fans attending the festival to fans watching at home, the enigmatic singer’s weekend two cancellation following his controversial …
Read More »Frank Ocean's Return: The Elusive Singer Takes the Stage for an Enigmatic Coachella Set
Frank Ocean hasn’t performed in six years, but the reluctant superstar returned to the stage at Coachella on Saturday during a headlining show that was sometimes emotional and sometimes baffling. Ocean’s performance was one of the most anticipated sets of the festival this year, and it closed out the three-day …
Read More »'It's Mid': Fans React to Frank Ocean's Controversial Coachella Set
The fan reviews for Frank Ocean’s first concert in six years have arrived hot, spicy, a little mad, but mostly just disappointed. As one TikTok user put it simply, “It’s mid.” Ocean’s headlining set at Coachella Sunday night, April 16, was always going to cause some sort of a stir. …
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