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Coachella Valley is about to see an influx of Little Monsters roaming the grounds this spring, with Lady Gaga joining the festival’s 2025 lineup alongside co-headliners Green Day and Post Malone. Also listed on the billing — which was unveiled in full Wednesday (Nov. 20) — is Travis Scott, whose name appears unattached to a date alongside the phrase “designs the desert.”
On his Instagram, Scott called his upcoming performance the “first of its kind,” and according to a press release from his team, he’ll play the main stage on Saturday night.
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This year’s two-weekend festival will run April 11-13 and 18-20, with Missy Elliott, Benson Boone, LISA, FKA Twigs, GloRilla, Tyla, Artemas and more performing on both Fridays ahead of the “Rain on Me” singer’s night-closing performances. The Saturday lineups will be led by the “American Idiot” rock band and also feature Charli XCX, Anitta, Clairo, ENHYPEN, Jimmy Eat World, T-Pain and more. Of Green Day’s upcoming foray into the desert, Billie Joe Armstrong tells Billboard, “Death, taxes and… rock n roll. In this world gone sideways we know one thing for certain – rock n roll is forever, and its spirit is needed now more than ever. So bring your rage, your hope, and your loudest voice. Coachella, let’s have the time of our lives.”
With Posty leading the Sunday shows, Megan Thee Stallion, Zedd, JENNIE of BLACKPINK, Beabadoobee, Ty Dolla $ign, Rema, Shaboozey and more will perform on the final days of both weekends. The “Psycho” musician previously let slip that he’d be on the lineup by including a pair of shows conspicuously slated for April 13 and 20 in Indio, Calif. on his list of Big Ass Stadium Tour stops, which were unveiled Tuesday (Nov. 19).
Tickets for the festival will go on presale at 11 a.m. PT Friday (Nov. 22), with attendees of the 2023 and 2024 festivals getting early access starting 11 a.m. PT the day prior. Interested music lovers can register for the presale now on Coachella’s website.
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Post Malone appeared to let the cat out of the bag about two of his biggest 2025 tour dates. In an Instagram post announcing his most ambitious outing to date — next year’s Big Ass Stadium Tour with Jelly Roll — Malone also included a pair of shows on April 13 and 20 in Indio, […]
Seventeen years before Justice brought a boundary-smashing stage setup to the Outdoor Stage at Coachella 2024, they were just two young producers from France wondering if their work would ever translate into a real career in live music.
For the duo — Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé — the answer became a definitive oui after their 2007 debut performance at Coachella, which was also their first ever live performance.
Now, the two are looking back on their four Coachella performances — which happened at the fest in 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2024 — in new mini-documentary produced by the festival. The eight-minute visual, titled …And Justice for All: Coachella Edition, is comprised of archival footage and new interviews with Justice, their team and a few of the many people who helped put the show together at Coachella 2024 this past April.
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“I remember after we played our first set we felt so relieved,” de Rosnay says of the duo’s 2007 set in the doc, “because we had spent the four previous years thinking, ‘Maybe we are just meant to make remixes and not even albums,’ and then here we were in the desert thinking, ‘Well, maybe we are actually a real band.’”
The doc puts a special focus on duo’s 2024 performance on Coachella’s Outdoor Stage. Justice and their creative team spent six months working with seven computer scientists to make the show, which they’ve toured the world with over the last six months. The doc features an interview with the group’s longtime technical director Manu Mouton.
The documentary was directed by photographer and filmmaker Connor Brashier, who’s worked on projects with artists including Shawn Mendes, Niall Horan and Kygo. The film was produced by Goldenvoice’s Ike Adler, Mikhail Mehra and David Prince as part of a new initiative at Coachella focused on creating original content.
“As this piece became to come together, I quickly realized I was making this for my younger, nerdy self, who dug for hours and hours trying to find out more about the people and processes behind the iconic Justice shows both past and present,” Brashier tells Billboard. “I hope someone out there is as giddy as I was to see a few of these monumental Coachella performances in HD and meet a small portion of the magician-like talents who played a part in putting them all on.”
Watch the mini-documentary below:
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It seems that Coachella is in need of a big name talent to headline their 2025 show. Word on the street is both Kendrick Lamar and Rihanna have both declined.
As spotted on Bloomberg News, the once popular music festival is apparently trying to reclaim their greatness for next year’s event. According to the report both the rapper and songstress have politely said no to the opportunity of closing out the show. It is assumed that Kendrick passed because he was booked to perform at the NFL Super Bowl Halftime Show and apparently will follow that appearance with a stadium tour. Many speculate that Rihanna, on the other hand, is busy being a mother and an entrepreneur and has no urge to return to performing live. This apparently has put Coachella leadership in a tight spot as they have come to the realization that the festival is no longer what it once was.
Reporter Lucas Shaw says Coachella founder Paul Tollett has been feverishly “working the phones” in order to secure a high-profile artist to ensure that the concert series not only sells out but returns to its former cultural prominence. But as the article notes, it has become increasingly more difficult to book the biggest and brightest stars in music as these performers can pull those astronomical booking fees on their own.
Coachella 2025 will take place April 11-13 and April 18-20. You can find more information on the festival here.
It’s been more than two years since the Oscars slap heard around the world, and J Balvin believes in forgiveness.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the Latin superstar opened up about bringing Will Smith out onstage with him during his headlining Coachella set earlier this year. “Will Smith has always been one of my biggest idols. Period. I feel really connected with him. You cannot judge a person for some mistakes,” he told the publication, referring to the backlash Smith faced after slapping Chris Rock during the 2022 Oscars ceremony, which led to a 10-year ban from the Academy. “A mistake cannot define who you are because if it’s like that, we all are bad.”
J Balvin continued, “[With] what happened with Will Smith, I felt his pain because I was going through a similar situation when I felt that some part of the world was against me for mistakes.”
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The incident occurred after Rock made an onstage joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, during the Academy Awards ceremony. “Jada, I love you. G.I Jane 2, can’t wait to see it,” the comedian said about her shaved head — which is caused by the actress’ struggles with alopecia.
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The King Richard actor then slapped Rock onstage, who attempted to continue his banter before Smith began shouting from his seat, “Keep my wife’s name out your f—ing mouth.”
Balvin concluded, “My inner child was screaming to have him in my show because there was no one better than him […] I told him my vision. He said, ‘Give me a week.’ And I kept pressuring, man. I kept sending him pictures of me praying, until he called and said he was down, and it was a beautiful moment to see us together, man.”
During Balvin’s set, Smith made a surprise appearance dressed as his Men in Black character, Agent J, and proceeded to rap the iconic film’s theme song.
Sure, Sabrina Carpenter talks a lot of “Nonsense” in the outros of her popular Emails I Can’t Send track, and she had fans buzzing during her Coachella performance, when she made a subtle shoutout to her boyfriend, Barry Keoghan. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Made his […]
Chinese star power took the stage by storm at Coachella.
During the 88rising Futures segment of this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 14, Chinese artists Jackson Wang and Liu Yuxin captivated the audience with their unique music and style.
Jackson Wang, dressed in black, surprised everyone by joining South Korean singer and rapper BIBI to debut an unreleased track titled “Feeling Lucky.” He also performed with the Japanese hip-hop trio Number_i, consisting of Yuta Jinguji, Yuta Kishi and Sho Hirano, showcasing their hit single “Goat.”
Bibi and Jackson Wang perform during the 88rising Futures showcase at the Mojave Tent during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 14, 2024 in Indio, Calif.
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Adding to the lineup of 88rising Futures, Chinese singer Liu Yuxin, also known as Xin Liu, made her debut at this year’s Coachella festival. She delivered a 12-minute performance, including the live debut of her first all-English single “Reality.” Adorned in a glistening gold ensemble, Liu illuminated the Mojave stage with her dynamic vocals and passionate choreography. Her performance featured the enchanting Miao ethnic group style in “Hurricane,” combining Miao folk music with Chinese street dance, establishing her as the first Mandarin-speaking female singer to captivate the Coachella audience.
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Jackson Wang’s performance at the 2024 Coachella festival solidified him as the first Chinese singer to perform three times at the prestigious event. In 2022, Wang made his debut at Coachella, as the first Chinese solo artist to take the stage at the festival. He also took a moment to remind the audience why it mattered that he was there: “This is the moment of history, this is Magic Man, this is Jackson Wang from China,” he said. During his set, the Chinese rapper sang “100 Ways” and “Blow” from his album Magic Man, as well as “Cruel.”
In 2023, Jackson Wang delivered an iconic 50-minute solo set at Coachella for the second consecutive year, showcasing songs from his album Magic Man. He awed music fans when he brought out Grammy-winning artist Ciara to perform their new single “Slow,” which was co-written by Wang himself. They also collaborated on a remix of XG’s “Left Right.”
Wang’s success extends to social media, with over 1 billion views on TikTok and 30 million Instagram followers. His album Magic Man in 2022 achieved significant success on the Billboard 200 chart, reaching an impressive No. 15. The same year, he embarked on his first world tour, performing in 24 cities across 12 countries, attracting fans and audiences worldwide and setting numerous records for Chinese singers performing internationally.
The Coachella festival is a prominent music event that takes place in the Coachella Valley of California. This festival annually features renowned singers and bands, setting trends in the global pop music scene. Being selected to perform at Coachella has emerged as a pivotal factor in assessing the power and impact of music idols. The growing presence of Chinese musicians on the Coachella stage offers music enthusiasts a taste of the rich and varied musical landscape from the Eastern part of the world.
YOASOBI hit the Mojave Stage on Day 1 (April 12) of opening weekend of the 2024 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, taking part in the annual desert music festival featuring headliners Lana Del Rey, Tyler, the Creator and Doja Cat. A correspondent for Billboard Japan was on site at the Indio, Calif., stage to witness the J-pop duo’s first-ever Coachella set.
Ayase and ikura have been expanding their reach outside Japan, performing in the U.S. for the first time last August at 88rising’s Head in the Clouds Los Angeles event. At the Mojave Stage on Friday, some fans eagerly waited at the very front from the preceding act’s set to see YOASOBI up close, suggesting that the J-pop stars have been gaining recognition Stateside as well. The front row was packed with fans of various ethnic backgrounds — from local fans, to Asian fans, including those who traveled from Japan and Japanese residents in the U.S., and Latino fans, with conversations in languages other than English being heard all around during the change-over between acts. The common denominator was that they were all young and excited about the upcoming performance.
The “Idol” duo’s set was downsized and simplified compared to their usual concert production, due to the nature of music festivals and the limited space onstage. But it also proved to be a fan-friendly environment where the distance between the audience and artists was close.
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The lights went dark at 8:20 p.m., the scheduled time of YOASOBI’s set, and the bandmembers got into their respective positions as lasers flashed from the stage and visuals shot across the screens. Ayase and ikura then appeared together on the approximately 6-foot-high platform with a screen in the center of the stage, and after the vocalist introduced themselves by simply saying, “We are YOASOBI,” the band kicked off the set with the duo’s breakout hit “Yoru ni Kakeru” (“Into the Night”). The voltage of the audience was high from the beginning, and Ayase couldn’t seem to hold back his joy as he smiled and waved to the crowd through dark shades.
For the next song, “The Blessing,” ikura got off the platform and stood in the center of the stage, which underscored the closeness between the audience and the stage. Shouts of “I love you!” and “YOASOBI!” flew from the crowd, as well as heartfelt calls of “Aishiteru!” (“I love you” in Japanese) from fans who probably memorized the phrase for the occasion.
The vocalist used English to address fans throughout the show, starting off by saying, “Good evening everyone, we are YOASOBI from Japan” and introducing herself and music producer Ayase. “Honestly, we’ve been waiting to meet you all. Being here at Coachella is so unreal. Oh my gosh,” she continued. “It’s honestly a big dream come true for us, wow! Thank you for being here as part of a magical moment. What an honor.”
“We came ready to rock the stage. Coachella! Get ready to groove!” she then hyped up the audience. “Are you ready to dance? Are you ready to sing with us? OK, come on Coachella, make some noise!” The band launched into “Seventeen” and the audience shouted “Oi! Oi!” along to the hard-hitting rock track. The keyboardist Misohagi Zakuro danced to the song, highlighting her versatility as well as the band’s ability to deliver.
Midway through the set, ikura said, “For the next song, I want to feel a sense of unity” and requested fans to turn on the light on their phones. The crowd was quick to react as the slow-tempo intro to “Probably” began, indicating their dedication to the hitmakers. During the next number, “The Brave,” some fans were jumping and headbanging along to the beat, each enjoying themselves to their heart’s content.
“So, Coachella, we’re getting close to the end. Let me see your energy! More!” ikura said before performing their hit “Monster,” then on to “Gunjo,” where she switched the lyrics that mean “I’m irreplaceable” to “you’re all irreplaceable.” The band closed its hit-filled set with “Idol,” Billboard Japan’s song of the year for 2023 that topped the Japan Hot 100 for a record 22 weeks.
While ikura used English to speak to the crowd during the 9-song, 45-minute performance, the set list featured songs performed in their original Japanese. As the singer explained during the set that the duo is “trying to bring our music from Japan to the world,” this was a memorable live performance that effectively delivered “our music” with Japanese lyrics to the audience gathered at the world-famous Coachella music festival and to listeners all over the world through livestream.
YOASOBI also took the stage at the 88RISING FUTURES showcase on day three. The duo appeared after Tiger JK and Yoonmirae opened the set, and ikura again addressed the crowd in English before the duo first performed “Probably” for the Mojave Stage crowd. “I love you all so much. Thank you. Let’s sing together,” she said, and the intro to “Idol” followed. After ikura sang, “What type of guy do you like? / Who’s your partner? / Come on, answer me,” she called out, “Welcome, ATARASHII GAKKO!” and invited the four members of the group onstage. The alternative J-pop girl group joined in to add some flair to the show, performing what’s known in Japan as “otagei” (geek dance moves) during the chorus. The audience enthusiastically responded, “Hey! Hey!” in time to the music, bringing the euphoric moment to a climax.
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Kid Cudi is now officially on the injured reserve. He recently broke his foot after stage diving at Coachella.
As spotted on TMZ the Cleveland, Ohio native is down bad. Last week he brought his distinctive discography to life at the popular music festival. On Sunday, April 21 while performing on the Sahara Stage he decided to take flight but was not cleared for landing. After jumping off it was obvious he landed funny and was seen on the ground writhing in pain. Unable to get up on his own, two security guards rushed to his aide, offered assistance and helped him walk but he was unable to finish his set.
Later in the day he updated his fans via X, formerly Twitter, admitting he took a major bump. “Hey guys, so I broke my foot today at the show. 🤦🏾♂️ just leavin the hospital. Never broken a bone before so this is all a bit crazy. I wanna thank u all for ur concerns and well wishes!! I love yall man. I heard yall still ragin when I was offstage. Made me smile big.”
On Monday, April 22 Mr. Rager shared a video from his bed explaining the moment saying “um sh*t got real yesterday. This is what happens when a 40-year-old man tries to prance around off stage like he’s 26.” He went on to say he learned a very valuable lesson. “No more prancing around jumping off stages. I am hoping I will be healed up in time for tour. That’s the plan.”
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Singer-songwriter Reneé Rapp sported a full-on Coach outfit during the second weekend of the Coachella festival on Sunday (April 21). Rapp showed that all-black style can go a long way when it comes to fashion, even in the desert. The Mean Girls star rocked black Coach Tara biker boots ($395) with a Coach T-shirt ($95) […]