Coachella

Can’t fly to California for Coachella? No problem. You’ll still be able to stream the annual arts and music festival live from the comfort of your own home for at least another few years. “Our partnership with YouTube brings Coachella to everyone around the world,” said Goldenvoice president Paul Tollett. “The 2023 lineup sees performers from Brazil, France, Iceland, India, Jamaica, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Spain, and beyond, and bringing international fans closer to their hometown artists is important to our…

This year’s Coachella lineup might be the most international ever.With Bad Bunny headlining one day and Blackpink the next, it’s clear Goldenvoice are looking across the globe for artists who can move the needle and sell tickets.As Coachella expands its reach, it’s also seemingly taking a step back from booking Canadian acts. Or at least this they are year.Only Kaytranada and Chromeo make up the Canadian contingent on 2023’s card, and they’ve been bankable stars for years. Coachella will never say no to The Weeknds and…

This year’s edition of Coachella features some high-profile international artists, but it almost had one more. According to TMZ, Justin Bieber turned down an offer to headline the California-based festival in order to focus on his new album.Despite Bieber’s absence from Coachella, TMZ added that he’s likely to headline in 2024, presumably after he’s finished his project.The Coachella lineup is lacking in the Canadians category, featuring only Kaytranada and Chromeo, but adding Bieber to the list would’ve helped on that…

OK, it’s been over 24 hours since Coachella announced their lineup and we’re up thinking about it. We want to open up the floor for you to share your thoughts (safe space). Are you going to pull out of savings come Friday’s pre-sale? Who are you pissed isn’t included? Who are you delightfully surprised to see make the cut? We’ll kick it off, here are our thoughts on— OK, it’s been over 24 hours since Coachella announced their lineup and we’re up thinking about it. We want to open up the floor for you to share your…

The lineup for the 2023 edition of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival arrived Tuesday, and with headliners Bad Bunny, Blackpink and Frank Ocean at the top of the bill it’s clear the global drift of Coachella in recent years is here to stay. Puerto Rican rapper-singer Bad Bunny, whose “Un Verano Sin Ti” held No. 1 on the Billboard charts for 13 weeks and was the top-selling album of 2022, becomes the first Latin artist to headline at Coachella when he plays both Fridays in April. K-pop girl group Blackpink, who…

Coachella has announced the full lineup for its 2023 festival, which will see Bad Bunny, Frank Ocean, and Blackpink serve as headliners.The Indio, California festival is set to take place on the weekends of April 14-16 and April 21-23, and will see Burna Boy, Metro Boomin, Kaytranada, Gorillaz, Kid Laroi, Charli XCX, 070 Shake, Kali Uchis, Latto, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Rae Sremmurd, and many more hit the stage. Check out the full list of performers below.This story is being updated. Coachella has announced the full…

After two years of pandemic postponements and lineup chaos, 2023’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio will feature its most global and diverse slate of headliners to date.Urbano music superstar Bad Bunny, K-pop girl group Blackpink and reclusive R&B icon Frank Ocean are scheduled to headline the 22nd installment of the festival, which will draw 125,000 fans per day to the Empire Polo Club over the weekends of April 14-16 and April 21-23. This year marks the first time that the festival will be headlined…

For three weeks in April, the Coachella Valley is the center of the world for live music. Its flagship event, Goldenvoice’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, along with its country-music cousin, Stagecoach, draw hundreds of thousands of fans to see an expertly curated assortment of A-list and up-and-coming artists, transforming the region into a nightlife Bacchanalia with hotels, Airbnbs and restaurants booked solid.Can it stay that way the other 49 weeks of the year? Irving Azoff and Tim Leiweke, the live…

Goldenvoice, the company behind the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Ghanaian music festival Afrochella, Rolling Stone reports. Goldenvoice filed the lawsuit at a California district court on Wednesday, after previously warning the organizers behind the fest. Per the suit, Coachella and the company claim that Afrochella is “intentionally trading on the goodwill of well-known COACHELLA and CHELLA festivals and trademarks by actively promoting music events in the…

Billie Eilish used one of her dancers as a body double onstage during the beginning of her headlining performance at Coachella earlier this year.  “I dressed her up in a show look that I had worn before. We got a black wig and we put buns in it and we gave her a mask and sunglasses and she wore my shoes and my socks,” Eilish revealed during an appearance on Apple Music 1’s The Matt Wilkinson Show ahead of her 2022 Glastonbury Festival performance on Friday.  “I put her up at the back of the stage and she stood there while…