Global Courant 2023-04-14 23:25:11
Welcome to the live coverage of day 1 of 2023 Coachella Valley music and arts festival.
Friday’s headliner is Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, the first Spanish-language artist to top the festival’s bill, and, in another first, one of three non-white headliners this year: K-pop girl group Blackpink will perform on Saturday night. take the main stage and international man of mystery Frank Ocean closes the festival on Sunday with his first concert since 2019 and his first area show since 2017.
The 2023 edition of the wildly popular (and lucrative) festival follows a chaotic few years ahead of Coachella and live music more generally. In 2022, both Travis Scott and Kanye West pulled out of scheduled headline performances, while the 2020 and 2021 editions were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday features highly anticipated sets from Gorillaz, Metro Boomin, Burna Boy, the Chemical Brothers, a reunited Blink-182, Wet Leg, Becky G, Yves Tumor, Kaytranada, Blondie, Doechii and many more, plus the usual parade of surprise guest stars ( who gets custody the weekend?), and The Times’ Mikael Wood, August Brown, Suzy Exposito and Kenan Draughorne will scour the grounds of Indio’s Empire Polo Club and cover all the action as it unfolds.
