Coachella 2024 day two: Tyler the Creator joined by A$AP Rocky and Donald Glover for headline set
Saturday at Coachella saw Paris Hilton playing cornhole with Vampire Weekend and Grimes suffering a major technical malfunction. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the festival’s final day
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Tyler, the Creator delivered a sharp, varied and spectacular headline set on the Saturday night of this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2024, joined by guests including Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino), A$AP Rocky, Charlie Wilson and Kali Uchs.
Earlier, No Doubt’s first show in nine years saw a special guest appearance from Olivia Rodrigo, Paris Hilton played cornhole with Vampire Weekend and Grimes suffered “major technical difficulties”.
On the opening Friday night of the festival, Lana Del Rey was joined by Billie Eilish and Jon Batiste during her rapturously received and beautifully staged headline performance.
Earlier in the day there had been performances from rising Mexican singer Peso Pluma, rapper Lil Uzi Vert, French dance act Justice and a history-making set from K-pop boyband Ateez. Shakira made a surprise appearance during DJ Bizarrap’s set, and announced a new world tour while she was there.
Doja Cat is set to close the festival tonight. The second weekend will take place from Friday 19 April to Sunday 21 April, with the same artists performing at both events.
Asides from its reputation for drawing influencers, many celebrities have been known to attend the event over the years, with Vanessa Hudgens being unofficially dubbed the Queen of Coachella. This year, even power couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have made the trip out to the desert - clearly not put off by reports of ridiculous traffic jams and overpriced burritos.
The festival also includes some must-see art installations, food and drink, and immersive experiences for ticket holders, which you can read about here.
This is your reminder to mute everyone if you’re not at Coachella this year
Welcome to Coachella 2024!
The Friday afternoon of Coachella is already well underway, with Australian DJ Mall Grab just wrapping up his loved-up set on the festival’s Mojave Stage. Concerned fans of The Japanese House may note that he was scheduled to finish 25 minutes ago, so we may see some delay in the English indie pop favourite taking the stage...
Elsewhere, excitement is of course building for Lana Del Rey’s headline set tonight, and for the appearance of K-pop band Ateez, whose dedicated fans have already made sure they’re in prime position for tonight’s set on the Sahara Stage:
The Japanese House delayed by technical issues
The Japanese House take the stage a mere 10 minutes later than scheduled, but it’s a false dawn. After announcing that her band are experiencing technical difficulties, Amber Bain leads them back off stage again until things can be fixed...
The Japanese House take two
The Japanese House are back out on stage. “We did it, hello!” smiles Amber Bain, seemingly triumphant after battling technical gremlins. She rolls through a pulsing version of “Sad To Breate”, but she’s clearly still having trouble hearing her own vocals, guitar or much of anything else. “This must be fun for you guys, watching a group of musicians totally s***ting themselves?” she apologises, but the truth is next tune “Touching Yourself” sounds magical. Just a shame she can’t hear it!
Rising star Young Miko draws big crowd to main stage
Over on the main Coachella stage, Puerto Rican rapper Young Miko has a huge crowd eating out of her hand. It’s an impressive feat for an artist who only released their debut album Att. a week ago, but her take on Latin trap is purpose-built for afternoons like these in the sunshine.
Chappell Roan is a ‘Femininomenon’
Chappell Roan has just whipped off her oversized tweed suit on the Gobi stage to reveal a bodysuit reading: “Eat Me”. A real pop star move. Backed by a three-piece band, the artist billed by no less than Elton John as a ‘queer pop superstar in the making’ had opened with a thrilling rendition of last year’s “Femininomenon”. Read our in-depth interview with Roan here:
Chappell Roan on Elton John, queer stardom, and Olivia Rodrigo’s advice
She’s been hailed as a ‘queer pop superstar in the making’ and Olivia Rodrigo offers her heartfelt pearls of wisdom. Missouri musician Chappell Roan speaks to Isobel Lewis about her acclaimed debut album, coming out, and finally finding her feet in LA
Sabrina Carpenter takes Coachella to a seedy motel
Sabrina Carpenter has gone all out with her set design: She’s constructed a baby-blue roadside motel onstage, complete with a crashed car and some watching cacti. She first appears onstage riding a neon heart-shaped sign before climbing through a motel window and thrilling the crowd with her single “Fast Times”. “Coachella scream!” she instructs following a guitar solo, and the audience are only too happy to oblige.
Skepta brings a taste of grime to the California desert
Tottenham-born MC Skepta is on the Sahara stage right now, roaring through “Show Out”, his 2020 collaboration with Kid Cudi and Pop Smoke. He’s a long way from North London, but there’s plenty of fans rapping along to every word in the crowd.
Brittany Howard is a solo star
She may have made her name as the frontwoman of Alabama Shakes, but Brittany Howard is proving on the Gobi Stage just why her solo career is already “monumental” just two albums in.
Don’t miss Stevie Chick’s interview with the Nashville-based singer songwriter from earlier this year:
Brittany Howard on grief and Alabama: ‘I didn’t believe in any higher power anymore’
The former Alabama Shakes vocalist is two albums deep into a monumental solo career. Speaking to Stevie Chick from sunny Nashville, the Grammy-winner reflects on making her spectacular second album, overcoming her recent break-up, and why she’ll never move away from the South – no matter how tough it gets
Coachella makes highly requested change to alcohol consumption rules
Regular readers will know how much I detest the 21+ drinking pens at Coachella (Frequently I’ve found myself penned inside a drinking cage like a battery hen, screaming internally: “My kingdom for a cider bus!”), so I was delighted to hear that they’ve relaxed the rules this year.
Read the full story here:
Coachella makes highly requested change to alcohol consumption rules
The festival has reportedly relaxed rules around alcohol consumption on the festival site
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