Coachella 2022 live: Billie Eilish brings out Paramore’s Hayley Williams as special guest
California festival is in full swing, with headline sets from Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia
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After a two-year absence, Coachella has made its highly anticipated return.
Located in Indio, California, the desert festival has gained popularity over the years for its glitzy Instagram-worthy dress code and major celebrity guest sightings.
The festival began its second weekend on Friday (22 April), following a lively first three days a week ago.
Harry Styles headlined on Friday night, delighting fans as he brought out Lizzo for his special guest (after duetting with Shania Twain last week). The singer and rapper joined him for a rendition of the One Direction song “What Makes You Beautiful”, as well as Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”.
Saturday’s (23 April) show was all about Billie Eilish, who teamed up with Hayley Williams for an acoustic version of Paramore’s “Misery Business”. However, soon after Williams left the stage, Eilish tripped over and fell flat on her face. “You guys, I seriously ate s***,” she told the crowd. “Seriously. It was pitch black.”
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Find all the updates from this year’s festival below
Saturday’s festival was bittersweet for Brockhampton fans, as the band played their last ever gig together.
“The show is over. Thanks for being a part of the ride. Love all of you,” they said.
Eilish also delighted fans with a gorgeous acoustic performance of “Misery Business” by Paramore along with the band’s singer Hayley Williams.
Here’s hoping that The Weeknd doesn’t suffer an on-stage blunder like Billie Eilish, who tripped during her Saturday headline slot.
Billie Eilish falls over on her face during Coachella headline performance
‘It was dark... I tripped on the f***ing fire thing,’ singer told crowds at California festival
During last Sunday’s show, The Weeknd confused fans as he played a voicemail on stage of a woman apologising to him over the phone.
While many fans theorised the voice belonged to Bella Hadid, sources said that this was not the case.
Will we get something similar this week? I, for one, am hyped to find out!
The Weeknd fans speculate over mystery voicemail played during Coachella set
‘Hey, it’s me. I know it’s been a while but I was just thinking about you and I’m sorry about everything,’ a woman was heard saying in the voicemail played during the Canadian pop star’s set
The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia are Sunday night’s headliner, after Kanye West dropped out of the festival.
The Independent’s Leonie Cooper shared her thoughts from the crowd last weekend in her three-star review, which you can read below...
The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia lacked a certain magic at Coachella 2022 – review
Simplicity definitely suits The Weeknd, but it still seems as though it’s missing a certain headliner flair
If you’re wondering what time your favourite artist is on, you can check the set times out below...
The set times for Coachella 2022 have been revealed
Event bosses have finally unveiled the schedule just one day before festival kicks off
The Independent’s Leonie Cooper was live at Doja Cat’s show last weekend, which she hailed as “the flashiest rock show” of the festival.
Check out the five-star review below...
Doja Cat delivers flashiest rock show of Coachella weekend – review
Doja Cat’s majestic Coachella show is proof positive that getting out of music is the last thing this genre-skipping, near-perfect pop star should be doing
There’s just one more day of Coachella performances left to go and luckily they’re pretty amazing.
Doja Cat, Maggie Rogers, Finneas and beabadoobee are all performing, while The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia are headling on Sunday night.
Coachella attendees have been praising Harry Styles for his outfits across both weekends at the festival, which they’ve said would make Freddie Mercury proud.
His outfits have stayed true to his signature bold style, and have included a chest-baring sequined jumpsuit, metallic pink trousers and an oversized feather coat – all from Gucci, of course.
‘Freddie Mercury would be proud’: Fans praise Harry Styles’ Coachella looks
The singer opted for custom Gucci looks for both of his headline sets
Megan Thee Stallion pours alcohol into fan’s mouth
As well as performing on the main stage, Megan Thee Stallion played a short set at a Coachella party for fast fashion brand Shein.
In footage obtained by TMZ, the rapper can be seen being handed a bottle of alcohol by a fan, only to pour into their mouth.
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