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Before the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival became a world-famous event, it started arsenic a overmuch much humble euphony festival successful Southern California’s godforsaken successful 1999.
During the festival, the Empire Polo Club successful Indio has been the tract of immoderate of the biggest euphony and popular civilization moments of the century, from Daft Punk’s iconic pyramid spectacle successful the Sahara Tent successful 2006 to Beyoncé bringing a legendary “Homecoming” to Coachella’s largest signifier successful 2018.
As the festival kicks disconnected its 25th year, we combed done The Times’ extended archives to instrumentality a travel down Coachella’s representation lane. Scroll done and you’ll spot those epic moments from Daft Punk, Beyoncé, Prince and Madonna, but besides the iconic ample creation installations astatine the festival and conscionable however overmuch the lawsuit has grown and changed implicit the years.
1999
The inaugural Coachella happened successful October 1999 and was a two-day matter headlined by Beck, Rage Against the Machine and Tool, which The Times’ then-pop euphony professional Robert Hilburn dubbed the “Anti-Woodstock 99.” However, the inaugural lawsuit was marred by a triple-digit vigor question and was a fiscal disaster.
Dennis Carrillo wears a sombrero arsenic a shield against the blistering prima arsenic helium and person Dario Soto, some of Los Angeles, locomotion toward the signifier astatine the inaugural Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival successful Indio successful October 1999, wherever the somesthesia deed triple digits.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Beck was 1 of the headliners of the archetypal Coachella successful October 1999.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Thousands of euphony fans hold astatine the main signifier country astatine the inaugural Coachella successful 1999.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Rage Against the Machine was 1 of the headliners of the inaugural Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival successful 1999.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
2001
Due to the fiscal losses, Coachella skipped a twelvemonth and returned successful April 2001 arsenic a one-day lawsuit with a headlining acceptable by Jane’s Addiction and a measure featuring artists specified arsenic Weezer and Paul Oakenfold. It drew much than 32,000 radical to the desert.
When Coachella returned arsenic a one-day lawsuit successful 2001, Jane’s Addiction headlined the show.
(Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Even successful its aboriginal years, Coachella made creation portion of the vibe. In 2001, radical connected stilts roamed the tract successful beforehand of the main stage.
(Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Thousands of fans bent retired connected the main tract astatine Coachella successful 2001.
(Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Paul Oakenfold’s archetypal clip playing Coachella was successful 2001.
(Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
2002
Coachella went backmost to being a two-day lawsuit successful 2002, headlined by Bjork and Oasis. One of the emerging acts connected the measure that twelvemonth was a stone combo retired of New York called The Strokes.
Oasis, with guitarist Noel Gallagher, headlined the 2nd time of Coachella 2002.
(Kevin P. Casey / Los Angeles Times)
When The Strokes archetypal played Coachella successful 2002, the New York set was conscionable emerging successful the stone scene. Singer Julian Casablancas and the radical volition execute again successful 2026.
(Kevin P. Casey / Los Angeles Times)
The archetypal clip Bjork headlined Coachella was the 2002 variation of the festival.
(Kevin P. Casey / Los Angeles Times)
Fans ticker limb successful limb arsenic Oasis closes retired Coachella 2002.
(Kevin P. Casey / Los Angeles Times)
2003
The Beastie Boys and Red Hot Chili Peppers headlined Coachella 2003, but the lineup besides included The White Stripes, Iggy and The Stooges, Underworld and the Blue Man Group.
Coachella attracted astir 35,000 fans per time successful 2003.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
The White Stripes were 1 of the standout acts astatine Coachella 2003.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
The Sahara Tent has ever been the heartbeat of Coachella’s creation scene, but successful 2003 it was overmuch smaller than the airplane hangar-sized signifier it is today.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
The Blue Man Group performed astatine the 2003 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
2004
In 2004, the Flaming Lips created an iconic Coachella infinitesimal erstwhile vocalist Wayne Coyne traveled implicit the assemblage successful a elephantine inflatable ball. Headlined by Radiohead and The Cure, the festival besides included a reunion of the Pixies. It besides marked Coachella’s archetypal sellout, with 60,000 attendees per day.
The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne travels implicit the Coachella 2004 assemblage successful an inflated integrative bubble.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Syd Klinge’s “Cauac” Tesla coil was 1 of Coachella’s firstart pieces. It made its debut successful 2004.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Coachella 2004 featured a highly-regarded reunion of the Pixies.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Fans brave sweltering vigor arsenic they hold for the Pixies to execute astatine Coachella 2004.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
2005
Coldplay and Nine Inch Nails headlined Coachella successful 2005. Weezer, The Chemical Brothers and Wilco were immoderate of the different notable acts connected the bill. Among the memorable moments was the reunion of Bauhaus and vocalist Peter Murphy performing “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” portion hanging upside down similar a bat.
Wilco performs earlier a assemblage of tens of thousands astatine dusk astatine the 2005 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails headlined Coachella successful 2005. Reznor volition instrumentality to the festival successful 2026 with German euphony shaper Boys Noize to execute arsenic Nine Inch Noize.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
Music fans interruption a sweat dancing successful the Sahara Tent during the 2005 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
Allen Writhen, of Santa Maria, takes a rotation connected a bicycle astatine the Cyclecide arena astatine Coachella 2005. Cyclecide, a San Francisco–based bicycle rodeo group, brought bike-centric creation installations to Coachella for aggregate years.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
2006
Technically Depeche Mode and Tool headlined Coachella successful 2006, but neither of those is the enactment everyone remembers from that year. Daft Punk brought retired its elaborate pyramid signifier and changed the festival and creation music. It was besides the twelvemonth that Madonna amazed Coachella fans by performing successful the Sahara Tent. Kanye West was added to the lineup 2 days earlier the festival.
One of the astir iconic moments successful Coachella’s past was the show by French physics duo Daft Punk astatine the 2006 festival.
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Madonna amazed Coachella fans by making her festival debut successful the Sahara Tent successful 2006.
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Alisa Davis, of Las Vegas, enjoys the euphony and the presumption astatine Coachella 200 from Michael Christian’s climbable sculpture “Hypha.”
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Dave Gahan and Depeche Mode headlined the opening nighttime of Coachella 2006.
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
2007
Coachella expanded to 3 days successful 2007 with headliners Bjork, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rage Against the Machine. Amy Winehouse performed to an overflowing Gobi Tent. However, it was the reunited Rage that made headlines, peculiarly erstwhile Zack de la Rocha called for the George W. Bush medication to beryllium “hung and tried and shot” for warfare crimes during “Wake Up.”
Zack de la Rocha called for the Bush medication to beryllium tried for warfare crimes during Rage Against the Machine’s reunion acceptable astatine Coachella 2007.
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Stefano Corazza’s “A Field of Sunflower Robots” was 1 of the interactive creation installations astatine Coachella 2007.
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times )
Raising the flag, euphony fans from each implicit the satellite acceptable up campy astatine Coachella 2007.
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Abigail Plumhof traveled from New York to Indio for Coachella 2007.
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
2008
Prince was added arsenic a headliner 2 weeks earlier the festival began and performed a screen of Radiohead’s “Creep” that is inactive talked about. It was besides the 1 twelvemonth that determination was a dedicated Coachella Express Amtrak bid from Los Angeles to Indio. Jack Johnson headlined the archetypal nighttime and Roger Waters closed the main stage, performing Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” and letting a elephantine inflatable pig escaped successful the sky.
Prince headlined Saturday nighttime of Coachella 2008, performing a memorable screen of Radiohead’s “Creep.”
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Kestrin Pantera dances portion Marc Goldstein DJs aboard a peculiar Amtrak charter, the Coachella Express, which traveled from Los Angeles to Indio successful 2008. The escaped bid work provided proscription to Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival attendees.
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Roger Waters performed Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” during the last time of Coachella 2008. His acceptable besides included a elephantine inflatable pig that was fto escaped into the Indio night.
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
A creation ellipse develops wrong the Do Lab astatine the 2008 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
2009
Coachella 2009 marked the last twelvemonth the wide nationalist could bargain single-day tickets to the festival. Paul McCartney headlined opening nighttime and played 50-plus minutes aft curfew. When The Cure tried the aforesaid happening to adjacent down Sunday, the dependable was chopped earlier. Sandwiched successful betwixt was a headlining acceptable from The Killers. Other notable performers included M.I.A., who stepped successful aft Amy Winehouse dropped disconnected the lineup, Morrissey, who complained astir the odor of burning flesh, and Leonard Cohen.
Paul McCartney headlined the main signifier astatine Coachella 2009 successful a career-spanning acceptable that went astir an hr past the 1 a.m. curfew.
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Festivalgoers find shadiness successful the Do Lab astatine Coachella 2009.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
M.I.A. stepped successful to execute astatine Coachella 2009 aft Amy Winehouse dropped disconnected the lineup.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
“Bamboo Starscraper” was a 90-foot-tall bamboo operation by Gerard Minakawa that was portion of the creation astatine the festival successful 2009.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
2010
This twelvemonth was the archetypal clip the festival lone offered three-day passes and Coachella drew a grounds 75,000 radical per day, up astir 15,000 from the erstwhile year. It was besides the twelvemonth Coachella had its archetypal rap headliner with Jay-Z, who brought retired woman Beyoncé to execute “Young Forever.” The different headliners successful 2010 were Muse and Gorillaz. The eruption of an Icelandic volcano kept immoderate artists from getting to the festival, including The Cribs and Frightened Rabbit. Then determination was Sly Stone’s oft-delayed acceptable that ended with him ranting astir his erstwhile manager and led to a slander lawsuit. The afloat festival was besides livestreamed for the archetypal time.
In 2010, Jay-Z became the archetypal rapper to header Coachella. He brought retired woman Beyoncé arsenic a astonishment guest.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Members of the Old Crow Medicine Show jam successful the VIP country of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival astatine the Empire Polo Club successful Indio successful 2010.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
DJ Lance Rock and the creatures of “Yo Gabba Gabba!” performed astatine Coachella successful 2010.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
The assemblage reacts during Benny Benassi’s DJ acceptable successful the Sahara Tent astatine Coachella 2010.
(Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
2011
Kanye West closed retired Coachella 2011, the twelvemonth earlier the fest expanded to treble weekends, with a theatrical main signifier acceptable that featured dozens of dancers. He co-headlined with The Strokes connected a lineup that besides included Kings of Leon and Arcade Fire, the second of which dropped elephantine light-up LED balls connected the assemblage arsenic portion of the performance.
Kanye West had an elaborate headlining acceptable with dancers to adjacent Coachella 2011.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
A concertgoer crowd-surfs arsenic Death From Above 1979 performed astatine Coachella 2011.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Arcade Fire dropped elephantine balloons that had LED lights successful them during its 2011 Coachella headlining set.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Concertgoers chill disconnected astatine Coachella 2011.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
2012
In 2012, Coachella added a 2nd weekend. It besides marked the archetypal clip successful Coachella past erstwhile the famously sunny godforsaken festival received rain. The large infinitesimal of the festival was the Tupac Shakur hologram that appeared connected signifier with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg during their headlining performance. The different artists topping the measure included The Black Keys — who brought retired John Fogerty for a Levon Helm tribute Weekend 2 — Radiohead, Pulp and Swedish House Mafia. Attendance was estimated astatine 85,000 radical per weekend.
Snoop Dogg performs with a hologram of Tupac Shakur adjacent the extremity of the Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre’s headlining acceptable astatine Coachella 2012.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Laura Newton, left, Lucy Holme and Louise Watkins from Britain attended their archetypal Coachella successful 2012 and protected themselves from the rainfall that swept successful connected opening time with garbage bags.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
David Guetta brought tons of lasers to his show successful the Sahara Tent astatine Coachella 2012.
(Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
An aerial presumption of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
(Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times)
2013
Blur and The Stone Roses shared headlining duties connected opening nighttime successful a solemnisation of Britpop portion Phoenix and the Red Hot Chili Peppers besides had headlining turns during the weekends, the second battling a nasty particulate tempest Weekend 1. The house-centric (and air-conditioned) nightclub-like Yuma Tent besides made its debut successful 2013. Art corporate Poetic Kinetics brought “Helix Poeticus,” colloquially known arsenic the Coachella Snail, to Indio.
“Helix Poeticus,” created by Poetic Kinetics makes its way, slowly, crossed the polo tract astatine Coachella 2013.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers headlined Sunday nighttime astatine the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
The Yuma Tent made its debut astatine Coachella 2013 with aerial conditioning, a hardwood level and comfy chairs.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Tesla coils by creator Syd Klinge spell disconnected on with the “Coachella Power Station,” left, by artists Vanessa Bonet, Derek Doublin and Chris Waggoner astatine Coachella 2013.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
2014
A reunited Outkast, Muse and Arcade Fire headlined Coachella 2014, but 1 of the astir memorable performances was Pharrell Williams’ star-studded acceptable connected the Outdoor Theatre. We besides saw the debut of Poetic Kinetics’ “Escape Velocity,” a.k.a. the Coachella astronaut, and the mirrored “Reflection Fields” by Phillip K. Smith among the festival’s large creation installations.
A astir 40-foot gangly astronaut, “Escape Velocity” by L.A. creation corporate Poetic Kinetics, is reflected successful “Reflection Fields” by Phillip K. Smith astatine the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Andre 3000 of Outkast performs wrong a surface container opening time of the 2014 festival. Andre 3000 and Big Boi reunited for the festival.
(Bethany Mollenkof / Los Angeles Times)
Fans battalion the Sahara Tent for the show of Showtek astatine Coachella 2014.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Pharell Williams performs astatine the 2nd play of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
(Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
2015
AC/DC, Jack White and Drake headlined, the second bringing retired Madonna for a smooch, but Florence + The Machine was 1 of the breakout performances from the year, literally. Florence Welch broke her ft Weeken d 1. This twelvemonth besides featured immoderate of the astir memorable creation successful the festival’s history, with the hippos moving “Corporate Headquarters” and the translation of Poetic Kinetics’ Coachella caterpillar into a butterfly.
Angus Young duck walked successful his accepted schoolboy azygous during AC/DC’s Coachella 2015 headlining performance.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Music fans flock to “Desiderium Eruca,” Poetic Kinetics’ ample butterfly sculpture that replaced the “Papilio Merraculous” caterpillar sculpture astatine Coachella 2015.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
Florence + The Machine was 1 of the memorable performances astatine Coachella 2015. Singer Florence Welch broke her ft erstwhile she leaped from the signifier during Weekend 1.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
Aerial performers rotation supra the assemblage astatine the Do Lab astatine Coachella 2015.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
2016
Guns N’ Roses reunited for the festival, wherever vocalist Axl Rose performed from a throne aft breaking his ft astatine a warm-up amusement astatine the Troubadour a week before. The festival besides included performances from Ice Cube (with a reunion of N.W.A) and Mavis Staples arsenic good arsenic headlining sets from the reunited LCD Soundsystem and Calvin Harris, who brought retired Rihanna.
After breaking his ft the week earlier Coachella 2016 during Guns N’ Roses’ Troubadour warm-up show, Axl Rose performed connected signifier astatine Coachella atop the motorized throne Dave Grohl antecedently utilized connected circuit aft breaking his leg.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Alejandro Murcia and Wanda Quintero instrumentality a photograph successful beforehand of R&R Studios’ “Besame Mucho” installation astatine Coachella 2016. The typographic motion was covered successful silk flowers and is among the much memorable creation pieces from the year. Today, the installation lives connected astatine Miami International Airport.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Ice Cube’s show astatine Coachella successful 2016 led to an on-stage reunion with the surviving members of N.W.A, featuring MC Ren and DJ Yella Weekend 1 with Dr. Dre joining them connected Weekend 2.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Brian Sneed and Claudia Jerez leap arsenic a person takes their photograph successful beforehand of the “Katrina Chairs” creation installation astatine Coachella 2016.
(Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
2017
Beyoncé was primitively expected to header Coachella successful 2017 but was pregnant, truthful Lady Gaga stepped in. Kendrick Lamar and Radiohead besides headlined, with the erstwhile releasing “Damn.” connected the archetypal time of the festival. Hans Zimmer brought an orchestra and performed his biggest euphony from the movies too. The festival grounds expanded 20 acres and Coachella boosted capableness from 99,000 to 125,000 people. This twelvemonth was besides the debut of the Sonora Tent, which offers air-conditioning and stone nine vibes.
The archetypal clip Lady Gaga headlined Coachella was successful 2017 and it was due to the fact that she stepped successful aft Beyoncé had to postpone owed to her pregnancy.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Crowds of radical instrumentality photos of Gustavo Prado’s creation portion “Lamp Beside the Golden Door”at Coachella 2017. The sculpture featured much than 2,100 mirrors.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Kendrick Lamar released “Damn.” the Friday of Coachella 2017 Weekend 1, 2 days earlier his headlining show that included ninjas.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Olalekan Jeyifous’ 50-foot-tall “Crown Ether” treehouse creation installation provided a backdrop for photos astatine Coachella 2017.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
2018
Coachella was already regarded globally arsenic a euphony festival. Then Beyoncé turned Coachella into the popular civilization infinitesimal of the year. Coachella became Beychella and her Homecoming show was thing abbreviated of epic, adjacent becoming its ain Netflix special. Beyond Beyoncé, Eminem and The Weeknd headlined, but 1 of the different standouts was Cardi B’s TLC-inspired show connected the main stage. On the grounds, 2018 was the twelvemonth “Spectra,” the cylindrical rainbow tower, became portion of the festival’s landscape.
Beyoncé’s stunning headlining show astatine Coachella 2018 celebrated America’s historically Black colleges and universities. Her acceptable besides featured cameos from hubby Jay-Z, sister Solange and a Destiny’s Child reunion.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
The rainbow-colored cylindrical operation “Spectra” made its debut astatine Coachella successful 2018.
(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
Cardi B performed a acceptable inspired by TLC astatine Coachella successful 2018.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
Festival goers locomotion successful beforehand of Edoardo Tresoldi’s “Etherea” ligament mesh cathedral structures and Randy Polumbo’s “Lodestar,” which was made with the fuselage of a subject jet, astatine Coachella 2018.
(Maria Alejandra Cardona / Los Angeles Times)
2019
Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino and Tame Impala headlined Coachella successful 2019, but the large memories from that twelvemonth were the emergence of artists similar Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish arsenic they were becoming bona fide superstars. Arguably the astir memorable show of the twelvemonth wasn’t adjacent during mean festival hours — it was erstwhile Kanye West held a Sunday Service successful the campgrounds connected Easter Sunday during Weekend 2. Meanwhile, to people Coachella’s 20th year, Poetic Kinetics brought backmost the celebrated roving Coachella astronaut successful a caller signifier arsenic “Overview Effect.”
Bad Bunny’s acceptable astatine Coachella 2019 included a impermanent spot from J Balvin.
(Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
Kanye West’s Easter Sunday Service happened extracurricular of the main festival grounds during Weekend 2 of the Coachella 2019.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
“Overview Effect,” a roaming astronaut sculpture made by Poetic Kinetics, roams astir the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival astatine the Empire Polo Club grounds successful Indio.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Fans spell chaotic arsenic confetti drops during Tame Impala’s headlining show astatine Coachella 2019.
(Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
2022
After the coronavirus pandemic canceled Coachella successful 2020 and 2021, fans were excited to beryllium backmost astatine the polo grounds successful 2022. L.A. autochthonal Billie Eilish roseate to headliner status, on with Harry Styles. Kanye West was expected to header Sunday nighttime but canceled 2 weeks earlier the fest and was replaced by The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia.
Billie Eilish’s 2022 Coachella headlining crook included a impermanent spot from Damon Albarn to articulation her for “Getting Older” and “Feel Good Inc.”
(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
Wearing the signature bluish wigs of Karol G, euphony fans cheered the prima arsenic she arrived connected the main signifier astatine Coachella 2022.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Swedish House Mafia x The Weeknd became a last-minute headliner replacement for Kanye West astatine Coachella 2022.
(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
One of the largest creation installations astatine Coachella 2022 was Cristopher Cichocki’s “Circular Dimensions x Microscape,” which was made with much than 25,000 feet of PVC tubes and was 5 stories tall. At night, images were projected connected the piece.
(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
2023
Bad Bunny and Blackpink headlined some weekends of the 2023 festival. Frank Ocean gave a divisive show Weekend 1 earlier dropping disconnected the Weekend 2 lineup. A reunited Blink-182 was initially a astonishment summation to the festival’s measure and played successful the Sahara Tent Weekend 1 earlier moving to the main signifier to assistance capable the spread near by Ocean Weekend 2. The festival besides added a combo of Skrillex, Fred Again.. and Four Tet to regenerate the absent headliner.
Bad Bunny performs astatine Coachella Weekend 1 successful 2023.
(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
People locomotion by Güvenç Özel’s sculpture “Holoflux” astatine Coachella 2023.
(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
Doechii performs astatine Coachella 2023.
(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
A reunited Blink-182 joined the Coachella 2023 lineup days earlier the festival. The set played successful the Sahara Tent during Weekend 1 earlier moving to the main signifier Weekend 2 to assistance capable the spread near by headliner Frank Ocean dropping disconnected the bill.
(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
2024
Lana del Rey, Tyler, the Creator and Doja Cat headlined the festival successful 2024, but 1 of the large draws was the reunion of No Doubt, who brought retired Olivia Rodrigo. Sabrina Carpenter, who is headlining the 2026 festival, besides performed connected the main signifier during the day. The large changes successful 2024 were that the main festival grounds expanded with a larger Sahara Tent connected the confederate extremity of the tract and the summation of the Quasar Stage.
Tyler, the Creator’s headlining acceptable astatine Coachella 2024 featured the rapper dressed arsenic a parkland ranger and an elaborate nationalist park-like signifier set.
(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
Gwen Stefani of No Doubt performs astatine Coachella 2024. The set reunited for the festival and brought retired Olivia Rodrigo arsenic a guest.
(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
Doja Cat was the Sunday nighttime headliner astatine Coachella 2024 and her show included dancers dressed similar yetis.
(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
Chappell Roan was 1 of the breakout stars astatine Coachella 2024.
(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
2025
Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone headlined the festival, but different memorable moments included Benson Boone and his acrobatics, Gustavo Dudamel conducting the L.A. Phil and a astonishment quality by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs connected the main signifier astatine Coachella 2025.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Benson Boone leaps implicit Queen guitarist Brian May astatine Coachella 2025.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Emma Liu poses for pictures astatine sunset astatine Coachella 2025.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the L.A. Phil astatine Coachella 2025.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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