By Jessica Wedemeyer
8:05pm PDT, Apr 15, 2024
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The primary weekend of the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Pageant is formally within the books! This 12 months’s iteration of the annual musical extravaganza featured epic surprises, hotly anticipated reunions, some main head-scratchers and far, MUCH extra.
However whereas some artists slayed their units, others left followers feeling majorly disillusioned.
Be a part of us as we glance again at 10 of probably the most buzzed-about performances this 12 months — and countdown from worst to greatest…
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No. 10: Grimes
Grimes’ DJ set on the Sahara stage on Saturday evening was a catastrophe of epic parts. The singer-songwriter confronted “a significant technical issue” whereas stay mixing, prompting her to abruptly cease and restart songs, rant about being dangerous at math, scream in frustration and finally minimize quick her efficiency. She later took to X to apologize and shed some mild on what went mistaken, attributing the “sonic chaos” to the truth that she “outsourced important issues … to avoid wasting time” whereas getting ready her Coachella set. She additionally acknowledged what she may’ve carried out in another way: “faux it is positive and interact with the gang moderately than spend an entire present slumped over the desk attempting to repair software program once you’re meant to be entertaining,” she wrote. Higher luck subsequent week, Grimes!
No. 9: Billie Eilish’s Billie & Buddies Get together
Billie Eilish pulled off the kind of epic shock that Coachella is understood for when she took over the Do LaB stage on Saturday evening together with her 45-minute Billie & Buddies Get together set. The history-making Grammy winner debuted three new tracks – one destined to turn out to be the 12 months’s greatest queer anthem – however principally targeted on spinning different artists’ hits. It was some of the extensively attended units of the weekend, which is fairly spectacular contemplating Billie did not really carry out something stay, finally leaving us wanting extra.
No. 8: J Balvin
J Balvin’s out-of-this-world Coachella set included a number of wardrobe adjustments, elaborate units, flawless choreography and an inexplicable however superb shock look from Will Smith that had everybody speaking. The multi-talented Oscar winner confirmed as much as carry out his debut single as a solo artist, 1997’s “Males in Black,” from the sci-fi action-comedy of the identical identify. Why? We could by no means know. However we had been right here for it — even when it was an apparent gimmick.
No. 7: Doja Cat
Doja Cat’s headlining set on Sunday evening had all the things we have come to like in regards to the Grammy winner’s stay performances: elaborate units, wild costumes, flawless choreography, shock visitors (21 Savage and A$AP Rocky amongst them) and extra. But it additionally featured a number of surprising parts that left us feeling considerably disillusioned: lengthy intervals of silence between numbers, extraordinarily restricted dialogue that left the present feeling impersonal and the noticeable absence of the rapper’s greatest single: the 2020 No. 1 hit “Say So.”
No. 6: Chic
Chic made their debut with their new vocalist — Jakob Nowell, the 28-year-old son of authentic frontman Bradley Nowell, who died at 28 in 1996 — on the Coachella fundamental stage on Saturday evening. Followers had been thrilled with the nostalgic 50-minute set, which definitely made a case for the reggae-rock band’s enduring legacy.
No. 5: Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter really went above and past together with her cinematic hour-long set on the primary stage on Friday evening, which kicked off with a brief movie wherein she crashed a automobile right into a motel. The pop star then carried out on a set resembling that exact same motel, accompanied by a full band and backup dancers. Notably, she additionally carried out her model new single “Espresso” stay for the very first time.
No. 4: Renee Rapp
Renee Rapp delivered some of the buzzed-about units of Coachella because of shock appearances by “The L Phrase” stars Jennifer Beals, Kate Moenning and Leisha Hailey — who took the stage on the Outside Theatre on Sunday evening to introduce her — and Kesha, who joined her for a rendition of her hit 2009 single “Tik Tok.” The star of the 2024 “Imply Ladies” musical film and the “We R Who We R” chart-topper had the gang roaring with a noteworthy lyric change: As a substitute of kicking off the music with Kesha’s authentic lyrics — “Get up within the mornin’ feelin’ like P Diddy” — they sang, “Get up within the mornin’ like f*** P Diddy,” in a nod to the abuse and intercourse trafficking allegations towards the music mogul.
No. 3: Justice
French DJ duo Justice introduced the home down with their nostalgia-infused set on the Outside Theatre stage on Friday evening, which additionally served because the stay debut of a number of new tracks from their upcoming “Hyperdrama” album — their first in almost a decade. EDM followers definitely had lots to write down residence about!
No. 2: No Doubt
It was the set that had everybody buzzing within the months main as much as Coachella: No Doubt reunited for the primary time in almost a decade on the primary stage on Saturday evening. The ska-infused pop-rock band’s high-energy efficiency – which included a number of tracks from their breakthrough 1995 “Tragic Kingdom” album, plus a shock help from Olivia Rodrigo on their 2000 single “Bathwater” — definitely lived as much as the hype … even when we could not assist however discover that Gwen Stefani’s vocals had been greater than a bit off-key.
No. 1: Tyler, the Creator
Tyler, the Creator knocked it out of the park together with his comedy-infused, Nationwide Park-themed Saturday evening headlining set, which featured a enjoyable stunt arrival onto the stage, pyrotechnics, particular visitor appearances from Donald Glover, A$AP Rocky, Kali Uchis and Charlie Wilson, plus a lot extra.