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14-04-2025
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Post Malone and Megan Thee Stallion primed to close out Coachella
Post Malone and Megan Thee Stallion are among the top draws to Sunday's Coachella, which has featured cameos from stars like Billie Eilish and a much-touted drop-in from Bernie Sanders. Some 100,000 festival-goers have braved scorching temperatures and long lines to attend the sprawling desert long weekend that also saw top acts including Lady Gaga, Charli XCX and Green Day. Along with the marquee performers Post Malone and Megan Thee Stallion, both of whom will perform at the festival's main stage, German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk will deliver a set of their trailblazing conceptual soundscapes. Shaboozey kicked off Sunday with his viral brand of country that recently earned him a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. In the evening South Korea's Jennie will give a solo performance days after her Blackpink bandmate Lisa -- fresh off a role in HBO's hit show "The White Lotus" -- electrified the stage on Friday. On Saturday Charli XCX bathed the desert in her signature "brat" lime green to close out her banger set that pays homage to her sensational year, with cameos including Troye Sivan, Lorde and Billie Eilish, whose appearance whipped the crowd into a frenzy. The appearance of Eilish triggered hysteria rivaled only by the crowd's mad dash to the stage next door, where Senator Sanders made a surprise appearance to thunderous applause. The self-described socialist from Vermont has been on his own "Fighting Oligarchy" tour with US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a bid to harness anger over the actions of Donald Trump's White House. - Green Day, Gaga, Gustavo - The one-two punch of Charli XCX's club-ready performance followed immediately by Sanders's rousing call to action left Coachella fans ready to rock by the time headliners Green Day took the stage. The career-spanning performance filled more than 90 minutes with hits -- including "Brain Stew," "Minority," "Basket Case" and "When I Come Around" -- a reminder of the grip the rockers had on popular music throughout their 1990s and 2000s heyday. At an earlier sunset performance Gustavo Dudamel led the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a sweeping sunset show that turned the concept of genre on its head, marrying orchestral arrangements with an eclectic crop of collaborators including rapper LL Cool J, Country star Maren Morris and Icelandic jazz-inspired pop singer Laufey. Lady Gaga kicked off the festival with a three-act tale of mayhem channeling her latest album, but did dole out her classics to the delight of her ardent fans. Her rendition of "Poker Face" saw Gaga playing against her dancers in a giant chess game -- the type of performance art that made her one of the contemporary era's seminal pop stars. And Missy Elliott dealt a headliner-worthy show of her own, a blistering, catalog-spanning set featuring trippy visuals, lasers and her smashes including "Lose Control," "Get Ur Freak On" and "Work It." Coachella's second weekend-- which features the same lineup, save for cameo shakeups and occasional special features -- will take place April 18-20. mdo/tgb
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13-04-2025
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Green Day, Charli XCX and... Bernie Sanders helm Coachella day two
Coachella fans rocked out on Saturday to pop-punk headliner Green Day following a blockbuster cameo from US senator Bernie Sanders, who had the massive crowd roaring as he urged against political apathy. Also among the A-list performances on day two of the California music festival was Charli XCX, whose club-ready ode to her sensational year included cameos from Billie Eilish, Lorde and Troye Sivan. She bathed the desert in her signature "brat" lime green to close out her electric set that sent her audience into exultations, especially when she brought out Eilish to perform their lip-biter of a song "Guess." Green Day's career-spanning performance filled more than 90 minutes with hits -- including "Brain Stew," "Minority," "Basket Case" and "When I Come Around" -- a reminder of the grip the rockers had on popular music throughout their 1990s and 2000s heyday. The band opened with "American Idiot," the lead single off their smash album of the same name that took direct aim at the George W. Bush administration -- and whose lyrics Billie Joe Armstrong adapted to the present day. "I'm not part of the MAGA agenda," he sang to deafening cheers, referring to President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement. That was the group's most overtly political statement of the night, though Green Day's music is already a political statement in itself. And in case that was unclear, Armstrong prefaced the song "Holiday" with the obvious: "This is an anti-war song." But it was Sanders who truly brought politics to the desert, making an unbilled pit stop following his tens-of-thousands-strong Los Angeles "Fighting Oligarchy" rally earlier in the day. As he was introduced at the Outdoor Stage within minutes of Charli XCX's closing song, festival-goers rushed over to see the self-described socialist. "You can turn away and you can ignore what goes on but if you do that, you do it at your own peril. We need you to stand up, to fight for justice. To fight for economic justice, social justice, and racial justice," Sanders told the rapt crowd. - Dudamel takes the desert - Brazilian DJ Alok packed his massive tent for a show demanding to "Keep Art Human" as the arts are threatened by the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence. "To create art, you need the soul," he told AFP following the set. Gustavo Dudamel meanwhile led the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a sweeping sunset show that turned the concept of genre on its head, marrying orchestral arrangements with elements from just about every musical form. Country star Maren Morris, Icelandic jazz-inspired pop singer Laufey, Argentine rap duo Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso, LA's own Becky G, DJ and producer Zedd -- all joined Dudamel and the Phil onstage. And LL Cool J served as the rollicking performance's exclamation point, as he, Dudamel and the orchestra melded "The Imperial March" from "Star Wars" with the superstar rapper's "Rock the Bells." "Werk!" exclaimed one audience member as Dudamel's kinetic movements were projected behind his orchestra. Other features on Saturday included Japanese Breakfast, The Original Misfits and rapper Travis Scott, whose late-night set left some fans exasperated after he began around 20 minutes behind schedule. On deck Sunday are headliner Post Malone, hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion, Best New Artist Grammy nominee Shaboozey and German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk. Coachella's second weekend -- which features the same lineup, save for cameo shakeups and occasional special features -- will take place April 18-20. mdo/tjx/dhw
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13-04-2025
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‘Not Part of the MAGA Agenda': Green Day Tear Through Decades of Hits During Coachella Debut
The energy at Coachella had started to shift even before Green Day's long-awaited headlining set on Saturday night. About an hour earlier, Charli XCX had sent the crowd into an all-out frenzy with a set that included surprise appearances from Lorde, Billie Eilish, and Troye Sivan. Then, before Clairo started playing at the Outdoor Theatre, Bernie Sanders came out and made a passionate political speech, urging festival-goers to fight for the country and avoid apathy. All of that meant that by the time the California rockers took the stage, the crowd was completely fired up and ready to lose it. After a quick countdown, they dove headfirst into a high-voltage rendition of 'American Idiot,' all while fans screamed along to every word. Led by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, the rock outfit continued its tradition of changing the lyrics of the line 'I'm not a part of a redneck agenda,' making it 'I'm not part of the MAGA agenda,' adding a political undertone to the performance. More from Rolling Stone Coachella 2025: Stream Green Day's Long-Awaited Headlining Set Bernie Sanders Urges People to Fight for Justice Before Introducing Clairo's Coachella Set Weezer Rock Through Hits and Cover Metallica at Coachella Following LAPD Incident Save for a couple of moments, there were no political overtures or lengthy speeches. The band's messages are embedded into the music already, and their main goal for the night seemed to be to get the audience rocking out as hard as humanly possible, especially because it was their first time at the festival (Armstrong had performed with the Replacements in 2014, and played with The Go-Gos on Friday.) They largely succeeded. When they launched into 'Know Your Enemy,' Armstrong looked into the mass of screaming fans jumping up and down to the music. 'I need a special guest right now,' he said, pointing to someone in the crowd. 'I'm coming down right now.' Within seconds, he found a fan who knew the words and brought her onstage, where she sang along with him, a little stunned and teary. The whole setlist unfolded like a career-spanning, best-of montage, packed with hits that crisscrossed the decades. There was 'Brain Stew' and 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams,' but one of the peaks of the performance came when Green Day kicked off a thrashing version of 'Minority,' followed by 'Basket Case' and 'When I Come Around.' It was a back-to-back wallop that served as a reminder of the band's longevity and staying power through the years. They briefly slowed things down by covering a few bars of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin'' as a mini-precursor to the weepy rock ballad 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' from 2004. To make sure the energy didn't dip too much, Armstrong leaped into 'Jesus of Suburbia'n right after, eliciting a sing-a-long from the crowd. Armstrong added more political commentary into the set by tweaking a line from the track and singing 'runnin' away from pain like the kids from Palestine,' earning cheers from the audience. During 'Bobby Sox,' from the band's most recent album Saviors, confetti rained down on the audience and Armstrong thanked the crowd repeatedly. 'Thank you, thank you, thank you,' he shouted. 'What an unbelievable night.' It seemed like the show would end there, but they had one more trick left: Armstrong called up a random dude from the audience who swore he could play guitar and had him play the classic 'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).' The guy delivered and played while Armstrong sang, closing the set on a poignant note. The band said goodbye and ended their debut with fireworks and pyrotechnics – all while the crowd kept cheering their name over and over. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
