Kanye who? Coachella released its lineup on Wednesday night, revealing that three powerhouses will headline this year’s music festival: Ariana Grande, Tame Impala, and Childish Gambino!
Ari will be the final performer for 2019’s event, which takes place for two weekends in Indio, California from April 12 to April 21. The Imagine songstress will be the fourth female artist to headline the festival since it launched in 2019.
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As we reported, Kanye West was in talks to be one of the headliners for this year’s festival, but ended up backing out because organizers wouldn’t let him design his own stage. Thankfully, Coachella has filled the Yeezy-less void with a gust of top notch artists.
Other acts set to storm the desert include Kid Cudi, Zedd, Janelle Monae, Solange, Anderson .Paak, Kacey Musgraves, Jaden Smith, Wiz Khalifa, Weezer, and K-Pop band Blackpink.
See the full lineup (below):
— Coachella (@coachella) January 3, 2019
After the announcement, fans immediately took to Twitter to express their excitement, anticipation, and mild confusion over the fact that the lineup also included DJ Idris Elba.
See the best reactions (below).
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Childish Gambino headlining Coachella. We definitely getting that album in the next couple months. ????
— Sermon (@SermonsDomain) January 3, 2019
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A preview of Idris Elba at Coachella pic.twitter.com/9z5hxa2VIX
— Matt Jacobs (@majacobs) January 3, 2019
Coachella gives up the legacy crowd with 2019 headliners Childish Gambino, Tame Impala, Ariana Grande. A major departure for the festival, with strictly newer artists in the main spots. None of those three acts had released an album 10 years ago.
— Matt Dentler (@MattDentler) January 3, 2019
Kanye was definitely waiting around like “they’ll come back.”
— Tim Duffy™ (@TimDuffy) January 3, 2019
Passes for Coachella 2019 go on sale Friday at 11 a.m. PST. Who are you most excited to see?
[Image via Future Image/Ivan Nikolov/WENN.]
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