Coachella 2024 Day 1 reside: Festivalgoers pour into the desert ahead of Lana Del Rey headline set

This yr, the first weekend of the 2024 Coachella pageant begins on Friday 12 April till Sunday 14 April, adopted by its second weekend on Friday 19 April to Sunday 21 April. Lana Del Rey, Tyler the Creator, and Doja Cat will headline each weekends, together with performances from Gwen Stefani’s reformed ska punk band No Doubt, rapper Ice Spice, and Mexican artist Peso Pluma.

As somebody who has been there and executed that, there are particular must-haves and issues to keep away from that I definitely would’ve benefited from understanding as a first-timer and not-so-seasoned pageant attendee. First and foremost, no matter you’re sporting really doesn’t matter. You will almost certainly surrender on wanting considerably stylish by day three, and should resort to sporting an ill-fitting band tee and cutoffs and name it a day…

If you need one thing amusing to remind you why you’re higher off at residence, my colleague Kevin has revisited his painful previous and written about the time we despatched him to Coachella. Suffice to say, he didn’t have the greatest of time. It was, the truth is, the worst of occasions:

Coachella, famend for attracting celebrities and influencers from throughout the world, may also see Friday performances from Mexican singer Peso Pluma, South Korean DJ and singer Peggy Gou and US star Sabrina Carpenter – who has simply completed opening for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour.

British musical stars descending on the desert additionally embody British DJ duo Anti Up and Gorgon City, MC and rapper Skepta, and indie pop star The Japanese House, actual identify Amber Bain.

Daisy Jones & The Six star Suki Waterhouse, who lately gave beginning to her first youngster with Twilight actor Robert Pattinson, can also be billed to carry out at the pageant on Friday.

The British actor, mannequin and singer confirmed she had given beginning earlier this month by sharing a sun-kissed Polaroid of her cradling her youngster, who was wrapped in a blanket adorned with love hearts.

She later described having her first youngster as a “humbling” expertise.

The return of Coachella comes after it ran into issues with headline acts over the final two years.

Last yr, Frank Ocean pulled out of his second headline efficiency as a result of of a leg damage, whereas Kanye West, often known as Ye, was on account of headline in 2022 however the line-up was up to date weeks earlier than the occasion.

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Lana Del Rey will return to Coachella music pageant to kick off headline performances throughout the first weekend of the performing arts occasion.

The Californian pageant takes place over two weekends from 12-14 April and 19-21 April, and can function different headline performances from Tyler, The Creator; Doja Cat; and a No Doubt reunion with Gwen Stefani.

US singer Del Rey, who rose to fame in 2012 with Born To Die, will headline the Friday slot at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, having final appeared at the pageant throughout her debut in 2014.

The Summertime Sadness star was scheduled to function in the 2020 line-up, which was cancelled amid the Covid pandemic.

The 38-year-old hit the headlines final yr after she arrived late for her efficiency at the BST Hyde Park pageant in London, simply weeks after her microphone was minimize off at Glastonbury when her set overran as a result of of her late arrival.

Reporting by Press Association