festivals
Kevin Hart is going all out with the return of his Hartbeat Weekend festivities in Las Vegas this summer. As announced on Wednesday, the comedian and his Hartbeat company have plotted out four days of comedy and music at Resorts World Las Vegas starting on July 6. Fans can expect performances from J. Cole, Jack […]
Benny Blanco had nothing but positive things to say in the wake of the hugely polarizing response to Frank Ocean’s Coachella performance on Sunday. Benny discussed Frank’s set with TMZ in Beverly Hills Wednesday, calling the show “incredible” and “so inspiring on so many levels.” When asked where the Blonde artist ranked among other 2023 Coachella performers, the producer—who noted he doesn’t “read the […]
Missy Elliott is joining the 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture as a headliner. In a statement to Complex, Elliott pointed to the historic importance of this year’s edition of the New Orleans event. “I am so excited to be headlining at the 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, especially because this year also marks 50 years […]
Frank Ocean is no longer playing Coachella’s second weekend. “After suffering an injury to his leg on festival grounds in the week leading up to weekend 1, Frank Ocean was unable to perform the intended show but was still intent on performing, and in 72 hours, the show was reworked out of necessity,” the headliner’s publicist said in a statement to […]
Latto has addressed claims of having edited a social media-shared shot of her Coachella crowd. In an Instagram Stories update on Tuesday, Latto addressed the claims, saying she “never [P]hotoshopped a crowd.” As previously reported, Latto was among the artists who performed as part of the Sunday lineup of the 2023 edition of the festival’s first […]
Frank Ocean’s long-awaited Coachella headlining set finally went down on Sunday night, albeit not without a swarm of confusion surrounding it. First, fans who had long been planning to watch from home via the official festival livestream were given the bad news: Frank’s set would not be livestreamed. This alone spurred a range of reactions, […]
The Weeknd blessed fans with a surprise performance at Coachella this weekend, as Abel performed a handful of songs during Metro Boomin’s closing set in the Sahara tent. After performing a trio of cuts from his 2020 album After Hours (“Faith,” “Escape from LA,” and “Heartless”), the Weeknd brought out Future to perform “Low Life,” a collaborative […]
Festival season is finally upon us, and Coachella is kicking things off with a stacked lineup including Frank Ocean, Bad Bunny, and K-pop superstars Blackpink. As with last year, both weekends of the fest are being livestreamed on YouTube. Aside from the previously mentioned headliners, there’s a whole slew of acts scheduled to perform on April […]
It looks like The Weeknd is planning a surprise appearance at this year’s Coachella. On Wednesday, the Canadian pop star retweeted a post from fan account @abelstargirllll claiming he will return to the Indio, California festival. Abel may have been hinting toward this on Monday, tweeting a desert emoji with a question mark, followed by a post asking, […]
Nearly one year after being released early from prison over the highly publicized failure known as Fyre Festival, Billy McFarland appears to be looking to bring the event back. McFarland posted a tweet Sunday declaring that Fyre Festival II is “finally happening.” “Tell me why you should be invited,” he added. McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison in […]
