Coachella 2022 live: Billie Eilish brings out Paramore’s Hayley Williams as special guest
California festival is in full swing, with headline sets from Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia
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Your support makes all the difference.After a two-year absence, Coachella has made its highly anticipated return.
Located in Indio, California, the desert festival has gained popularity over the years for its glitzy Instagram-worthy dress code and major celebrity guest sightings.
The festival began its second weekend on Friday (22 April), following a lively first three days a week ago.
Harry Styles headlined on Friday night, delighting fans as he brought out Lizzo for his special guest (after duetting with Shania Twain last week). The singer and rapper joined him for a rendition of the One Direction song “What Makes You Beautiful”, as well as Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”.
Saturday’s (23 April) show was all about Billie Eilish, who teamed up with Hayley Williams for an acoustic version of Paramore’s “Misery Business”. However, soon after Williams left the stage, Eilish tripped over and fell flat on her face. “You guys, I seriously ate s***,” she told the crowd. “Seriously. It was pitch black.”
Read more:
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- The Weeknd sparks speculation over mystery voice note played during Sunday headliner set
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Find all the updates from this year’s festival below
Wallows hits pause to help fan
Dylan Minnette just stopped Wallows mid-song to help a fan in the crowd. The actor/singer got a big cheer and round of applause from the audience for making sure the festivalgoer was ok. Check out the footage below.
Coachella 2022: Dylan Minnette stops Wallows performance to get medic for fan
The actor and singer directed medics to the fan in need
Fans of tonight’s headliner Billie Eilish will be delighted to know there’s an entire tent selling Billie specific merch. They might not be as happy to find out that a plain black hoodie costs $90 (£69) and a water bottle $30 (£23).
Billie Eilish has arrived ahead of her history-making performance
Billie Eilish’s eponymous perfume brand tweeted a photo of the singer at Coachella next to a giant replica of the fragrance’s bottle, which is a kind of a metallic bust with half a head missing.
These hills at Coachella look familiar...
Little known Coachella fact. The Teletubbie hills were relocated to the festival site in the early 2000s and now act as a home base for rickshaw drivers and stray influencers.
Queues, glorious queues
Day two kicking off with more epic queues to get into the festival. Extremely jealous of the person with the pink parasol right now.
Shania Twain has heaped praise on Harry Styles after her cameo during his set last night. “Music icon. Fashion icon,” Twain tweeted. The country star said during the performance that she was “starstruck” by Styles.
Shania Twain leads praise for Harry Styles after flamboyant Coachella debut
The pair performed Twain’s massive 1999 hit “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”
Billie Eilish review
A reminder to check out Kevin E G Perry’s fantastic review of Billie Eilish’s set on Saturday night, not least for its spectacular headline.
“The 20-year-old pop sensation showed composure beyond her years at the California festival, delivering a performance of power and verve that made smart use of cameos from artists including Blur’s Damon Albarn and R&B star Khalid”
Read more:
Billie Eilish triumphs at Coachella 2022 with Gorillaz in her midst – review
The 20-year-old pop sensation showed composure beyond her years at the California festival, delivering a performance of power and verve that made smart use of cameos from artists including Blur’s Damon Albarn and R&B star Khalid
And we’re back!
Welcome! We’re getting underway at Coachella day two, which will see Billie Eilish become the youngest headliner in the festival’s history at just 20 years old. Other performers today include Megan Thee Stallion and 88rising as well as British exports like Disclosure and Holly Humberstone – you can see the full setlist here.
We’ll be watching from London and getting reviews, news, and festival tidbits from our reporters on the ground, Leonie Cooper and Kevin E G Perry. If you’d like to watch along too then remember you can find out how to do so here
How to tune into the Coachella 2022 live stream
Includes live performances, interviews with artists, exclusive merch for purchase, and more
As Coachella mania is in full swing, here’s a bluffer’s guide to every past headliner and poster in the music festival’s history.
Every Coachella headliner and lineup poster since the California festival began
Coachella headline acts
Leonie Cooper saw Harry Styles’ Coachella show.
In his debut California headline show, the former One Direction star’s rehearsed lines – but their somewhat corny delivery lacked the spontaneity of a proper rock’n’roll show.
Find our full review here.
Harry Styles offered 1D hits and a country queen cameo at Coachella – review
In his debut California headline show, the former One Direction star’s rehearsed lines and their somewhat corny delivery lack the spontaneity of a proper rock’n’roll show
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