INDIO, CALIFORNIA:
The California desert was buzzing on Friday as the premier music festival Coachella got underway, with Lady Gaga and Missy Elliott helming day one’s main stage.
Thousands of music fans traversed the sprawling grounds whipping paper fans and wielding parasols, as temperatures cracked the 100-degree Fahrenheit mark (37.8 degrees Celsius).
That made sunscreen dispensers and water refill stations some of the hottest destinations on the poorly shaded grounds as the afternoon sun blazed and camping attendees popped their tents.
The desert weekend marks the unofficial start of music festival season, which Lady Gaga kicked off with a bang. Fresh off the release of her latest album Mayhem, the pop superstar has vowed “a massive night of chaos.”
“Can’t wait to hear you all singalong and dance dance DANCE till we drop,” she posted when the lineup was announced.
Other Friday features included Australian electropop band Parcels, and a rare stateside appearance from British punk ravers The Prodigy.
South African star Tyla brought out a massive crowd as she gyrated alongside her troupe of dancers and a giant Tiger statue on Friday, one year after an injury forced her to pull out of the 2024 festival.
And Blackpink’s Lisa – fresh off a role in HBO’s hit show White Lotus – took the stage solo Friday night, having twice performed at Coachella with her bandmates.
Charli XCX is expected to turn the grounds with her signature “brat” green, after a blockbuster year that saw her latest album propel her to new echelons of fame.
While Coachella has leaned decidedly pop over the past decade, the 2025 edition is getting back to the festival’s rock roots.
“In this world gone sideways we know one thing for certain – rock ‘n’ roll is forever, and its spirit is needed now more than ever,” said Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong earlier this year in Billboard.
Coachella 2025 takes place on April 11-13 and 18-20. afp
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