Coachella Weekend 2 preview
Coachella returns for Weekend 2 starting April 17, with Weekend 1 highlights — including big moments from Justin Bieber and Sabrina Carpenter — shaping expectations and surprise‑guest chatter. (travelpirates.com) (latimes.com).
Coachella’s second weekend opens Friday, April 17, with the same lineup as Weekend 1 and a new round of scrutiny on who might top the desert’s surprise-guest chatter. (coachella.com) The festival runs April 17 through April 19 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, and Coachella’s official site says YouTube will again carry livestreams from seven stages. (coachella.com) (coachellavalley.com) This year’s top line is Sabrina Carpenter on Friday, Justin Bieber on Saturday, and Karol G on Sunday, with Anyma in the late-night headlining slot and support from the xx, the Strokes, Young Thug and BIGBANG. (coachellavalley.com) (timeout.com) Weekend 1 set the template for what fans will watch for next: Carpenter’s first Coachella headlining set, Bieber’s guest-filled Saturday show, and Karol G’s Sunday close as the festival’s first Latina headliner. (billboard.com) (rollingstone.com 1) (rollingstone.com 2) The Los Angeles Times’ roundup of the first weekend put Bieber and Carpenter at the center of the festival’s biggest moments, a sign that Weekend 2 will be judged against performances that already landed as headline material. (latimes.com) (usatoday.com) The schedule itself is not changing much. Time Out’s posted set times show Carpenter at 9:05 p.m. Friday, Bieber at 11:25 p.m. Saturday, and Karol G at 9:55 p.m. Sunday, and TravelPirates reported Weekend 2 would closely mirror Weekend 1. (timeout.com) (travelpirates.com) There were still late lineup moves before the first weekend. TravelPirates reported Foster the People shifted from Friday to Sunday, Nine Inch Noize moved to Saturday, Worship moved to Saturday, and Lambrini Girls and Solomun dropped off the bill. (travelpirates.com) Weekend 2 also arrives with a practical warning that has nothing to do with the stages. TravelPirates said rental scams around Indio had become “genuinely chaotic,” while Coachella’s official site points buyers to AXS resale and official hotel packages through Valley Music Travel. (travelpirates.com) (coachella.com) (coachellavalley.com) So Weekend 2 starts with fewer mysteries about the bill and more pressure on the performances: the songs, the cameos and whether the second pass through Indio can produce moments bigger than the first. (coachella.com) (rollingstone.com)
