Weekend 2 livestream picks
Coachella published a Weekend 2 livestream roster that leans into rock and legacy acts while mixing in newer bands. (BrooklynVegan: Nine Inch Noize, Turnstile, Clipse, Iggy Pop, The xx, The Strokes, FKA twigs, David Byrne, Lykke Li, Geese, Joyce Manor) (brooklynvegan.com). Radio X frames the second weekend as especially strong for rock fans, singling out The xx, The Strokes, Interpol and Jack White as watchable acts (radiox.co.uk).
Coachella’s Weekend 2 livestream starts Friday, April 17, with seven stages on YouTube and a lineup that stacks The xx, The Strokes, Turnstile, Iggy Pop and other guitar-heavy draws across the weekend. (coachella.com) The festival’s official stream runs April 17-19 from Indio, California, and Coachella says viewers can watch Main Stage, Outdoor Theatre, Sahara, Mojave, Gobi, Yuma and Quasar feeds live. The YouTube playlist lists the Weekend 2 kickoff at 4 p.m. Pacific time on April 17. (coachella.com) (youtube.com) BrooklynVegan’s early picks for the stream lean toward rock, rap and veteran names, including Nine Inch Noize, Turnstile, Clipse, Iggy Pop, The xx, The Strokes, FKA twigs, David Byrne, Lykke Li, Geese and Joyce Manor. Radio X highlighted The xx, The Strokes, Interpol and Jack White as standout watches for the second weekend. (brooklynvegan.com) (radiox.co.uk) Coachella’s stream has become a parallel version of the festival, with the official site pushing a dedicated livestream app that syncs schedules to a viewer’s time zone and lets people build reminders around overlapping sets. The site also says YouTube’s multiview feature can show up to four live stages at once on television screens. (coachella.com) Weekend 2 also differs from the first weekend in one visible way: Yuma is in the streaming rotation and Sonora is out. Beatportal reported that Yuma streams exclusively in Weekend 2, while Coachella says all seven stages will be live this weekend. (beatportal.com) (coachella.com) The stream is also carrying over some of the production upgrades from Weekend 1. Beatportal reported that Coachella, Outdoor Theatre and Sahara are again being shown in 4K, and Coachella says the 2026 stream also includes creator commentary through “Watch With” and a vertical Quasar feed built for YouTube Shorts. (beatportal.com) (coachella.com) Set times shifted before Weekend 2 began. The Daily Breeze and Orange County Register reported that Kacey Musgraves was added to Saturday’s lineup and that Rezz canceled her appearance for health reasons, while Beatportal reported Anyma is set to play after his Weekend 1 set was canceled because of wind. (dailybreeze.com) (ocregister.com) (beatportal.com) For anyone watching from home, the practical takeaway is simple: the official stream opens at 4 p.m. Pacific on Friday, April 17, and the weekend’s most talked-about picks are spread across seven simultaneous channels rather than one festival broadcast. (youtube.com) (coachella.com)
