Stagecoach evacuates, Journey drops set
- Goldenvoice halted Stagecoach on Saturday night at Indio’s Empire Polo Club, evacuated fans over high winds, then reopened with a shortened late-night schedule. - Journey’s Mustang Stage set and Riley Green’s performance were cut entirely, while Lainey Wilson’s headlining set moved to 10:30 p.m. and Pitbull shifted to midnight. - The disruption hit Stagecoach’s middle night, but the festival resumed and finished its three-day run Sunday. (latimes.com)
Goldenvoice evacuated Stagecoach on Saturday night after high winds hit the Empire Polo Club in Indio, then reopened the festival later with a revised schedule. (billboard.com) (rollingstone.com) The evacuation notice appeared on festival screens and in the Stagecoach app, telling attendees to move to the nearest exit as winds intensified across the grounds. (billboard.com) The biggest lineup casualty was Journey, whose Saturday-night Mustang Stage set was removed after the pause. Riley Green was also dropped from the updated schedule. (billboard.com) (rollingstone.com) Lainey Wilson still played, but an hour later than planned, taking the Mane Stage at 10:30 p.m. Pitbull’s late-night set shifted from 11 p.m. to midnight. (billboard.com) Gavin Adcock’s earlier set was interrupted by the shutdown, and the revised plan later folded him into the Whiskey Jam All-Star Sing-Along in the Palomino Tent. (billboard.com) The disruption landed on the second night of Stagecoach 2026, the three-day country festival that ran April 24-26 in Indio. This year’s headliners were Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Post Malone. (usatoday.com) (billboard.com) Stagecoach had added a new Mustang Stage for 2026, with Journey among the acts booked there. That made the band’s cancellation one of the clearest signs of how much the weather reshaped Saturday’s program. (billboard.com 1) (billboard.com 2) By Sunday, the festival was back to focusing on music, with Post Malone closing out the event and the Los Angeles Times calling the wind evacuation one of the moments that defined the weekend. (latimes.com)
