Wet Leg wakes Sunday crowd

Wet Leg snapped Coachella’s Sunday afternoon out of its usual haze with a 4:45 p.m. main-stage set that opened on “Catch These Fists.” (latimes.com) The Los Angeles Times said the Isle of Wight band delivered a “blistering” performance on April 12 in Indio, California, and used the new song to jolt awake a crowd that can lag on the festival’s final day. (latimes.com) Setlist records show Wet Leg played 11 songs in 45 minutes on the Coachella Stage, running from 4:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and mixing newer material with “Chaise Longue,” “Wet Dream” and “Ur Mum.” (setlist.fm) The opening song mattered because “Catch These Fists” is part of Wet Leg’s next album cycle, and Coachella put that material in front of one of the weekend’s biggest daytime crowds. Billboard’s day-three roundup said the band “came hot out the gates” with the track at the start of the set. (billboard.com) Wet Leg first broke through at Coachella in 2023, when the group played a smaller-stage afternoon slot and rode the festival buzz around its debut album. The 2026 booking moved the band to the main stage on Sunday, a sign of how far it has climbed on the festival bill in three years. (youtube.com, setlist.fm) Coachella’s official livestream also carried Wet Leg’s set as part of the festival’s Sunday programming, alongside later performances from Karol G, FKA twigs and others. That gave the band a second audience beyond the field at Empire Polo Club. (youtube.com, aol.com) The set closed with “CPR,” which featured horsegiirL, and “mangetout,” according to fan-compiled setlist data. By then, the Sunday crowd that arrived for a slow late afternoon had been handed a loud reminder that Coachella’s last day still has room for guitars. (setlist.fm, latimes.com)