INDIO, Calif. (CNS) — Billie Eilish returns to top Saturday’s lineup as the second weekend of the Coachella Music & Arts Festival continues and one week after she became the festival’s youngest ever headliner.
Other scheduled performers include rapper Megan Thee Stallion, singer-composer Danny Elfman and the hip-hop group Brockhampton, which has announced that Saturday’s performance will be their last after 12 years together.
English synthpop band Hot Chip will also be performing Saturday night days after announcing their first album in three years, titled “Freakout/Release,” which is due to be released on Aug. 19.
The parade of superstar guest performers continued into the festival’s second week on Friday when headliner Harry Styles was joined by Lizzo to perform the disco classic “I Will Survive” and the song “What Makes You Beautiful,” which was a hit for Styles’ former group, One Direction.
Also creating a buzz was Compton-born rapper Kendrick Lamar, who made an unannounced appearance during his cousin Baby Keem’s set to perform “Vent” and the Grammy-winning track “Family Ties.”
One act, Scottish-American singer-songwriter Bishop Briggs and Djordje Petrovic, better known as nomad sounds producer Satori, were unable to perform Friday after testing positive for COVID-19.
“I’ve taken multiple tests and they are all positive,” Briggs tweeted Thursday, one day before she was scheduled to perform. “In order to keep you guys, my band and crew safe I won’t be able to make my Coachella set tomorrow. I am beyond bummed and fighting back tears as I write this.”
Briggs tweeted that she is vaccinated and her “symptoms have not been severe.”
Petrovic also missed a performance last Sunday.
Ben Guitron, a spokesman for the Indio Police Department, said there were no significant arrests or traffic incidents on Friday. He also reminded festivalgoers using Interstate 10 to get to the event to use the Jefferson Street off-ramp.
Attendees will face highs in the mid to upper 80s and wind gusts of up to 30 mph, which have the potential to kick up dust. Strong winds were also a factor during the festival last weekend.
For those who can’t make it out to the desert, performances are being livestreamed on YouTube.
