The brand new topliners will carry out within the closing Sunday night time slot alongside fellow headliners Harry Kinds and Billie Eilish.
Coachella has shortly tapped a pair of latest headliners to exchange last-minute scratch Kanye West. On Wednesday, organizers of this 12 months’s occasion — which is able to unfold on the weekends of April 15-17 and April 22-24 — introduced that The Weeknd and Swedish Home Mafia will shut issues down within the Sunday slots.
The names appeared on a revamped poster that dropped on Wednesday (beneath), inserting the brand new headliners alongside the beforehand introduced topliners: Harry Kinds (April 15, 22) and Billie Eilish (April 16, 23). Ye (beforehand often known as Kanye West) was slated to carry out on the Indio, Calif., fest, however pulled out on Monday. A Change.org petition known as for the Yeezy style mogul’s removing from the pageant lineup in gentle of his public conduct towards ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend, Pete Davidson. The petition garnered greater than 49,000 signatures and counting.
“We have now watched Kanye harass, manipulate, and harm Kim, Pete, and others for over a 12 months now,” the petition learn. “Nobody appears to wish to stand as much as him, and those that do, he places underneath hearth as properly. Most not too long ago, he has been threatening precise bodily hurt on others. That is ridiculous that he's allowed to freely do that. Coachella (together with different model names which can be nonetheless working with him) must be ashamed of themselves and shouldn't be giving him any extra of a platform.”
West didn't difficulty a press release concerning the petition, however threatened to tug out of Coachella if fellow headliner Eilish didn't apologize to Travis Scott — whom he deliberate to deliver out onstage throughout his set. The “Hurricane” rapper had alleged Eilish “dissed” Scott in a since-deleted submit to his Instagram on Feb. 10. The pop star, in response to live performance footage that exhibits her serving to out a fan in want of an inhaler, mentioned, “I anticipate the individuals to be OK earlier than I preserve going.” West perceived that to be an insult to Scott in gentle of the Astroworld Competition tragedy, the place 10 individuals died.
“I’m so trying ahead to this second with Swedish Home Mafia and The Weeknd ending out the Sunday night time slot this 12 months,” Paul Tollett, president/CEO of Coachella promoter Goldenvoice mentioned in a press release to Selection. “Coachella has a particular relationship with Abel and I’m so grateful to have this upcoming efficiency with these iconic artists all on the identical stage.” The Weeknd has appeared on the pageant twice, first in 2012 after which as a headliner in 2018.
After West’s exit, sources instructed Billboard that various names have been floated as potential replacements, together with The Weeknd and Grammy-winning duo Silk Sonic.
This story initially appeared on Billboard.com.