Coachella has discovered their latest headliner after Kanye West dropped out final minute.
The California-based music pageant launched a new poster on Instagram Wednesday morning that lists The Weeknd and Swedish Home Mafia because the performers taking on West’s slot.
The billionaire rapper — who now goes by Ye — was beforehand scheduled to carry out on April 7 and April 24.
Billie Eilish and Harry Kinds, who’re additionally headlining, stay because the performers for the 2 Friday and Saturday dates, respectively.
Swedish Home Mafia was at all times presupposed to be a particular visitor since they had been listed within the authentic poster for the pageant as “returning to the desert.” Nonetheless, the EDM supergroup, consisting of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso, had been bumped as much as co-headliners because of West’s departure.
Coachella captioned their new graphic Wednesday, “The Occasion & The After Occasion.”
The Weeknd, 32, confirmed his look by reposting the poster on his Instagram.
Web page Six solely reported earlier this week that rumors within the music enterprise had been swirling that the “Blinding Lights” singer could substitute West because the headliner.
A supply instructed us Monday, “Kanye has undoubtedly pulled out of Coachella. He hasn’t been rehearsing or placing on a manufacturing. Travis Scott was presupposed to be becoming a member of him onstage.
“Now it could be just about not possible for him to get it collectively. Search for The Weeknd to switch him.
“Kanye is backing out as a result of he needs to remain out of the general public eye after all of the drama with Kim and Pete, he needs to get assist.”
Coachella is ready to happen from April 5 to April 24 in Indio, Calif.
West, in the meantime, seems unbothered by his choice to drop out.
Simply hours after information broke that he was now not headlining, the “The entire Lights” rapper, 44, was noticed visiting a building website in Beverly Hills.
Following months of social media tirades in opposition to his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, and her boyfriend, Pete Davidson, Web page Six solely discovered that the daddy of 4 had vowed to stay quiet and get assist.
Sources instructed us West wouldn’t be “making any public appearances or inflammatory social media statements.”
