That they had a contingency plan for when “Jesus Walks.“
Amid information of Kanye West dropping out as headliner, Coachella has revealed that the Grammy-winner might be changed by The Weeknd and Swedish Home Mafia on the upcoming occasion. Coachella organizers tweeted the updated lineup in a Wednesday morning tweet.
The transfer marks the second Coachella headlining spot for The Weeknd, who beforehand topped the invoice in 2018. The Swedish Home Mafia was initially slated to carry out a particular visitor set however has now been bumped as much as the primary slot initially occupied by West, who was imagined to carry out on April 17 and April 24.
Billie Eilish and Harry Kinds, who’re additionally headlining, remain as the performers for the two Friday and Saturday dates, respectively.
The explanation for West’s departure is unclear. Nonetheless it comes after the “Eazy” singer, 44, abruptly dropped out of the occasion amid a beef with fellow headliner Billie Eilish, whom he accused of dissing fellow rapper Travis Scott.
“Dangerous Man” singer Eilish had reportedly paused an Atlanta present to request that her crew give an inhaler to an viewers member who was experiencing respiratory points.
“I look ahead to individuals to be OK earlier than I preserve going,” she mentioned, which some interpreted as a flippant reference to when 10 people died at Scott’s Astroworld Competition in Houston in November.
That didn’t sit nicely with West, who mentioned he would refuse to carry out at Coachella except the singer apologized.
Nonetheless, Eilish, 20, insisted that she “actually by no means mentioned a factor about Travis” and was “simply serving to a fan.”
This isn’t the primary time West didn’t present up for a high-profile gig. The “Eazy” rapper was also barred from performing on the 2022 Grammy Awards on Sunday following what a present consultant known as “regarding on-line conduct.”
West in the end declined to show up on the ceremony regardless of incomes two trophies, Greatest Rap Music for “Jail” and Greatest Melodic Rap Efficiency for “Hurricane.” He was nominated in three different classes, together with Album of the 12 months for his gospel-inspired 2021 album “Donda.”
Web page Six exclusively reported Friday that West, 44, had informed ex-wife Kim Kardashian that he was “going away to get assist” and wouldn’t be “making any public appearances or inflammatory social media statements.”
The information got here following his months-long “diss” campaign in opposition to comic Pete Davidson, 28, who’s been relationship Kardashian, 41, because the fall.
Coachella will run till April 24 in Indio, California
