Doja Cat and Lana Del Rey to headline Coachella – BBC Information

Doja Cat, Tyler, the Creator and Lana Del Rey have been introduced as headliners at this yr’s Coachella.

The competition will run throughout two weekends in April in Indio, California.

Also on the line-up are Skepta, Raye, Flo and BBC Sound of 2024 winners The Last Dinner Party.

Not identified just for being one of many greatest music festivals on the earth, Coachella has additionally change into well-known for being attended by influencers.

Music followers could have the prospect to see the primary efficiency from Gwen Stefani’s No Doubt in almost ten years.

They posted on Instagram that they’d see followers “within the desert”.

Girlband Flo mentioned on X “FLOCHELLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”, whereas The Last Dinner Party wrote: “United States we simply cannot maintain our paws off you”.

The indie band introduced the information with a put up displaying a video group chat of everybody within the group, which completed with everybody agreeing they need to do a efficiency.

There can even be units from Canadian Punjabi artists AP Dhillon and rapper Nav, in addition to Indian Carnatic musician Sid Sriram.

It follows the success of Diljit Dosanjh being the primary Punjabi artist to carry out at Coachella final yr, with the competition being praised for its South Asian illustration.

DJ Yusuf Suavé from SignifyAsian describes it as “an enormous achievement” for AP Dhillon to be on the line-up, one thing he deserves.

In 2023, the Brown Munde hitmaker had eight tracks which peaked on the Official Charts Company UK Asian and Punjabi charts.

Bristol-based promoter Yusuf, whose platform seems to advertise South Asians within the business, tells BBC Newsbeat he needs to see extra artists on competition line-ups.

“The UK competition scene has a protracted method to go too. It’s [important] to ebook extra acts to indicate that it is simply not a field ticking train,” he says.

BBC Asian Network’s Chart Show host Nayha Ahmad says she’s wanting ahead to listening to AP Dhillon, however Sid Sriram acting at Coachella additionally provides “South Indian music a platform”.

“South Indian illustration is required and [people] must see what it is all about.”

Nayha was at Coachella final yr, and says watching Diljit Dosanjh, Ali Sethi and Joy Crookes carry out have been explicit highlights.

“In that basically small tent, and it was simply full of folks simply supporting their tradition,” she mentioned.

The 2023 competition bumped into issues with its headliners.

Last yr’s version was headlined by Bad Bunny, Frank Ocean and Blackpink, however Frank Ocean pulled out of headlining the second weekend and was changed by Blink-182.

His first efficiency was extensively considered chaotic, with representatives for the US star saying a leg damage had prompted last-minute modifications to his present.