Coachella has introduced that Kanye West might be changed by The Weeknd and Swedish Home Mafia on the upcoming occasion.
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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 up to date 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 principle slot initially occupied by West, who was purported to carry out on April 17 and April 24.
Billie Eilish and Harry Types, who're additionally headlining, stay because the performers for the 2 Friday and Saturday dates, respectively.
The rationale for West’s departure is unclear. Nevertheless 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 await individuals to be OK earlier than I preserve going,” she mentioned, which some interpreted as a flippant reference to when 10 individuals 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 until the singer apologized.
Nevertheless, 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 additionally barred from performing on the 2022 Grammy Awards on Sunday following what a present consultant known as “regarding on-line habits.”
West in the end declined to indicate up on the ceremony regardless of incomes two trophies, Greatest Rap Tune 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 solely reported Friday that West, 44, had instructed 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” marketing campaign towards comic Pete Davidson, 28, who’s been courting Kardashian, 41, because the fall.
Coachella will run till April 24 in Indio, California
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