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Kanye «Ye» West will no longer be headlining the Coachella Music Festival. The 44-year-old GRAMMY-winning musician has pulled out of both the April 17 and April 24 dates of the Indio, California, event, according to multiple reports.TMZ was first to report the news.West has yet to publicly speak out about his decision for backing out, but he was scheduled to headline along with Billie Eilish and Harry Styles at the event.

Kanye West has pulled out of his headline performance at this year’s Coachella festival, according to reports.The rapper and producer was scheduled to headline the closing night of the two-weekend event, which takes place April 15-17 and April 22-24, but according to TMZ and Variety this will no longer be the case.It’s not been made clear as to why West has cancelled his appearance at the California festival, but it’s also been reported that Travis Scott was set to perform alongside West, and he too will now no longer appear.NME has reached out to Coachella and representatives for West for comment.The news follows a petition that was launched by fans last month to remove West from the festival’s line-up, which currently has almost 50,000 signatures.The Change.org petition was launched on March 17 by a user with the alias Kim Pete, following West’s suspension on Instagram for his post about Trevor Noah which contained racial slurs.

confirmed to TMZ that West would no longer be part of Coachella 2022 — amid his latest controversy with the Recording Academy, which barred the “Eazy” rapper from performing at the Grammy Awards on Sunday following his latest “concerning online behavior.”West ultimately declined to show-up to last night’s ceremony despite earning two trophies, Best Rap Song for “Jail” and Best Melodic Rap Performance for “Hurricane.” He was nominated for three other categories, including Album of the Year for his Gospel-inspired 2021 album “Donda.”Page Six exclusively reported on Friday that West, 44, had told ex-wife Kim Kardashian that he was “going away to get help” and would not be “making any public appearances or inflammatory social media statements.” The news came following his months-long smear campaign against comedian Pete Davidson, 28, who sparked rumors of romance with Kardashian, 41, earlier this year.The 24-time Grammy winner has made his struggle with bipolar disorder public during the last few years.

Billie Eilish’s living situation. In the latest issue of, the 20-year-old “Happier Than Ever” singer opens up about how she still resides in the home she grew up in.“My relationship with my home has not changed, just like with my parents and my brother,” she said. “I think it’s a bit jarring for some people who grew up with me or haven’t seen me in a long time...[they] come over to see us and see that it’s exactly the same.

Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Ye (aka Kanye West) and Swedish House Mafia.Prior to the pandemic, which caused the cancellation of Coachella 2020 and 2021, the festival was hailed as one of the most popular music festivals in the U.S., drawing nearly 100,000 festival attendees per day back in 2018, according to a report from festival organizer, Goldenvoice.Following the release of this year's official Coachella lineup, the remaining tickets sold out in a little over an hour, setting the stage for what is likely to be an epic comeback for the festival. But don't panic if you haven't secured tickets just yet, because it's still possible to find passes for both weekends of Coachella 2022. Get Tickets The lineup for Coachella 2022 also includes Phoebe Bridgers, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, 21 Savage, Danny Elfman, Doja Cat, Run the Jewels, Carly Rae Jepsen, Vince Staples, Japanese Breakfast, Disclosure, Brockhampton, Girl in Red and more.

NME about what US fans can expect from live music during the next stage of the ongoing pandemic.With some tours and festivals continuing to be postponed and others’ rescheduled dates due to start in the months ahead, some concern and confusion remains over what to expect from the state of live music this year. The producers of Governors Ball music festival, the people behind ticket-selling app Bandsintown, and an infectious disease specialist told us their insights and projections for events and festivals in 2022.Live music discovery and ticket purchasing app Bandsintown have reported an increase of 8 million users in the last six months. Fabrice Sergent, the app’s managing partner, told NME that those numbers were “pretty astonishing,” adding that recent ticket-buying behaviour in the US showed that “demand for live events is very strong.”“In terms of the number of upcoming shows and festivals being announced [in 2022], we’re still at about half of the number that were announced during this same period of time in the US in 2019 and 2020,” he said. Even with 50 per cent less shows, however, Bandsintown still described “a high level of consumer interest”.“We saw a very strong January in terms of the number of tickets sold; it was twice as many as 2019.

Coachella and Stagecoach festivals have dropped all COVID-19 safety precautions ahead of both events making a return this spring.Coachella will take place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California between April 15-17 and 22-24, while Stagecoach will be held at the same venue between April 29-May 1.Previously, the festivals’ promoter Goldenvoice had announced that proof of vaccination against COVID-19 would no longer be required. Now, it has also dropped entry requirements including a negative test taken in the 72 hours prior to attendance and the wearing of masks.The health and safety guidance on the websites for both events has now been updated to confirm that the new policy is “in accordance with local guidelines”.

who recently filed to be called by the name Ye, is refusing to perform at Coachella unless fellow headliner Billie Eilish, 20, apologizes for comments she made regarding safety during her Saturday, Feb. 5 concert at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

pulled his slot following his deadly Astroworld set last year.“Book Travis for 2023 or have Ye bring him out!,” the petition read. TMZ reported Wednesday afternoon that 70,000 people had signed the three-day-old online appeal for the rapper, although the number of signatures visible at press time was significantly less.“After Coachella unfairly removed Travis Scott for Harry Styles, they need to do the right thing and rebook him immediately.

Coachella over its trademark infringement suit against Live Nation.The festival, which is operated by promoter Goldenvoice and its parent company AEG, won a temporary restraining order against Live Nation over an upcoming New Year’s Eve event called Coachella Day One 22.No action was taken by Coachella against the tribe, known as The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians, but the tribe’s chairman said in a statement given to Rolling Stone they considered the suit “a direct attack on us and

Travis Scott will no longer be headlining Coachella in 2022.

have signed a petition to stop Travis Scott from performing at next year’s Coachella Festival following Friday’s Astroworld crowd crush tragedy.Scott, 30, is under fire after eight people were killed at the Astroworld event in Houston amid a stampede.

Coachella festival looks to have confirmed that Swedish House Mafia will perform at next year’s event.The Californian festival, which returns in April after a two-year delay owing to the coronavirus pandemic, has already announced Rage Against The Machine and Travis Scott as headliners.

reversal from an August announcement by AEG Presents, the live events company behind Coachella, that said beginning Oct. 1 all ticket holders to their events must be vaccinated.“We have come to the conclusion that, as a market leader, it was up to us to take a real stand on vaccination status,” Jay Marciano, chief operating officer of AEG and chairman and CEO of AEG Presents, had said at the time.“Just a few weeks ago, we were optimistic about where our business, and country, were heading.

Coachella and its sister festival Stagecoach have amended the events’ entry policies, so that attendees are no longer required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.The change in policy was published on both festival websites.

The Coachella Valley Music Festival and the Stagecoach Country Music Festival are returning for 2022 with new dates.

were canceled last year after they were originally set to take place in April 2020. The lineup for Coachella 2020 was set to feature performances from headliners like Travis Scott, Frank Ocean, Rage Against the Machine, Lana Del Rey, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby and more.

according to a public order.“Due to the pandemic, Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser today (Jan.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will not proceed in April, as organisers look to find yet another timeslot at which the festival could occur.Dr. Cameron Kaiser, the public health officer in charge of the county in which Coachella takes place, made the announcement today (January 29).

With the pandemic still posing a major threat to live events for the foreseeable future, Coachella is not likely to happen until October 2021, according to Rolling Stone. Originally slated for April of this year, the music festival was initially pushed back to this month after coronavirus lockdowns and social distancing measures saw the postponement and cancellation of concerts and other large gatherings.

Coachella’s radius clause is moving ahead, after the decision to dismiss it was reversed it earlier this year.Festival organisers Goldenvoice previously restricted artists booked for the California event from performing at any festival in North America between December 15 to May, or from playing any “hard ticket” concerts in the Southern California region in the same timeframe.However, the organisers of Soul’d Out Music Festival claim the promoters extended the radius clause from Southern

big music-festival plans this summer, the countdown to 2021 has already begun in hopes that the coronavirus — the grinch that stole this concert season — will be gone.Here are some of the major fests — and artists — we missed out on in 2020:The big daddy of festivals, this musical pilgrimage to the California desert was first postponed from April until October.

The Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals will not take place this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, a health official in California has said.

Coachella will not go ahead in 2020, according to a note received by employees of the festival’s parent company, Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG).The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was scheduled to take place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio California, over two weekends in April.

coronavirus lockdown, the end has finally come for this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Billboard reports.This week, the parent company for Goldenvoice, AEG, laid off 15 percent of its staffers, furloughed more than 100 people and issued pay cuts, according to an internal memo acquired by Billboard.

The professionally shot footage was teased in the recent Coachella documentary

Fans of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande are in for a sleepless night – the pop stars have teased a major announcement for Friday morning (May 1, 2020).

It's the latest edition of the band's ongoing lockdown gig series

The rapper launched a pop-up shop back in 2017 selling the pasta treat, a reference to a lyric from his 2002 track Lose Yourself, from his movie 8 Mile, and also fed fans the dish at the 2018 Coachella festival.

Little did Ashley Brinton, 22, also known as Aye B, know that after wrapping a successful tour with Mod Sun, she’d be heading home! The rapper had plenty of events and plans on the go prior to self-isolating, including being out in the desert for Coachella. Hot off her fun performance on Bravo’s hit series Below Deck, the budding rapper just released her newest jam, ‘Nobody’ with Hotsauce, one of the producers behind Ariana Grande’s successful career, just in time for everyone’s quarantine dance

Also featured in the 'Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert' documentary

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Perfect #Couchella viewing

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival may be postponed to fall due to the coronavirus pandemic, but fans of the festival can still get their fix at home via #Couch-ella this month!

Lady Gaga has channelled a cyber punk look in the apocalyptic artwork for her forthcoming album Chromatica.

It will premiere via YouTube on April 10