Watch Blur roll out the classics at Coachella 2024 warm-up gig in California

Addie Morfoot Contributor In “The Strike,” directors Joebill Munoz and Lucas Guilkey chronicle a 2013 prison hunger strike that changed imprisonment policies across the U.S. The doc tells the story of America’s supermax prison Pelican Bay, which opened in 1989 and was designed specifically for mass-scale solitary confinement. For decades, the California prison held mostly Black and Brown men alone in tiny cells without windows for years or sometimes decades based on questionable evidence.

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The 2024 Coachella Music Festival is in full swing!

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has revealed the names of 16 artists or other musical figures who will be inducted in 2024. It’s a diverse list that stretches from R&B/rock pioneer Big Mama Thornton to pop superstars Cher and Dionne Warwick, and from ’70s-rooted rockers like Peter Frampton, Foreigner and Ozzy Osbourne to ’90s icons the Dave Matthews Band, Mary J.

Coachella 2024. Here’s everything you need to know to enjoy the California festival from the desert, or from the comfort of your own home.Weekend one was pretty eventful – with Lana Del Rey dazzling during her show (with a little help from surprise guest Billie Eilish), Damon Albarn struggled to connect with the lacklustre audience gathered for Blur, before Tyler, The Creator smashed his Saturday headline show – despite a similarly meek crowd – and a stellar closing set from Doja Cat.Headlines were also made by the long-awaited return of No Doubt (featuring Olivia Rodrigo), a reunion set from Sublime, and other guest turns coming from Paris Hilton hooking up with Vampire Weekend and Will Smith taking to the stage with J Balvin to roll out ‘Men In Black‘ for some reason.Now the set times for the second weekend of the festival have been announced, along with a new multi-view feature on the festival’s official livestream – so you can watch all the action from each stage.

The Specials‘ Lynval Golding delivered a speech about No Doubt backstage at Coachella 2024 ahead of the band’s reunion show at the festival – watch it below.The group played their first live gig since 2015 at the Indio, California event last Saturday (April 13), where they brought out Olivia Rodrigo to perform ‘Bathwater’ alongside frontwoman Gwen Stefani.Prior to the career-spanning, 16-song set, Golding gave an encouraging message to the camera about Stefani and co’s long-awaited return. “I can tell you one thing, right,” the musician began.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, globally renowned as Coachella, showcases an impressive lineup during its first weekend of April in Indio, California.This year, the festival features headliners such as Doja Cat, J Balvin, and No Doubt, showcasing a diverse blend of genres from rap to pop and rock.

Vampire Weekend closed out their Coachella set over the weekend by bringing out Paris Hilton for a game of ‘Cornhole’. Find footage of the moment below.Ezra Koenig and Co.

Blur’s Damon Albarn aired his frustration live on stage while performing to an unenthusiastic Coachella crowd this weekend.The Britpop legend performed with his band at the California music festival on Saturday (April 13), in between sets from Sublime and No Doubt, before Tyler, The Creator headlined that evening.Blur delivered a career-spanning set on the Coachella main stage, including fan favourites like ‘Song 2’ and ‘Popscene’.However, Albarn was visibly irritated when attempting to perform a call and response with the US crowd during ‘Girls & Boys’.“You can do it better than that,” he told attendees at one point, which was met by a quiet crowd. When he still didn’t get the desired response, the frontman said: “You’re never seeing us again, so you might as well fucking sing it.

Renee Rapp brought some surprise guests for her first 2024 Coachella Music and Arts Festival set on Sunday (April 14) in Indio, Calif.

Blur rocked day two of the first weekend of Coachella 2024 last night (April 13), with a set spanning their long career. Stream the whole thing below.The Britpop greats played a 13-song set, ranging from ‘90s classics like ‘Girls & Boys’, ‘Popscene’ and ‘Song 2’ to tracks from their 2023 album ‘The Ballad of Darren’, including ‘The Narcissist’ and ‘St.

Justice showcased a host of new songs from their forthcoming album ‘Hyperdrama’ at Coachella 2024 last night (April 12).The French dance duo played their first show of the year at the Outdoor Theatre on day one of the festival.Kicking off with ‘Generator’ from their new album – their first in over seven years, Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosna also debuted ‘Mannequin Love’, their Tame Impala collaboration ‘One Night / All Night’, ‘Neverender’ – another track in collaboration with Kevin Parker – along with ‘Incognito’ and ‘Afterimage’. You can view footage of the songs and watch the full set back below.Elsewhere, they also performed their classic hits ‘We Are Your Friends’ and ‘D.A.N.C.E’, the latter of which saw the duo blend Jay-Z‘s ‘On To The Next One’ into the track.Justice are currently live at Coachella at the time of writing this (06:40am).

Ariana Madix is hitting up the 2024 Coachella Music Festival!

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Netflix has acquired “Rather,” the documentary about veteran journalist Dan Rather‘s landmark career in news. The film, which premieres April 24 on the streamer, utilizes the story of of Rather’s life on television to also explore the evolution of broadcast journalism, the troubles a free press now faces, along with the slide of American society from hard-fought advances in social justice and democratic freedoms.

.Those heading to California for the event this year don't have to worry about FOMO, but there are plenty of other things to still keep in mind. Whether it's your first time or you're a veteran like myself, let this be your official checklist and guide for all things Coachella.Ahead, everything you need to know about Coachella 2024, from the music and the food to, of course, the parties. See you in the desert!Coachella takes place over two weekends, with weekend one kicking off this Friday, April 12.

Liam Gallagher’s favourite Blur song is, you won’t have to wait any long – see what Liam Gallagher considers to be his top Blur track below.During Blur’s pre-Coachella warm-up gig at the Fox Theater Pomona in California on April 10, frontman Damon Albarn spoke of several instances of Americans trying to claim songwriting credits for their hit track ‘Song 2’.Albarn said onstage: “Because of the nature of American law, if someone gets a lawyer… they can come quite a long way with absolutely no grounds. Someone else this year – not only is it that person who’s convinced they’d written it, but there was another person who was convinced.

Lily Moayeri Three days ahead of their prime-slot appearance at Coachella, Blur put on a packed preview show at the Fox Theater in Pomona, Calif., a half-hour east of Los Angeles. These Coachella warm-up shows serve serval purposes: They help the artist work out the kinks in their setlist — Blur toured extensively last year, including a career-spanning show at London’s 90,000-capacity Wembley Stadium, but most recently performed in South America in November — and they provide fans with a rare chance to see artists perform at smalle-than-usual venues.

Coachella 2024. Along with some of the biggest names in music, fans can expect some promising weather.

Taylor Swift could make a surprise appearance at this year’s Coachella.With the 2024 instalment of the California just around the corner, some have begun piecing together what they think are clues that the pop icon is planning an unannounced visit to the stage.Currently, the singer-songwriter is not among those listed as performing at this year’s edition – which is taking place during the weekends of April 12-14 and April 19-21. However, some things suggest that the possibility of her taking to the stage isn’t entirely ruled out.As highlighted by outlet Just Jared, the Indio festival is renowned for its inclusion of surprise guests, and the 2024 dates arrive just as Swift is taking a break from her mammoth ‘Eras’ tour – meaning that there are no obvious scheduling conflicts during the festival dates.What’s more, L.A. Times pointed out that the second weekend of Coachella starts on April 19; the same day that the singer’s new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is set to drop.

told ET in a story published Wednesday, referring to Sambora. “It was never about money, it was never about a girlfriend. He had issues … and he literally didn’t show up.