1.Queen B & Black Power
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Who died and was reborn after seeing this year’s acts at Coachella? We definitely did! Without a doubt, Beyoncé filled everyone’s social media with her incredible headliners and carnival vibe performances. Queen B, led an army of powerful, female dancers dressed in military themed costumes with a brass band. She brought out the likes of sister Solange (who she accidentally dropped after attempting to pick up) and husband JAY-Z. Bey dazzled us with an R&B reunion of Destiny’s Child, sending the audience into an uproar as she joined the stage with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.
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The 36-year-old amazed fans with her varied outfit changes paying homage to black power. Weekend 1 and 2 featured completely different looks as the singer teamed up with Olivier Rousteing a creative director at Balmain, to create her political costumes. Designs included a headdress and full costume inspired by Queen Nefertiti – one of ancient Egypt’s most powerful and historical women and an outfit representing Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity – to highlight the black colleges and universities in the US. Amongst the changes in clothes one fan spotted Beyoncé had accomplished a change in nail colour during her set… now that’s dedication!
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2. EMINEM’s A-listers
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Emimem both triumphed and aggravated fans with his set following Beyonce. In his 90 minute set he brought out Dr Dre, 50 Cent, Bebe Rexha, Skylar Grey and Kehlani. However, the rapper would not allow Coachella to stream his performance live, which caused some upset from fans who wanted to tune in on the action from home.
3. Arichella
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Ariana Grande made a surprise appearance on Kygo’s second set, debuting her new single, ‘No Tears Left To Cry’. The song talks of the Manchester bombings that occurred during her show there and is her her fist solo release since. Alongside the hashtag, ‘Beychella’ which was trending on Twitter after Beyonce’s performance, Ariana too earned her own tag, ‘Arichella’ to celebrate.
4. Tributes to Avicii
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The passing of Swedish, EDM DJ Avicii spurred tributes at this year’s festival as Kygo played the artists well known hit, ‘Without You’ and gave words of praise in his honour.
5. Cardi B’s pregnant twerking
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Cardi B made an appearance and despite being pregnant she was as lively as ever, twerking on stage with the likes of G-Eazy and Khelani. SZA and Chance the Rapper were in the mix of artists on stage, as they performed Cardi’s debut,’I Like it’ song from her current, ‘Invasion of Privacy’ album. Cardi’s dancers were dressed in all white and her hair mimicked, ‘Left Eye’s’ – from group TLC – iconic pony tail do. 5. The Weeknd Crying on stage
6. The Weeknd cries on stage
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The Weeknd gave an emotional performance of hit hits,’Call Out My Name’ and ‘Privilege’, breaking down in tears as he belted out the songs. Many fans suspect the songs are about ex-girlfriend, Selena Gomez and that in the moment of the performance emotions ran high.
7. Wizkid’s postponed performance
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The Nigerian afro-beat artist Wizkid was a no show during the first week at Coachella, taking to Twitter to update fans that his band had some visa issues. However, the festival announced that he would be there to perform in the second week instead.
8. Yodel Boy & Justin Bieber’s meet up
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The viral sensation of the 11-year-old ‘Walmart Yodel Boy’, Mason Ramsey was invited to perform at the festival after having admitted to be trolled and bullied online from his recent success. His video singing in an aisle of a supermarket attracted more than 20 million views and Mason was caught having a prep talk and encouragement from artist Justin Bieber.
