There's something for everyone with the reunion of No Doubt, Blur, Ice Spice, Sublime, Victoria Monét, and tons more.
One of the biggest annual music festivals has started. The first weekend of music at Coachella kicked off Friday. You won't have to head to the California desert to catch favorite performers, reuniting bands, and the buzzy bands everyone will be talking about all week. The festival will stream the entire weekend on its YouTube channel, which you can watch right here.
Whether you're hoping to see Lana Del Rey, Blur, Doja Cat, or the No Doubt reunion, each set from six of the festival's eight stages will be live on your phone or in your living room.
Here's how to stream the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which starts Friday, April 12 at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET, as well as details on when to catch EW's most-anticipated Coachella sets.
How to stream Coachella online
Anyone heading to Coachella must spend time mapping out the sets they'll catch since artists perform simultaneously on different stages. (Here's the full schedule!) It's the same deal for anyone streaming Coachella at home.
Six stages will stream live on YouTube. (They're all available at the bottom of this post.) Viewers have to pick and choose the sets that are absolutely essential, moving between the stages just like attendees. However, for the first time, YouTube is offering a multi-view stream. It allows viewers to stream four sets simultaneously with the ability to move between the audio from any of those four streams. Though, multi-view will only be available through the YouTube app on TV.
If you miss a set, each day's stream will start over from the beginning on a loop until the following day's stream begins.
Who to watch at Coachella on Friday
Coachella doesn't start small — or do anything small, really. Lana Del Rey headlines the opening night, hitting the Coachella Stage at 11:20 p.m. PT. Though, there is plenty to get excited about earlier in the day. Lil Uzi Vert will grace the Coachella Stage a few hours before Del Rey, with the Barack Obama-approved chart-topper Peso Pluma performing between them.
It's a big night for fans of female singer-songwriters. Unfortunately, there is a lot of overlap between the set times for Chappell Roan, Faye Webster, Brittany Howard, and Sabrina Carpenter, the first former Disney Channel star to have an official Coachella set.
Friday will also feature Justice closing out the Outdoor Theatre, for anyone looking to create an at-home dance party. They're preceded by John Summit and Dom Dolla's Everything Always project. So, it's a dance party all night. (Summit and Dolla will have individual sets later in the weekend.)
Also on offer is Atee*z, the first K-pop boy group to hit Coachella. Another first happens shortly after the gates open when Cimafunk becomes the first Cuban-born artist to play Coachella. Elsewhere, fans can catch The Little Mermaid star Chloë Bailey, Clown Core, Deftones, Suki Waterhouse, Young Miko, Tinashe, and Black Country, New Road.
Who to watch at Coachella on Saturday
While Tyler, the Creator headlines Saturday's sets — and always puts on a good show — the schedule is loaded with must-see performances.
The biggest event of the day may be the reunion of No Doubt. Gwen Stefani's '90s alt-ska group will take the stage for the first time since 2015. Even then, they only performed sporadically.
The day also features Blur, Ice Spice, and a special set from Sublime. The '90s Southern California group had its legacy-defining moment before the 1996 death of frontman Bradley Nowell. They've since performed as Sublime With Rome, featuring vocalist Rome Ramirez. The final album of the "With Rome" era comes out soon, but the new era is already getting going. Original members Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson are reuniting with Nowell's son, Jakob Nowell, who will perform with them at Coachella.
French electronic innovator Gesaffelstein will close out the Outdoor Theatre on Saturday. He has a reputation for pulling out all the stops live, and his 2019 performance at Coachella is still talked about today.
Vampire Weekend, a last-minute addition that is only appearing during Coachella's first weekend, has a 5 p.m. performance. Other enticing Saturday sets include Bleachers, Grimes, Jon Batiste, Orbital, Oneohtrix Point Never, The Drums, and the buzzy U.K. group, The Last Dinner Party.
Who to watch at Coachella on Sunday
Coachella will not go out with a whimper. Sunday is another stacked day, that gives hip-hop fans a lot to love. Doja Cat headlines, closing down the Coachella Stage at 10:20 p.m. PT. There will also be sets from J Balvin and Lil Yachty.
Victoria Monét, fresh off a Grammy win for Best New Artist, will get a lot of attention in an early-evening slot on the Mojave Stage. She'll perform right after 88rising Futures' all-star K-pop extravaganza, which features Atarashii Gakko!, Number_i, Awich, Yoasobi, Xin Liu, and others.
For something a little further from the pop spectrum, Mandy, Indiana is making a rare appearance stateside. The noise rock group plays later in the day on the Sonora stage, not long after sets from Taking Back Sunday and Feeble Little Horse.
The day also features performances from Mean Girls star Reneé Rapp, Bebe Rexha, Khruangbin, Coi Leray, Boy Harsher, Jockstrap, and Mdou Moctar.
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