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Music Correspondent Coachella Festival
Lisa Manobal made her solo debut at the festival, after headlining with Blackpink in 2019
The best thing about Coachella is that it happens twice - so if you missed the first weekend, don't worry!
Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Charli XCX and everyone else will return to the Colorado Desert on Friday for a second dose of musical mayhem, and punishing gusts of wind.
Better yet, the opening weekend let us know who was worth watching (Lady Gaga), who we can safely avoid (Travis Scott) and who might be this year's breakout star (Benson Boone).
With that in mind, here's a guide to this weekend's sets - and when you can watch them on Coachella's comprehensive YouTube livestream. 1) Lady Gaga confronts her inner demons Getty Images
Lady Gaga's set was a masterclass in stage production
Lady Gaga's elaborate stage performances have been known to collapse under the weight of their own ambition. Not this time.
Her second visit to Coachella, after stepping in as a last-minute replacement for Beyoncé in 2017, was one of the greatest pop performances ever. Two hours full of energy and presence and pounding synth hooks.
Staged in a crumbling gothic opera house, the two-hour show depicted the star's inner angels and demons wrestling for her soul.
During Poker Face, the two sides faced off in a deadly game of chess; while Perfect Celebrity - a song about her tabloid commodification in the 2000s - saw her buried in a shallow grave, singing to a skeleton.
It was bold and audacious and over the top, in all the best ways, with celebratory, nine-minute performance of Bad Romance to cap it all off.
If you only watch one performance, make it this one.
Watch on the Coachella Stage at 11:10pm on Friday (local time), or 7:10am on Saturday (UK time). 2) Missy Elliot makes up for lost time Coachella Festival
Missy Elliot recreated the futuristic look of her groundbreaking videos
Despite a career that's lasted three decades, Missy Elliot only staged her first ever tour last year.
Luckily, tracks like Get Ur Freak On, Lose Control and Pass That Dutch still sound as fresh and futuristic now as they did first time around - and Missy's relative lack of stage experience was never apparent.
She arrived onstage inside a giant car exo-skeleton, like a hip-hop Transformer, and sped through her set with pin-sharp choreography and boundless good humour.
The only downside was that her set had to end after just 55 minutes.
Watch on the Coachella Stage at 9:00pm on Friday (local time), or 5:00am on Saturday (UK time). 3) Lola Young fights the flu Getty Images
Lola Young has had one of 2025's biggest-selling hits with her candid and vitriolic anthem, Messy
"I'm either going to faint or throw up," declared Lola Young near the start of her set last weekend. "One of the two is about to happen".
The British singer, whose song Messy has been embraced by fans worldwide, was battling sickness and heatstroke throughout her set. But she powered through, leading a mass singalong to Messy, and debuting a new single called Spiders.
With her health back on track, her second weekend performance should erase any bad memories from her debut.
Watch on the Mojave Stage at 4:50pm on Friday (local time), or 12:50am on Saturday (UK time). 4) Green Day are 'not part of the MAGA agenda' Getty Images
Green Day headlined the main stage in what was their first ever appearance at Coachella
Although Travis Scott closed the main stage on Saturday, Green Day were technically the headliners - and the California band delivered a thrilling, cathartic set worthy of their billing.
They plunged head-first into a furious rendition of American Idiot, keeping up their recent tradition of changing the lyrics, so that frontman Billie Joe Armstrong sang: "I'm not part of the MAGA agenda".
That aside, politics were kept to a minimum, as the group delivered a high-voltage blast of their greatest hits, from the bratty pop-punk of Basket Case to the more reflective Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
Watch on the Coachella Stage at 9:05pm on Saturday (local time), or 5:05am on Sunday (UK time). 5) Post Malone's good-time hoedown Getty Images
Post Malone closed the festival on Sunday night, with a characteristically unpretentious set
"Post-ee, Post-ee, Post-ee."
It might have been the end of the weekend, but fans still had energy to spare for Post Malone's headline slot on Sunday night.
He rewarded them with a laid-back set, that repurposed some of his earlier pop/rap hits with the "yee-haw" twang of his recent album F-1 Trillion.
It all worked surprisingly well, although the eight-piece band occasionally overpowered his voice, and some fans were disappointed by the lack of hip-hop beats - saying the show would have been better suited to Coachella's sister festival Stagecoach (which is where Post launched his country phase last year).
Surprisingly, the set was devoid of special guests, leading to speculation that the 29-year-old was holding fire for weekend two.
As someone who's recently collaborated with Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Dolly Parton, that could definitely be worth staying up for.
Watch on the Coachella Stage at 10:25pm on Sunday (local time), or 6:25am on Monday (UK time). 6) Back to Black(pink) Getty Images
Jennie's set largely stuck to songs from her debut solo album, Ruby
In 2019, Blackpink made history by becoming the first Korean group to headline Coachella. This year, two of its members - Lisa and Jennie - were back with dazzling solo sets, before the band reconvenes for a stadium tour in the summer.
Lisa was up first, on Friday night, with a slick, highly-choreographed set that combined hard-edged rap cuts like Money and Lifestyle, with the softer sounds of Moonlit Floor and Dream.
After her appearance in the third series of The White Lotus, she clarified that music is, in fact, her main job. Backstage, she held a post-mortem on the performance with her bandmate Rosé (Conclusion: The desert wind makes it hard to sing).
Jennie packed the Outdoor Theater on Sunday evening, for a set of clubby disco anthems that don't sound a million miles away from her friend and collaborator Dua Lipa.
Highlights included the bombastic Like Jennie - produced by Diplo, and boasting it's own viral dance break - and the swoonsome pop of Love Hangover, which showcased her vocal abilities.
The 29-year-old has never been the most precise performer, but it somehow works to her advantage - making her more "real" than the imperious perfection of her peers.
Watch Lisa on the Sahara Stage at 7:45pm on Friday (local time), or 3:45am on Saturday (UK time). Jennie plays the Outdoor Theatre at 7:45pm on Sunday (local time), or 3:45am on Monday (UK time). 7) Brat Summer 2: Electric Boogaloo Instagram
Charli XCX (second from the right) was joined by her Brat collaborators Troye Sivan, Lorde and Billie Eilish
Charli XCX drew one of the weekend's biggest crowds, for a sleazy, hedonistic run-through of her sleazy, hedonistic breakout album, Brat.
Performing entirely on her own, the star was in constant motion - a mesmerising blur of hip-rolls, hair tosses, stomach crunches and knee-drops, as she turned Coachella's main stage into sweat-drenched, laser-lit club night.
Compared to the maximalism of other sets, it was a lesson in how one person can hold a stage on their own... Well, almost.
At several points, she brought out her collaborators from Brat's companion album - Troye Sivan, Billie Eilish and Lorde. It was, one excitable fan commented, "like The Avengers for gay people".
Whether the guest-list will be the same on Coachella's second weekend remains to be seen. But Charli is worth your time either way.
Watch on the Coachella Stage at 7:15pm on Saturday (local time), or 3:15am on Sunday (UK time). 8) Benson Boone vs d4vd EPA
Benson Boone's high-octane show earmarked him as one of the breakout stars of Coachella 2025
Anyone who's had the pleasure of watching Benson Boone over the last year will know he's fond of performing a front flip off his piano, the big show off.
He didn't let us down at Coachella - bouncing around the stage like a Duracell Bunny attached to a car battery. To cap it all off, he brought out Brian May for a surprisingly successful version of Bohemian Rhapsody.
Less fortunate, however, was Texan singer d4vd, whose attempt at a backflip went disastrously wrong.
Thankfully, he recovered in time to pull off an energetic set that highlighted the life-affirming vibes of his bedroom pop hits Feel It and What Are You Waiting For.
After the set, he swore to practice harder for this weekend's performance. "Imagine if I fall again," he cringed.
Watch Benson Boone on the Coachella Stage at 7:05pm on Friday (local time), or 3:45 am on Saturday (UK Time). D4vd plays the Gobi Stage at 5:55pm on Friday (local time), or 1:55am on Saturday (UK time). 9) Gustavo Dudamel's genre-defying live mixtape Getty Images
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the LA Philharmonic and LL Cool J in an unexpected mash-up of classical standards and rap hits
Last Saturday, the entire LA Philharmonic Orchestra boarded a bus and set off for the desert to make their Coachella debut.
Under the baton of Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel, they performed what was billed as "Gustavo's mixtape" - moving seamlessly between classical standards like Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, and modern pop hits.
For the latter, they were joined on stage by a host of A-list stars, including indie titan Beck, Icelandic songstress Laufey, country singer Maren Morris and rap icon LL Cool J.
"I told to the orchestra, 'I'm so happy conducting, but I wish I could be in the middle of the crowd and enjoy the moment,'" Dudamel told Variety magazine ahead of the show.
Weekend two will feature an all-new array of guest stars, he promised, but details are being kept under wraps for now.
The LA Philharmonic plays the Outdoor Theatre at 6:25pm on Saturday (local time), or 2:25am on Sunday (UK time). 10) T-Pain is the ultimate party starter Getty Images
T-Pain dressed in a steampunk outfit and performed on a set that depicted a post-apocalyptic Earth.
"It took me 20 years to get on this stage," said T-Pain towards the end of his set on Saturday, and he certainly made the most of his hour-long set.
He covered Journey's Don't Stop Believin' and Chris Stapleton's country hit Tennessee Whiskey, while racing through early 2000s hits like Buy U A Drank and I'm In Luv, and revisiting his verses on Flo Rida's Low, and Kanye West's Good Life.
For that, he received a hero's welcome, with the crowd treating his set as an excuse for some turn of the millennium escapism.
By the time it ended, a campaign had started for T-Pain to play next year's Super Bowl half-time show.
Watch on the Coachella Stage at 5:25pm on Saturday (local time), or 1:25am on Sunday (UK time). Other sets worth watching Getty Images
South African star Tyla showed off the supple musical stylings of Amapiano and Popiano during her set.
Luckily, you're not forced to stay up all night to watch the stars strut their stuff in California.
Coachella's generous livestreams repeat throughout the day, and you can rewind several hours to find the performances you want.
Other highlights from the first weekend included Megan Thee Stallion, whose star-studded set included appearances from Queen Latifah, Victoria Monét, and Ciara; and Kraftwerk, reminding everyone that they essentially invented electronic music.
Belinda Carlisle reunited with her old band The Go-Gos for a dose of sun-kissed 1980s nostalgia, and the UK's Sam Fender tore through a blistering set that showcased the songwriting chops of his new album, People Watching.
Among the newcomers with main stage aspirations were South Africa's hip-swivelling R&B star Tyla, and New York dance act Fcukers, whose breakout hit Bon Bon was one of the weekend's most inescapable tracks.
You can see the full line-up for Coachella's second weekend on the festival's website.
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