Coachella 2022 – live: All the updates from day 2 as Billie Eilish set to headline
Harry Styles performs at Coachella and surprises fan with Shania Twain cameo
After a two-year absence, Coachella has made its highly anticipated return.
Located in Indio, California, the desert festival has gained popularity over the years for its glitzy Instagram-worthy dress code and major celebrity guest sightings.
The festival leads the pack when it comes to innovative lineups. Two of its top-billed artists (Harry Styles and Billie Eilish) are under 30, while further down the carefully curated bill you’ll find some of the buzziest new acts around – Koffee, Amyl and the Sniffers, Rina Sawayama – mingling with old school staples such as Spiritualized and The Avalanches.
Find all the updates from this year’s festival below
Kevin Abstract has urged fans to tune into Brockhampton’s Coachella performance as it will be their last as a band. Stay tuned for our review of their set…
Tom Murray17 April 2022 02:44
Wallows hits pause to help fan
Dylan Minnette just stopped Wallows mid-song to help a fan in the crowd. The actor/singer got a big cheer and round of applause from the audience for making sure the festivalgoer was ok. Check out the footage below.
Tom Murray17 April 2022 02:27
Fans of tonight’s headliner Billie Eilish will be delighted to know there’s an entire tent selling Billie specific merch. They might not be as happy to find out that a plain black hoodie costs $90 (£69) and a water bottle $30 (£23).
Did somebody say Billie Eilish branded water bottle?
(The Independent/Leonie Cooper)
Leonie Cooper17 April 2022 01:40
Billie Eilish has arrived ahead of her history-making performance
Billie Eilish’s eponymous perfume brand tweeted a photo of the singer at Coachella next to a giant replica of the fragrance’s bottle, which is a kind of a metallic bust with half a head missing.
Tom Murray17 April 2022 01:32
These hills at Coachella look familiar…
Little known Coachella fact. The Teletubbie hills were relocated to the festival site in the early 2000s and now act as a home base for rickshaw drivers and stray influencers.
Has anyone seen Tinky-Winky?
(The Independent/Leonie Cooper)
Leonie Cooper17 April 2022 01:14
Queues, glorious queues
Day two kicking off with more epic queues to get into the festival. Extremely jealous of the person with the pink parasol right now.
The queue to get into Coachella
(The Independent/Leonie Cooper)
Leonie Cooper17 April 2022 01:08
Shania Twain has heaped praise on Harry Styles after her cameo during his set last night. “Music icon. Fashion icon,” Twain tweeted. The country star said during the performance that she was “starstruck” by Styles.
Tom Murray17 April 2022 00:59
And we’re back!
Welcome! We’re getting underway at Coachella day two, which will see Billie Eilish become the youngest headliner in the festival’s history at just 20 years old. Other performers today include Megan Thee Stallion and 88rising as well as British exports like Disclosure and Holly Humberstone – you can see the full setlist here.
We’ll be watching from London and getting reviews, news, and festival tidbits from our reporters on the ground, Leonie Cooper and Kevin E G Perry. If you’d like to watch along too then remember you can find out how to do so here
Tom Murray16 April 2022 23:48
As Coachella mania is in full swing, here’s a bluffer’s guide to every past headliner and poster in the music festival’s history.
Jacob Stolworthy16 April 2022 21:00
Leonie Cooper saw Harry Styles’ Coachella show.
In his debut California headline show, the former One Direction star’s rehearsed lines – but their somewhat corny delivery lacked the spontaneity of a proper rock’n’roll show.
Find our full review here.
Tom Murray16 April 2022 20:30
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