Performing alongside her in the Gobi tent were her sister and cousin. The Australian-based performer expressed pride in being the first Zambian act to perform at Coachella, though she vowed she "wouldn't be the last." Farewell to BROCKHAMPTONĬoachella is often a festival to catch bands on their way to fame, but occasionally it's also a final curtain call for beloved artists.
"It's great to be back on stage again," said the 28-year-old, noting that during the COVID-19 pandemic, she had been forced to stop performing, and everything she had "worked so hard for" and "defied my parents for" seemed to be slipping away.
Watch Video: Coachella 2022: Sampa the Great becomes first Zambian act at festival The band is a combination of musicians from Amsterdam and the United Kingdom. He was able to find the other members of the band, including vocalist, keyboardist and Bağlama player Erdinç Ecevit Yıldız, via the Internet. He said he had the idea for starting the band in 2016 but didn't know any Turkish musicians. Their 2019 album "Gece" was critically acclaimed and was nominated in 2020 for "Best World Music Album" at the Grammy Awards.īassist Jasper Verhulst, who is from the Netherlands, is a fan of '70s Turkish rock. The six-piece band Altın Gün (Golden Day) has released four albums since 2018. More: Coachella 2022: FINNEAS delivers breezy Sunday show after backing sister Billie Eilish Altın Gün brings Turkish rock-funk to big crowd on Sunday He followed that with the emotional "I Lost a Friend" and concluded with his biggest hit, "Let's Fall in Love for the Night." He kicked his set off with the song "Naked." During his song "Around My Neck," he was so comfortable he actually laid down on top of his piano, singing up to the sky. The Weeknd rolled through a crowd-pleasing list of hits, including “The Hills,” “Starboy” and “I Feel It Coming.” He closed his set with a slowed-down version of his mega-hit “Save Your Tears.” Then Swedish House Mafia rejoined him and they closed the set, and the 2022 Coachella experience, together with the song “Moth to a Flame.”ĭonning a natty light-blue suit, he rolled through almost the same set he performed last Sunday, acknowledging that for him this is Weekend 2, but to all the fans out there this is their Weekend 1. Even those who seemed to be calling it a night after Swedish House Mafia had to stop in their tracks and dance. They then passed the baton to The Weeknd as they transitioned with him on the songs “Sacrifice” and “How Do I Make You Love Me?” before exiting the stage and letting The Weeknd finish Weekend 2 on his own.Īnd he didn’t let the momentum die, starting right out with his dance-party jam “I Can’t Feel My Face” to re-hook the crowd. Heaven has a plan for you.” The words rang out from seemingly all across the festival grounds. As they played “Don’t You Worry Child,” they dropped the music entirely at the key moment to allow the crowd to sing the chorus in unison: “Don’t you worry, don’t you worry child. “Everything just kept going,” he noted.Swedish House Mafia finished its 55-minute set with one of those great goosebump-inducing moments. Strait said he didn’t think his decision to refuse interviews after Jenifer’s death made a big difference in his album sales. But I was at the point where I’m, ‘Alright, if this is going to cost me my career, then so be it, but it’s the only way I’m going to be able to cope with it.’ It just kind of turned out the way it did. He added, “I did want to keep singing, absolutely.
“I just didn’t feel like talking about it, so I quit doing interviews.” “I just kind of shut down,” Strait told The New Yorker. Strait didn’t want to let everyone in on his grief.
For instance, when Reba McEntire‘s band died in a plane crash in 1991, she detailed the night from her perspective in her autobiography. "True, not another minute on this Earth can be borrowed, so there's no way to know when I'll live my last tomorrow." #True #OneStepAtATime /1p8V3Wa7rQ- George Strait July 6, 2021įollowing the car accident, Strait said he didn’t want to share his pain with the public as other country stars had.