{"id":3065,"date":"2024-04-14T11:41:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T11:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=3065"},"modified":"2024-04-14T11:41:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T11:41:36","slug":"coachella-heavy-on-indie-rock-nostalgia-taylor-swift-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=3065","title":{"rendered":"Coachella heavy on indie rock nostalgia, Taylor Swift buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gdb.voanews.com\/01000000-0aff-0242-58a2-08dc5c7241bf_w800_h450.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<span class=\"dateline\">Indio, USA \u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Coachella day two was heavy on alt-rock throwbacks including a highly anticipated No Doubt reunion, but it was Taylor Swift \u2014 who wasn&#8217;t on the lineup and didn&#8217;t perform &#8212; creating buzz on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Her mere presence at the mammoth festival in the California desert set the internet alight, after she made a much-speculated appearance&#8230; as a fan, canoodling and dancing with beau Travis Kelce as Bleachers performed a rollicking set.<\/p>\n<p>The rock band Bleachers is fronted by Jack Antonoff, Swift&#8217;s friend and longtime producer.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce&#8217;s blocking skills came in handy as the 6&#8217;5&#8243; (1.96 meters) NFL tight end did well to obscure his wildly famous girlfriend from view, as the couple enjoyed the show from just offstage.<\/p>\n<p>Still, an AFP journalist saw the lovebirds twirling and singing along during the performance of Antonoff, who&#8217;s co-written and produced several of Swift&#8217;s albums.<\/p>\n<p>Fan videos quickly started circulating online. Swift&#8217;s cameo comes less than a week before her forthcoming album, &#8220;The Tortured Poets Department,&#8221; drops on April 19.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the Bleachers set Swift and Kelce were caught by fan cameras as they stood in the VIP section for a blazing performance from Ice Spice, the Bronx rapper who collaborated on a remix of Swift&#8217;s &#8220;Karma.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The crowd went berserk when Ice Spice shouted out her megastar pal \u2014 but the rapper performed &#8220;Karma&#8221; on her own with a backing track, giving Swift the chance to watch a rendition of her own song from the vantage point of the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old billionaire is currently on break from her blockbuster Eras tour.<\/p>\n<p>Some fans had speculated Swift might join friend and fellow Antonoff associate Lana Del Rey, who headlined Friday&#8217;s opening night.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s always next weekend, which is essentially a repeat of the first three days of the festival but usually includes a few shakeups.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler, the Creator was the top-billed act Saturday, bursting onto the stage in flames from inside a camper van that was parked in a set mimicking a desert mountain scene.<\/p>\n<p>The eccentric performer \u2014 who sported both Palestinian and Congolese flag pins \u2014 invited a number of special guests including Kali Uchis, Childish Gambino and A$AP Rocky.<\/p>\n<p>Doja Cat is on deck to headline Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alt-rock roots and Paris Hilton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coachella started as a rock festival but in recent years it&#8217;s leaned increasingly into pop, rap and the Latino megastars who rule the streaming charts.<\/p>\n<p>But Saturday&#8217;s lineup offered a portrait of nostalgia: No Doubt \u2014 the group fronted by Gwen Stefani \u2014 played together for the first time in 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Stefani, 54, bounded across the stage boasting the vocals of her youth, leading the crowd in singalongs of the group&#8217;s classics including &#8220;Just A Girl&#8221; and &#8220;Don&#8217;t Speak.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>English rockers Blur also took the stage, while stoner reggae rock group Sublime \u2014 the 1990s act beloved for hits including &#8220;Santeria&#8221; \u2014 drew throngs of fans to the main stage for a sunset performance featuring the late frontman Brad Nowell&#8217;s son Jakob leading the way.<\/p>\n<p>Vampire Weekend made a last-minute return to the desert, having last performed there more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran indie rockers whose hits including &#8220;Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa&#8221; were brought in just last week, and frontman Ezra Koenig, who sported a striped Pogues sweatshirt, told cheering fans he&#8217;d been leaning back sipping ranch water \u2014 a cocktail of seltzer, tequila and lime \u2014 in Texas when he got a text asking if they&#8217;d come on board.<\/p>\n<p>The group just released their fifth album, &#8220;Only God Was Above Us,&#8221; and played a mix of fan favorites and new work, including a 15-minute honky tonk mash-up.<\/p>\n<p>They also randomly brought Paris Hilton onstage to play a quick round of cornhole &#8212; a popular North American bean bag-based lawn game \u2014 as part of a giveaway of chocolate for front-row fans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t played this game since &#8216;The Simple Life,'&#8221; the cowboy-hat wearing socialite and reality TV icon quipped, a referencing to the cult mid-2000s series she starred in with Nicole Richie.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Make some noise for &#8216;The Simple Life!'&#8221; yelled Koenig to laughs and applause.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/coachella-heavy-on-indie-rock-nostalgia-taylor-swift-buzz\/7569389.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indio, USA \u2014\u00a0 Coachella day two was heavy on alt-rock throwbacks including a highly anticipated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - 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