Every Single Thing That Happened at Coachella 2025

Welcome to weekend one of Coachella 2025. Will the Carmageddon (a.k.a the hours-long lines of traffic on the way into Indio) be worth it? Thousands of people are about to find out. This year, the annual festival’s lineup features headlining sets from Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone, and Travis Scott. Will Benson Boone do a flip? Whoooo wanna rock with Jennie? We’ll be following along and updating this post with all of the biggest moments and interactions … plus whatever other mayhem may come. Join us! —Jennifer Zhan

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Alejandra Gularte Updated Apr. 12, 2025, 11:28 AM EDT

Gaitok stays leaving his post

After a prerecorded “manifesto of mayhem,” the first song of Lady Gaga’s headlining set is “Bloody Mary.”

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Jennifer Zhan Updated Apr. 12, 2025, 2:06 AM EDT

The Biebers are on a double date

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Jennifer Zhan Updated Apr. 12, 2025, 12:33 AM EDT

Missy Elliott makes an entrance

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Jennifer Zhan Updated Apr. 11, 2025, 11:20 PM EDT

Blackpink (and White Lotus) in your area

Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) came to see Mook (Lisa) perform on the Sahara Stage. Lisa’s Blackpink bandmate Rosé was later also spotted supporting from the crowd.

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Jennifer Zhan Updated Apr. 11, 2025, 11:09 PM EDT

We knew he would

Of course Benson Boone did some acrobatics onstage. The announcement that his new album American Heart is dropping on June 20 was a surprise, though — as was the moment when he brought Queen’s Brian May out to cover “Bohemian Rhapsody” with him.

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jennifer zhan Updated Apr. 11, 2025, 10:00 PM EDT

Putting the ‘Go’ in H-O-T-T-O-G-O

The Go-Go’s sang a mashup of their song “We Got the Beat” and Chappell Roan’s “Hot to Go” at the Outdoor Theatre. Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong also joined members Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey, Jane Wiedlin, Kathy Valentine, and Gina Schock onstage for a performance of “Head Over Heels.”

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Jennifer Zhan Updated Apr. 11, 2025, 9:30 PM EDT

Three 6 Mafia come with company

During the Memphis group’s set on the Sahara Stage, Three 6 Mafia brought out MGK, Travis Barker, Wiz Khalifa, and Project Pat as guests.

Juicy J confessed on stage that he had taken a Xanax before the performance and was feeling “loopy.” At one point, he gave white people permission to sing the N-word during a song, which appears to be a running bit of his; he’s done this before at other performances. Some people online were a little taken aback by the moment, however.

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Jennifer Zhan Updated Apr. 11, 2025, 8:08 PM EDT

The YouTube livestreams are already going strong

And we’ve got a handy guide here for when and where to tune in. Ravyn Lenae is scheduled to grace the Mojave Stage’s YouTube stream at 8:40 p.m. ET, and we’re sticking by our claim that this festival will be one of your last chances to start listening to her before the bandwagon hits capacity.

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Jennifer Zhan Updated Apr. 11, 2025, 8:03 PM EDT

Don’t have to ‘Guess’ what Billie Eilish and Charli are teasing

If this isn’t a sign that fans can expect a live performance of the “Guess” remix during Charli XCX’s set on Saturday, then that just seems a bit cruel.

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Jennifer Zhan Updated Apr. 11, 2025, 7:10 PM EDT

Lady Gaga fans are getting all dolled up

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Jennifer Zhan Updated Apr. 11, 2025, 7:00 PM EDT

Will it be worth the wait?

Starting on Thursday, festival attendees have been stuck in their cars awaiting entry, with some social media posts claiming that people have been in line for more than 12 hours with no access to porta-potties. Can Coachella make up for Carmageddon?

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