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Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Among Stars Spotted At Coachella 2024: Photos
The pop star and the football player were just some of the famous fans who took in the bevy of artists performing over the first weekend.
INDIO, CA — Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce joined thousands of celebrants at the Empire Polo Club in Indio Sunday for the first of a two-weekend Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival event featuring a wide range of artists.
Celebrities spotted in the crowd included the duo Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, who were seen both backstage and with fellow performing artists during the show. The couple of the decade arrived with the pop star wearing a New Heights baseball cap and the Super Bowl-winning football player wearing a Happy Gilmore cap. Fans may have hoped Swift would take the stage, but instead, she was seen singing and dancing in the crowd along with Ice Spice during the rapper's performance of Swift's hit song "Karma."

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Olivia Rodrigo interrupted her Guts tour to take the stage with Gwen Steffani and No Doubt, and Academy Award-winning singer Billie Eilish joined Lana Del Rey in a special on-stage appearance, among many others, this weekend.

Grammy Award-winning singer and rapper Doja Cat had the honor of closing out the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday. The event was attended by thousands of celebrants and featured a wide range of artists.
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The performer began her set wearing a white hazardous materials protection suit and yellow rubber gloves.
The music festival reconvenes for the weekend of April 19-21. Doja Cat will close out next weekend on Sunday, preceded J Balvin, Jhene Aiko, Ludmilla, Lil Yachty, John Summit and DJ Snake.

At one point, No Doubt was joined on stage by surprise guest Olivia Rodrigo to perform their 2000 song "Bathwater."
Saturday's headlining set by Tyler, The Creator, lasted about an hour and 20 minutes. The artist was joined on stage by surprise guest Donald Glover, who portrayed his alter ego, Childish Gambino, with whom he performed "Running Out of Time." A$AP Rocky also made a surprise appearance and joined Tyler, The Creator, to perform "Potato Salad" and "Who Dat Boy."

Tyler, The Creator joked with the crowd that he used to hate both Glover and A$AP Rocky but didn't feel that way anymore. He was later joined by Charlie Wilson for the song "Earfquake" and by Kali Uchis to perform "See you Again."
Other performers on the Saturday slate were Ice Spice, Blur, Jungle, Dom Dolla, The Bleachers and Kevin Kaarl.

An additional stage was added this year, as well as extended three-hour sets, featuring Honey Dijon and Green Velvet on Friday, Michael Bibi on Saturday, and Jamie XX, Floating Points, and Daphni on Sunday.
The weekend of April 19-21 will feature Rufus Du Sol the first day, Eric Prydz and Anyma the second day, and Diplo and Mau P for the closing day.
Friday's opening day featured a surprise appearance by Colombian superstar Shakira, who took the stage during Bizarrap's set. Shakira performed "La Fuerte" and "BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53" and also told fans between songs that she'll be launching a global tour later this year.
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Also Friday, headliner Lana del Rey welcomed Billie Eilish and Jon Batiste to her stage.
Becky G added to the surprise appearances on Friday night when she joined Peso Pluma on stage to perform their song "Chanel." Peso Pluma was also joined by surprise guests Junior H to perform "El Azul" and Arcangel to perform their song "Peso Completo."
For more information on next weekend's lineup, visit: www.coachella.com/lineup.
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