Coachella Weekend 2 Livestream: An Opinionated Guide on What to Watch

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YouTube’s Coachella livestream has been contemporary music’s greatest showcase: a proving ground for superstars, rising and returning artists — all of whom know they need to bring their A-game — that easily can eat up your entire weekend. “Couchella” stans know that you don’t have to spend thousands of dollars, inhale several pounds of desert dust, run a quarter mile between stages, or even leave your home to witness these world-beating performances.

YouTube broadcasts top-quality streams of the performances on eight different stages — live and on loop for 24 hours after each day’s programming ends — and they’re filmed as expertly as any live music broadcast we’ve ever seen: Although nothing can compare to attending live music in person, you really feel like you’ve witnessed the concerts, and for artists ranging from Beyoncé to Billie Eilish to Harry Styles and beyond — not to mention this year’s headliners, Lana Del Rey, Tyler, the Creator and Doja Cat — the livestream has amplified their performances far beyond the Empire Polo Grounds.

Of course, it’s overwhelming, so below is a handy and highly opinionated guide on how to plan your weekend in front of the laptop.

Remember that you can scroll back on each livestream to replay sets you didn’t catch in real time, but also remember that once they’re gone, they’re gone — for copyright reasons, the livestreams are aggressively removed from the internet once the festival is over, and it can be extremely difficult to find anything but brief excerpts afterward, so catch them while you can.