After he was originally set to headline Coachella in 2020 — before the pandemic shut that year down — Frank Ocean again returned to Indio on Sunday to headline the first weekend of this year’s star-studded music festival.
The appearance marked Ocean’s first performance in six years — since 2017’s Flow Festival in Finland. Ocean was set to take the stage at 10:05 pm — but he’d already stirred a great deal of controversy and backlash online when it was announced that his set would not be included in YouTube’s livestream from the festival.
The video platform confirmed this on Twitter, just a few hours before he took the stage, writing, “Frank Ocean is not scheduled to appear on the Coachella livestream.” No explanation was provided.
Additionally, signs were prominently placed around the venue declaring that no Frank Ocean merchandise would be available for purchase at the festival.
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