Kanye West bails on Coachella

A musical shake-up. After replacing Travis Scott at Coachella 2022, Kanye West stepped down weeks before the music festival was set to start.

Kanye West, 44, is one of the biggest and richest rappers in the world, but he still left a lot of money behind when walking away from his upcoming Coachella gig. The talented artist was apparently going to be paid $8 million for the headlining performance and Coachella was also going to pay an additional $500,000 for production costs, according to sources at Page Six. The impressive amount still wasn’t able to hold Ye down though, as he cancelled his appearance less than two weeks before he was set to take the big stage.

Kendall Jenner had a very inneresting reaction to her former brother-in-law Kanye West being replaced for Coachella!

Kendall Jenner has attended the Coachella music festival during its last few productions (it was sidelined in 2020 and 2021 over the pandemic). So, it comes as no surprise to fans if the model is keeping up to date with last-minute talent arrangements. But it may come as a bit of a shock when she comments on those that involve her former brother-in-law. Such is the case when Kanye West pulled out of headlining Coachella, only to be replaced by The Weeknd!

for when “Jesus Walks.“Amid news of Kanye West dropping out as headliner, Coachella has revealed that the Grammy-winner will be replaced by The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia at the upcoming event. Coachella organizers tweeted the updated lineup in a Wednesday morning tweet.

Over the two-plus decades from 1999-2022, 58 acts have headlined the Coachella Music and Arts Festival (59 if you count Tupac’s hologram).

How she really feels? Kendall Jenner subtly reacted to the news that The Weeknd is replacing her former brother-in-law Kanye West at Coachella.

Swedish House Mafia x the Weeknd will perform together at Coachella.

The Coachella Music and Arts Festival announced today that Kanye West would be replaced as a headliner at next week’s event by The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia. This year’s Coachella runs April 15th-17th & 22nd-24th.

The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia will replace Kanye West as the Sunday headliner at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April. They'll join Harry Styles and Billie Eilish as the festival's 2022 headliners, performing in Ye's scheduled slot on both weekends of the festival, which runs from April 15–24 this year. Swedish House Mafia were already announced as performers at Coachella 2022, though their headlining spot marks an upgrade.

Coachella has locked down two new headliners! On Wednesday, the official Instagram account for the music festival announced that Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd would replace Kanye «Ye» West at this year's festival — joining Billie Eilish and Harry Styles — as the headliners.“The Party & The After Party,” the caption read next to an updated image of the tour poster.  The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, took to his Instagram account to share the news with the same image. The “Save Your Tears” singer opted for no caption.

The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia have been announced as last-minute headliners for Coachella 2022, replacing Kanye West.Last week, it was reported that Ye was pulling out of his closing night headline sets for the two-weekend event, which takes place April 15-17 and April 22-24 in Indio, California.The news has now been confirmed by Coachella, who took to Instagram this afternoon (April 6) to share a new line-up poster featuring “Swedish House Mafia x The Weeknd” on the Sundays of April 17 and 24 in place of Kanye.Swedish House Mafia had already been scheduled to perform at the festival, with The Weeknd now joining them for a bill-topping joint set.“I’m so looking forward to this moment with Swedish House Mafia and the Weeknd finishing out the Sunday night slot this year,” Coachella organiser Paul Tollett told Variety of the news.“Coachella has a special relationship with Abel [Tesfaye] and I’m so thankful to have this upcoming performance with these iconic artists all on the same stage.”“The Party & The After Party,” Coachella labelled the news.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs predicted, Swedish House Mafia and the Weeknd will replace Kanye West at Coachella on Sunday night.They will perform in the festival-closing Sunday night slot, joining Harry Styles (Friday) and Billie Eilish (Saturday) as Coachella’s 2022 headliners.Although many media outlets reported that the Weeknd would take the slot himself, that was never a realistic proposition: For the past several months he’s been immersed in the HBO series “The Idol” — which he is co-writing, co-directing and stars in — and his own stadium tour doesn’t start until July.Other names thrown into the week’s frenzied prediction mix include Justin Bieber, Travis Scott, Silk Sonic (featuring Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) and Tyler, the Creator. When the 2022 Coachella lineup was announced back in early January, Swedish House Mafia had rare, almost unprecedented placement in the hierarchy of the festival’s all-important official poster: in a headliner-sized font, but at the bottom of the lineup, and with no specific date listed.A few days later, Variety unspooled several hundred words speculating about what that might mean, one possibility of which was that the festival was hedging its bets in case headliner Kanye West — who’d pulled out of a previous Coachella lineup literally days before it was announced — pulled out again, which is exactly what happened on Monday.It is important to note that not just anyone can pull off a headlining set at North America’s biggest and most popular music festival.

The Weeknd may fill Kanye West's headliner spot at this year's Coachella after the rapper decided to pull out of the festival just two weeks before kick off.According to TMZ, the 32-year-old singer has been in talks with festival organizers and, although discussions 'stalled at one point,' there's a chance he will take the stage in 'some capacity.'Organizers were reportedly 'testing the waters to see if The Weeknd would perform a few songs along with Swedish House Mafia,' but they're also interested in the hitmaker 'as a stand-alone act.' Stepping in?The Weeknd may fill Kanye West 's headliner spot at this year's Coachella after the rapper decided to pull out of the festival just two weeks before kick off; seen in 2021The Weeknd first hit the Coachella stage in 2012 and then three years later in 2015. He officially headlined the festival in 2018 with Beyonce and rapper Eminem.No final determination has been made aboutThe Weeknd, as other artists have also reportedly been approached for the last-minute gig.

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Kanye West may be dropping out of major events like the Grammys and this year’s Coachella, but he still seems to be staying busy! The “Jail” rapper (who just won a best rap song gramophone for that track!) was spotted out in Beverly Hills Monday wearing a black hoodie sweatshirt over a black t-shirt and black jeans, also sporting his signature Balenciaga croc boots. In other photos, the rapper appeared to be congregating with members of his team at a construction site, so although he’s cutting himself out of major events, he may just be continuing to plan major events of his own!

Kanye «Ye» West will no longer be headlining the Coachella Music Festival. The 44-year-old GRAMMY-winning musician has pulled out of both the April 17 and April 24 dates of the Indio, California, event, according to multiple reports.TMZ was first to report the news.West has yet to publicly speak out about his decision for backing out, but he was scheduled to headline along with Billie Eilish and Harry Styles at the event.

Kanye West has pulled out of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival where he was to have headlined both of the fest’s two weekends, according to multiple media reports.

Kanye West has pulled out of his headline performance at this year’s Coachella festival, according to reports.The rapper and producer was scheduled to headline the closing night of the two-weekend event, which takes place April 15-17 and April 22-24, but according to TMZ and Variety this will no longer be the case.It’s not been made clear as to why West has cancelled his appearance at the California festival, but it’s also been reported that Travis Scott was set to perform alongside West, and he too will now no longer appear.NME has reached out to Coachella and representatives for West for comment.The news follows a petition that was launched by fans last month to remove West from the festival’s line-up, which currently has almost 50,000 signatures.The Change.org petition was launched on March 17 by a user with the alias Kim Pete, following West’s suspension on Instagram for his post about Trevor Noah which contained racial slurs.

Kanye West has ‘pulled out of Coachella’, it has been claimed.The Praise God rapper was due to perform across both weekends of the California festival, taking to the stage at the Empire Polo Ground on April 17 and April 24.However, according to reports, the 44-year-old is thought to have bowed out of his pre-announced sets on both days.As well as this, Travis Scott was due to join him at some point during the performances, with TMZ reporting that this is now out of the question.It is unclear why the dad-of-four pulled the plug on his appearance, but a source claimed to Variety that he had not rehearsed or prepared for the gig.Ye has not addressed the claims publicly, while Coachella bosses have not made any announcements over whether he will be performing.Harry Styles, Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, Swedish House Mafia and Carly Rae Jepson are among the other names on the star-studded line-up.It was recently reported that the Grammy-winner is ‘seeking help’ following his bitter split from ex-wife Kim Kardashian.The Skims businesswoman filed for divorce from the musician last February, bringing their six-year marriage to an end.Following their split, she publicly moved on with Pete Davidson, with Ye repeatedly asking for her to return to their relationship.He also posted explicit outpourings about the Saturday Night Live comedian on Instagram, leading to a 24-hour ban from the platform.Following the drama, an insider claimed that he has agreed to stop his behaviour on social media for the sake of the four children he shares with Kim – North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm.We need to talk about Justin Bieber's oversized Grammys suitCardi B slams her 'dumba*s' fans and deletes Twitter after criticism for missing

Stepping away. Kanye West will not perform at Coachella after all, multiple reports confirm.