The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia Headlining Coachella After Kanye West Backs Out

etonline.com:

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.

Swedish House Mafia took a cue from The Weeknd and also shared the image, sans caption. The news comes just two days after it was confirmed that West had pulled out of the music festival.

A source told ET at the time, «Kanye has dropped out of Coachella. The organizers are figuring out who will replace him.» A post shared by Coachella (@coachella)So far, the 44-year-old GRAMMY-winning musician has yet to speak out and share his reason for dropping out of the festival.The “Famous” rapper previously shared that he had plans to bring out Travis Scott during his set.