US EditionCoachella Weekend 1: Karol G to Make History as First Latina to Headline the Festival
- Thousands of festivalgoers descended on the Empire Polo Club in Indio yesterday for the final day of Weekend 1 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, with reggaeton superstar Karol G headlining the closing night.
- The Coachella 2026 lineup featured pop star Sabrina Carpenter headlining Friday and Justin Bieber leading Saturday's performances before Karol G closed the festival.
- During Saturday's "Bieberchella," some attendees complained that Bieber's set was "lazy" and relied too heavily on YouTube, while critics praised performances by Nine Inch Noize and Smashing Pumpkins' frontman Billy Corgan.
- Sabrina Carpenter unveiled "Sabrina's Pit Stop," a pop-up experience created with Airbnb, while the festival debuted a 75-minute film installation by Radiohead singer Thom Yorke and artist Stanley Donwood.
- The Indio Police Department urged attendees on Thursday to call the non-emergency line for concert-related concerns, while organizers scheduled a special screening of "Euphoria" season three premiere after Sunday's final performance.
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The appointment was five minutes before ten o’clock (Pacific time), but Karol G, like the lady of the stage she is, waited, half an hour long. When she showed up on Coachella’s main stage, being the first Latina to lead the possibly most famous and media festival in the world, she didn’t need more than her charisma and voice to conquer an event that took almost three decades to climb a Latina woman to her main track. And she did it with everythi…
Karol G Delivers Visually Stunning Show At Historic Coachella Headlining Concert
The Colombian superstar brought out Becky G, Mariah Angeliq and Wisin and special guests as the Latina artist played the first-ever headlining set from a Latina act in the festival's history.
Karol G’s Historic Coachella Set Included Becky G, Wisin, and Tons of Latin Genres
Karol G made her Coachella debut a non-stop showcase of sounds from across Latin America. The Colombian superstar danced her way through a powerful set, incorporating salsa, old-school reggaeton, and even an all-female mariachi crew. In between, she packed tons of surprises, inviting Becky G, Wisin, and Cigarettes After Sex guitarist Greg González for cameos onstage. All of it culminated into one hell of a historic set, making the Colombian su…
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