The Live World: Weekend 2 Highlights, Post-Coachella Tours

Each week, we track major tour announcements and live world news across ROSTR & NIF. The Live World is your weekly Thursday wrap-up of the live music biz stories you should know about. Let's take a look at this week's…

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Fret not, in typical Coachella fashion, the festival immediately announced its return in 2027 the weekends of April 9-11 and April 16-18.

Weekend 2 included some star-studded guest appearances including:

• Madonna duetting 'Like A Prayer' & 'Vogue' with Sabrina Carpenter

• SZA & Billie Eilish for Justin Bieber's set

• Olivia Rodrigo joining Addison Rae's set to debut her new single 'drop dead'

• Billy Idol taking the stage alongside sombr

• Both J Balvin & Peso Pluma for KAROL G

• LISA, Joji & Muse's Matt Belamy at Anyma's redemption act after winds cancelled his Weekend One set

And if you missed out, Coachella performers KAROL G, Geese, aespa & David Byrne have all announced new tour dates and/or extensions.

In other news, No Music for Genocide released an open letter boycotting the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest due to its decision to allow Israel to compete. Brian Eno, Massive Attack, KNEECAP, Sigur Rós, Erika de Casier & Macklemore are amongst the signees.

🎟️ Festival Headlines:

• Arizona's FORM Arcosanti unveiled its lineup with headliners Disclosure, Lorde, Turnstile & Geese

• Thundercat, Angine de Poitrine, Herbie Hancock, Little Simz, Arlo Parks & more are set to play Newport Jazz Festival

• Morrissey, Patti Smith & Interpol will headline CBGB Festival in Brooklyn this September

• Country Calling in Maryland will be headlined by Lainey Wilson & Chris Stapleton

❌ Cancellations:

• Europe continues to cancel on Kanye, with Poland and Switzerland joining the growing list of countries denying his entry

• British rock outfit WU LYF postponed their upcoming US shows citing delays in processing travel visas

🔥 Check out this week's hottest tours in the gallery below: