Lady Gaga’s theatrics, Benson Boone’s antics and everything that happened on Coachella’s first day

Mother Monster brought drama, chaos and joy to revelers in the desert with a set that spanned the biggest hits throughout her career.

She started things off with “Bloody Mary,” a track that found a second life online thanks to memes from the Netflix series “Wednesday,” before launching into “Abracadabra,” the mega-viral second single from her latest album, “Mayhem.”

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Below, find the set list For Lady Gaga’s 2025 Coachella Weekend 1 headlining performance, along with the chapter markers that appeared on screen during the set.

Act I: Of Velvet and Vice

• “Bloody Mary”
• “Abracadabra”
• “Judas”
• “Scheiße”
• “Garden of Eden”
• “Poker Face”

Act II: And She Fell Into a Gothic Dream

• “Perfect Celebrity”
• “Disease”
• “Paparazzi”
• “Alejandro”
• “The Beast”

Act III: The Beautiful Nightmare That Knows Her Name

• “Killah”
• “Zombieboy”
• “Die With A Smile”
• “How Bad Do U Want Me”

Act IV: To Wake Her Is To Lose Her

• “Shadow of a Man”
• “Born This Way”
• “Shallow”
• “Vanish Into You”

Finale: Eternal Aria of the Monster Heart

• “Bad Romance”

Kendrick did not pop out. That answered the big question about Mustard’s late night Sahara Tent set, but that was likely as expected after they already teamed up for the biggest audience in all of human endeavor at the Super Bowl this year.

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Few dudes had a better year than Mustard, a charming guy and freshly-minted Grammy titan who can lodge a melody and bare-bones drum loop deep into one’s brain stem. But this was more or less the same DJ set he just played at Camp Flog Gnaw, with some local hero guests (YG, Roddy Ricch) and adding a bunch of rippers off Lamar’s “GNX” (and amusingly, Drake’s “Crew Love”). A low-stakes, well deserved victory lap for him, but—am I losing my mind after a long day on the field—did he not play “Not Like Us?” Bold omission, but it shows how deep his catalog is that he didn’t need to.

Some artists at Coachella and other festivals and concerts decline to allow the press to photograph them. It isn’t a new practice but one that is becoming more common.

On the occasion that happens, I bust out my notebook and pen to try to capture the vibes of the set for our readers. Unfortunately, I am not gifted in drawing.

That’s how my Terrible Stick Figures series came to be. I’ve done the stick figures at many, many festivals (Bob Dylan at Desert Trip, Willie Nelson at Stagecoach, Kid Cudi at Rock the Bells, many at Coachella.)

Tonight, it was Lady Gaga’s turn. Let me be clear, this is no reflection on Gaga. She is great. Unfortunately I am just awful at drawing.

Gaga wasn’t the only artist at Coachella on Friday who didn’t allow press photographers. Marina, Lisa and Missy Elliott also declined, but I didn’t make it over to their sets.

Mayhem descended upon Coachella as Mother Monster stepped into her headlining slot to a roaring crowd. Dressed in a baroque red gown and on a stage that gave “Phantom of the Opera” vibes. She started her performance at exactly 11:10 p.m.. Her opening song was “Bloody Mary.”

When Argentinian duo Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso sat down for their Tiny Desk Concert last year, their lives completely changed. They were instantly launched global vitality, with a new audience of millions of views. The longtime friends have been on a roll ever since, including their Coachella appearance on Friday night. Walking the line between sincerity and comedy, the musical pair brought a fresh kind of charisma to the Gobi tent.

In front of massive posters of their faces, they stayed seated throughout the majority of their performance, even during their most club-centric beats. Sticking out their tongues, smoking while playing guitar and wearing odd shaped glasses, Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso hit every lyric with a sense of agency. As they continued to sing and rap over electronic, jazzy and even punky tracks, the crowd was filled with murmurs about their “star quality” and how “unique” they are. Though this might have been their first ever performance in the states, nerves were nowhere to be found and it certainly won’t be their last.

Every April, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival brings global talent to crowds of nearly 250,000. Performing across two consecutive weekends, people in their finest festival wear gather to dance in the open field, hold their barricade spot secure for the night’s headliner and possibly discover their next musical fixation. Though Coachella is a worldwide phenomenon, the lineup tends to spotlight a few local artists every year.

The Times spoke with Southern California natives — rappers Shoreline Mafia, electro-punk duo Kumo 99, nu-gaze trio Julie and garage rockers Together Pangea — about how they are gearing up for the three-day desert festival.

Zooming through the vintage hits that made her one of hip-hop’s brightest stars in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Missy Elliott still seemed to be peering into the future in a rowdy main-stage set that served as a kind of victory lap after the long-overdue arena tour she finally mounted last year.

“Work It,” “One Minute Man,” “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)”: Each sounded as crazily inventive today as it did decades ago, Missy’s gum-snapping rhymes laid over her slithering beats just so. Extra props for wearing a succession of intricate costumes — including a sort of wind-tunnel inner-tube look — in the sweltering desert heat.

To think that Mike White didn’t know who Lisa was and had reservations about casting her.

The “White Lotus” creator might not have been a Blink right out of the gate, but if he happened to tune into the Sahara tent live stream on Friday night, he’d have seen one of his supporting cast come into solo stardom with full, pyrotechnic force.

As María Zardoya stood atop a raised platform in a white gown, it began to snow on the Outdoor stage during the Marías’ set. Performing “Lejos De Ti,” a melancholic Spanish ballad, the four-piece band brought a storm of faux snow to the desert to match the winter mood. Throughout their set, Zardoya waved a Puerto Rican flag, called out for her Latino family in the audience and even went down to the barricade where she got up close and personal with several fans.

Taking the audience through the band’s different eras, the group performed tracks such as “Heavy” off debut album “Cinema” and “Only in my Dreams” from an early EP as well as new single “Back to Me.” Before playing their latest song, Zardoya gave a disclaimer about how sad the song is, but said that she’s currently “the happiest [she’s] ever been.” She told the audience that she has recently lost love and people close to her and had to mourn parts of herself, but “things always get better…this song won’t help though.”

As I was waiting in line to grab some food Friday evening at the Indio Central Market, L.A. hip-hop legends the Pharcyde were performing at the Heineken House stage next door.

And while I was waiting, the group had the sizable crowd howl at the moon. That is something I’ve never seen at Coachella.

Notably, the moon isn’t quite full just yet. We will have a full moon on Saturday night for Green Day and Travis Scott.

You knew he’d wear a sparkly disco singlet. You knew he’d do a dramatic backflip (or three). But what you didn’t know — unless you happened to check Brian May’s Instagram ahead of time, that is — is that Benson Boone would perform an exceedingly faithful rendition of Queen’s immortal “Bohemian Rhapsody” as he made his Coachella debut on the festival’s main stage Friday night.

Backed by the 77-year-old Queen guitarist as well as a large gospel choir in angelic robes, the mustachioed pop-rock dreamboat nailed Freddie Mercury’s lung-busting theatrics — and, more important, seemed to be having a blast as he moved through each of the song’s many rock-operatic twists and turns.

Boone’s hit-or-miss originals don’t always live up to his theater-kid presentation — here he debuted a so-so new one called “Young American Heart” — but Queen’s epic phantasmagoria provided him with some sufficiently hammy material.

That said, has anyone checked on Adam Lambert?

The Do Lab is almost a mini festival within Coachella. In addition to the set performers, there are special guests, big names who drop in to do a set and dancing all day and night. It’s also one of the best places to cool off under the blazing sun.

(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

The most extravagant dining experience at Coachella this year comes courtesy of the global Japanese restaurant chain from chef Nobu Matsuhisa. Housed in the Red Bull Mirage pyramid in a multi-level terrace that faces the Quasar stage, the Nobu pop-up features an omakase counter and open-air booths where guests can purchase bottle service from Red Bull and a la carte items from Nobu’s menu.

Yellowtail topped with a slice of jalapeño and a sprig of citrus provided a cool, citrusy bite to combat the afternoon’s relentless heat, and plump portions of toro and bluefin tuna nigiri were filling without weighing me down. The welcome cocktail with sake, St. Germain, yuzu and Red Bull’s new white peach drink was refreshing and fruity without being overly sweet.

Everything was delicious, and with chefs passing you plates to eat immediately, it’s easy to feel as if you could be at any one of Nobu’s 56 locations around the world, rather than trapped in peak desert heat.

But as tempting as it is to want to teleport somewhere more temperate — especially when it involves fresh sushi sliced right in front of you — it’s still hard to justify the $350 per person cost (plus, omakase reservations are almost sold out). Sample a similar vibe at the Red Bull Mirage activation that’s open to all ticket holders with shade, seating and misters for staying cool.

We are melting in triple-degree heat in Indio and Lady Gaga‘s fans are taking it up a notch.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen this much leather at Coachella. I saw a handful of people early in the day wearing leather pants and one person with a bustier, and I wanted to check in on them to make sure they were drinking water because as I said, it is hot.

But now that the sun is dipping, even more festivalgoers are sporting leather — pants, knee-high boots, miniskirts, chaps, possibly a pair of culottes. It is still above 90 degrees. I commend the Little Monsters for their dedication to the look. And good luck to them if they have to peel off leather pants in the portable toilets.

Talk about ‘90s rap classics. From “Weak Azz B***h” to “Get Fly,” rap duo Three 6 Mafia not only performed its well-loved hits but brought out Machine Gun Kelly, Travis Barker and Wiz Khalifa to complete their star-studded Sahara tent set.

In the midst of the Memphis rappers’ fiery performance, DJ Paul asked if the crowd’s pills had kicked in yet. He confessed to taking a Xanax backstage and was starting to feel “loopy.” Alongside Juicy J, they rapped a verse of Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” and jokingly gave white people permission to say the N-word while singing. As the sun started to set on Coachella Day 1, Three 6 Mafia kept their performance loud and light hearted .

“Are you frying out there?” Go-Go’s frontwoman Belinda Carlisle asked the crowd of older Coachella-goers sweating under the late afternoon sun before the band launched into its set with the hit “Vacation.”

The band leaned heavily into its debut album, “Beauty and the Beat,” but they brought out a special guest to do a hit off their third album, “Talk Show,” just past the halfway point.

Billie Joe Armstrong, of Saturday night headliner Green Day, joined the band to sing and play guitar on “Head Over Heels.”

It was a nice moment between two generations of California punk bands at a festival started by a California punk show promoter.

The band rounded out its set with other big hits, including “Our Lips Are Sealed” and “We Got the Beat,” the latter with a mashup of Chappell Roan’s “Hot to Go.”

A good detail I didn’t include in my recent profile of Lola Young is that this British singer and songwriter has taken to singing the clean version of her viral hit “Messy” in concert so she can more easily remember not to drop the song’s many F-bombs when she’s performing on TV (which she’s been doing a lot lately). Not at Coachella, though: Here she sang the song about not living up to the stifling expectations of a lover in all its explicit glory, leading an overflow crowd in the Mojave tent in what had to be this weekend’s most exuberant singalong so far.

Under the record-breaking heat of the desert sun, some campers indulged in a cold plunge. Others played ping-pong and pickleball, while a distant trivia game was heard across the field. In the early afternoon, the camping hub was crawling with campers engaging with each of Coachella’s offerings. There were scheduled sound baths and yoga classes, team games like tug-of-war and free slurpees.

In the activity tent, a small group of friends stared intensely at the selection of flash tattoos offered at the tattoo and piercing area. There were some Hello Kittys, Pokémon and small symbols, like hearts and stars.

Lorenzo Licea and Berend Williges have camped during the festival for two years in a row and were seriously debating going home with a new piece of body art. Licea was in the market for a nose piercing and Williges could see himself getting a tattoo — they mentioned that the prices were reasonable ($80 for a nose piercing and $130 for a tattoo, depending on the design).

“The main thing I’m concerned about is the recovery for it. It’s hot, it’s dusty and not really the ideal conditions to get a tattoo or piercing,” said Licea. “But, maybe if I were to get it, it would be like on the last day.”

Williges shared similar concerns, but mentioned how the main draw would be saying that he got a tattoo at Coachella.

(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

Friday afternoon of Weekend 1 is always when the grass at the Empire Polo Club is the most pristine. It’s also when the field is the emptiest and you can wander around freely.

Waiting for the triple-degree heat to wane at Coachella feels like the kind of world-weary story I’ll relay to my grandkids one day. “When I was your age, I walked from the Coachella stage to the Mojave tent with the sun beating against my back, not a cloud in the sky or a hint of wind.”

After Ravyn Lenae’s funky-soulful set, I found respite in Aperol’s shimmering-orange pop-up, where bartenders quickly poured me a spritz. I left so as not to disturb surrounding photo shoots with budding influencers, but as I settled into a sliver of shade with my drink and watched one of the festival’s balloon handlers wield one end of the sloping string, I thought: I just might survive Day 1 after all.

As Southern California sees the end of a “mini heatwave” on Friday, about 100 miles inland Coachella’s doors are opening with potentially record-breaking heat.

The high in Indio, where the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is held annually, is forecast to reach about 102 degrees Friday, which will not crack the record high for the area of 106 degrees, set in 1904.

The famously influencer-filled fest is a people-watching bonanza. But the first celebrity sighting at Coachella 2025 was none other than a popular commercial star often seen at events around L.A.

Jake from State Farm was hanging out at the Village by Cactus Jack. He took photos with passersby as he was surrounded by a group of people decked out in his signature bright red outfit.

Also seen at the Travis Scott brand activation? Festivalgoers splayed out on daybeds in the shade provided by the massive scaffolding structure surrounding the Village. This first-time attendee is making a note of the primo shade offered by Cactus Jack.

When the Prodigy first played Coachella in 2002, they were outlaws. The brash electronic group’s 1997 LP “The Fat of The Land” had topped charts in the U.S. and heralded the mainstreaming of underground rave culture, which would morph into the EDM boom here a decade later. They were MTV staples for grimy videos like “Breathe” and “Firestarter,” where the dual-mohawked singer/dancer Keith Flint skulked around an empty subway tunnel, sneering in kohl eyeliner and an American flag sweater.

Liam Howlett, the Prodigy’s founder, recalled his band’s debut at Coachella as “a real British invasion. It was quite a different festival back then,” he said. “I remember it being quite loose and unregulated.”

Hello and happy Coachella! My car said that the temperature was already in triple digits and it was a hot walk inside. Bring a bottle of water to drink on the walk to the gate. As I’ve said before, dehydration is serious business.

However, I am not letting the heat get me down. I am going to see Mother Monster tonight! Before then, I am going to find some shade.

While the gates opened on time, some vendors were still waiting for things like soda and water and napkins right at 1.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is known for elevating some of the best up-and-coming Latin acts in the industry — and this year will be no different.

Despite the downsize from last year’s historic 21 Latino performers, the diverse lineup, from música Mexicana stars to experimental pop singers, will pack a punch at the Empire Polo Club in Indio for the next two consecutive weekends. Most of the billed acts will be making their Coachella debut.

It’s 12 p.m. in Bali, and two-thirds of Kneecap are sitting on a couch for a Zoom interview. DJ Próvai is in Ireland, spending time in Derry, while Móglaí Bap and Mo Chara are soaking in the Indonesian sun, eagerly preparing for their “date with a f— swimming pool.”

“How many people go to Coachella?” Chara asks.

Not making the drive to the desert? You’re in luck! Couchella season is in full swing.

Coachella’s YouTube livestream is returning this year with a lineup of the biggest names at the fest. The Main Stage stream is set to feature Lady Gaga’s headlining set, Missy Elliott’s buzzy festival performance and maybe even a Benson Boone backflip or two.

The festival has introduced its own livestream app on iOS and Android, allowing users to see the full schedule synced to their timezone, reminders for the sets and more.

See who is playing on the livestream for Friday:

Main Stage

4:20 p.m. Thee Sacred Souls; 5:40 p.m. Marina; 7:10 p.m. Benson Boone; 9 p.m. Missy Elliott; 11:10 p.m. Lady Gaga

Outdoor Theatre

4:05 p.m. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80; 5:25 p.m. The Go-Go’s; 6:45 p.m. Tyla; 8:20 p.m. The Marías; 10:10 p.m. Parcels; 11:10 p.m. The Martinez Brothers & Loco Dice

Sahara

4 p.m. Chris Lorenzo; 5:15 p.m. Three 6 Mafia; 6:10 p.m. Sara Landry; 7:15 p.m. Austin Millz; 7:45 p.m. Lisa; 9:10 p.m. Yeat; 10:25 p.m. GloRilla; 11:50 p.m. Mustard

Mojave

4 p.m. SAINt JHN; 4:50 p.m. Lola Young; 5:40 p.m. Ravyn Lenae; 6:05 p.m. Djo; 7:20 p.m. Eyedress; 8:35 p.m. Miike Snow; 10:05 p.m. The Prodigy; 11:20 p.m. Chris Lake

Gobi

4 p.m. Maribou State; 4:45 p.m. 4batz; 5:30 p.m. Parisi; 5:55 p.m. d4vd; 7 p.m. A.G. Cook; 8:15 p.m. Artemas; 9:30 p.m. CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso; 10:40 p.m. Indo Warehouse

Sonora

4 p.m. Tops; 5:00 p.m. Julie; 5:45 p.m. Glixen; 6:10 p.m. Kneecap; 7:05 p.m. vs self; 7:30 p.m. Los Mirlos; 8:40 p.m. Speed; 10 p.m. HiTech

Note that there have been livestream delays in past years, so don’t worry if your favorite artist is a few minutes late.

When Lola Young visits Los Angeles for work — something the singer-songwriter from South London has been doing with increasing frequency over the six years since she signed a major-label record deal at age 18 — she usually stays among the young and creatively inclined in Silver Lake.

“But right now we’re in Bel-Air,” she says with a slightly sheepish expression on a recent morning.

It’s not just residents and local bands emptying out of Los Angeles and trekking to Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this year. Some of the region’s best restaurants and chefs are joining them too.

Perhaps no one is more excited about the reunited Go-Go’s upcoming slate of high-profile gigs than Gina Schock. The 67-year-old drummer missed the band’s last big Los Angeles shows — in 2022 at the Crypto.com Arena and a three-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl in 2018 — due to health issues that required surgery on her thumb and to fuse three vertebrae together in her neck, respectively.

Now, however, Schock is healthy and looking forward to powering the band through a club set at one of their old haunts, the Roxy, on Wednesday, and then Friday and April 18 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. After playing dates in San Francisco and Las Vegas, they’ll wrap it up at the Cruel World festival in Pasadena on May 17, making the Go-Go’s one of the few bands to play the larger, more eclectic and current Indio festival and the ’80s-leaning Pasadena fest in the same calendar year.

Chris Lake isn’t one to plan.

Minutes before he’s set to perform at Coachella’s campgrounds, the British DJ sat in the front seat of a Jeep Wagoneer, uploading music to several USBs. He spent the day mulling over which direction he wanted to take this first-of-its-kind Coachella set. Before the festival gates officially open on Friday, Lake’s Thursday night performance marked the first year a musician played the campground for “Day Zero” festivities.

(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

The Thursday before Coachella officially begins — when campers begin arriving at the festival grounds — is colloquially known as Day Zero.

One of the new things for 2025 is a performance specifically for those Day Zero campers. Chris Lake and Sincerely, Manolo performed Thursday night for thousands of campers, many of whom braved long lines and waited hours to get into the campground.

(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

Rory, a reader who lives in Indio, wrote in to share a few tips for those headed to Coachella this weekend and next.

• You will have bad weather: Either heat or a windstorm. Prepare for both.
  
• Wear a thin layer for day and a bring a flannel/jacket for nighttime.
  
• Hydrate more than usual beforehand.
  
• Don’t go hiking beforehand. It will drain you.

Thanks, Rory!

We’re definitely feeling the heat for Weekend 1 with possible triple digits today, but as someone who still has nightmares about Dustchella back in 2013, I recommend not skipping a hoodie and making sure you have extra masks whenever there’s wind in the forecast.

My Coachella motto for at least 15 years has been “Dehydration is serious business.” I started the hydration a few days before — pay attention, Weekend 2 folks!

The hiking tip is also a crucial one. However, if you have time in the desert after the festival or you have plans to visit during a more temperate time of the year, we have a list of free hikes around Palm Springs.

Festival season is upon us. As our team embarks on its annual trek to the desert to cover Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone, the art, the food and more at the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, we have some helpful information and tips.

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Hundreds of thousands of people descend on Indio each year for Goldenvoice’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach, but few venture beyond the festival grounds. In the past, there wasn’t much to do in the desert city besides grab chips and a decadent Tamale Boat from Arriola’s Tortilleria or shop at Yellow Mart for western wear or a crossbow. Now, that’s all changing. Thanks in part to a business-friendly city government that is investing in art and infrastructure, downtown Indio is growing at an unprecedented pace.

New restaurants like Marcel Ramirez’s Gabino’s Creperie East, Roman Whittaker and Skip Paige’s popular gastropub Indio Taphouse and elevated Italian speakeasy Italica are drawing more people to and around the single-street stripthan have been there in decades. Thrifters can shop for vintage goods at Daniel Mata’s Urban Donkey, and those looking for an alternative nightlife scene can check out Adrian Romero’s Rosemary HiFi to sip beer and natural wines while listening to records on high-end stereo equipment.

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It’s festival season. And no, I don’t just mean The Times’ Festival of Books happening at the end of the month (see you at my panel…?). I’m also talking about Coachella and, unfortunately, Stagecoach. Whether you’re heading out to Indio, or enjoying the annual exodus of Angelenos, here are some books that give Coachella Valley vibes. As usual, you’ll also find the latest in lit news below, plus, we hop on the phone with the Best Bookstore in Palm Springs.

Our crew consists of veterans who have been covering the festival for decades as well as some first-time Coachella attendees. We’ve chronicled the food, the art, the fashion, the vibes — and, obviously, the music.

We are privileged to have a unique vantage point into one of the world’s biggest music festivals. So we want to know — what do you want to know? And what do you want to see from our live coverage at the festival?

After months of waiting, it’s finally here. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicks off today and we have a team in the desert covering everything: the food, the fun, and, of course, the music.

We’ll give you updates all weekend long. If there’s something you want to see, let us know. (And if you prefer to interact on Reddit, you can ask me over there at r/Coachella.)

We asked our team of reporters in the field to tell us what they’re most looking forward to this Coachella.

“Finding out what it means for Travis Scott to have ‘designed the desert.’” — Mikael Wood, who first Coachella’d in 2005

“Seeing all the classic punks (Glenn Danzig, Keith Morris, Belinda Carlisle) mingling backstage in the hospitality suites next to all the lip filler influencers and crypto bros.” — August Brown, whose first Coachella was 2006, a.k.a. the Daft Punk pyramid year

“Finally crossing the Go-Go’s off my concert bucket list.” — Vanessa Franko, whose first Coachella was the Rage Against the Machine reunion in 2007 and has covered every year since

“Reaching elder millennial nirvana at Missy Elliott’s set.” — Danielle Dorsey, whose first Coachella was in 2010 and who says, “I think I’ve been six or seven years, but what is time?”

“Though I may claim to be ‘Brat’-fatigued, seeing Charli XCX command a crowd never gets old.” — Cerys Davies, who first attended Coachella in 2017

“Hearing Mother Monster perform ‘Abracadabra’ after practicing my ‘amor-ooh-na-na’s and ‘morta-ooh-ga-ga’s for two months.” — David Viramontes, who is attending his first Coachella