Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone will headline 2025’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, organisers said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Travis Scott will play a special guest slot.
Missy Elliott, Charli XCX and Megan Thee Stallion will also feature at the major event in the California desert that kicks off the music festival circuit. Blackpink members Jennie and Lisa will perform separately this year after performing together in 2023 as the first Asian and all-female act to ever headline Coachella.
Coachella unfolds over two vibrant three-day weekends each spring. This year, the festival will run from April 11–13 and April 18–20.
The line-up reveal came months earlier than usual, one day after Post Malone slipped in his tour schedule release that he’d be playing concerts during the anticipated festival dates in Indio.
Post Malone has performed at Coachella multiple times before but has never headlined. In their 37-year career, Green Day has never performed at Coachella, though Billie Joe Armstrong joined the Replacements on stage in 2014.
“Death, taxes, and rock’n’roll,” Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told Rolling Stone. “In this world gone sideways, we know one thing for certain: rock’n’roll is forever, and its spirit is needed now more than ever. So bring your rage, your hope, and your loudest voice. Coachella, let’s have the time of our lives.”
Scott’s performance will come four years after he was slated to headline the 2020 festival, which was ultimately scrapped due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
South Africa’s Tyla will perform at the 2025 edition after pulling out last year due to an injury.
Other acts of interest include famed conductor Gustavo Dudamel, LA Philharmonic, and a return to the desert for Brazil’s Anitta and electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk.
Last year’s festival was headlined by Lana Del Rey, Doja Cat and Tyler, the Creator. It also featured a special reunion performance from No Doubt.
Taylor Swift was also an overwhelming presence at the grounds flanked by the San Jacinto Mountains in 2024 — although as a spectator, not a performer.
