The Weeknd And Swedish Home Mafia Are The New Coachella Headliners

Properly, that was fast. Simply days after Kanye West pulled out of headlining Coachella — allegedly to get his head on straight after months of juvenile social media antics — the pageant has introduced his substitute: A double act consisting of EDM supergroup Swedish Home Mafia and ’80s pop revivalist The Weeknd.

Funnily sufficient, The Weeknd truly beat the precise pageant in posting the brand new lineup on Twitter by about 5 minutes. That stated, the fest’s official account rapidly corroborated the brand new info by posting the flyer shortly after.

Within the wake of Kanye’s withdrawal from the pageant, there was loads of hypothesis about who may take his place, with some sources positing everybody from Doja Cat to Justin Bieber. With Swedish Home Mafia and The Weeknd, Coachella has discovered a pair of artists who collectively have the clout to fill the void left by West’s departure.

The Weeknd — who not too long ago turned the artist with the second-most diamond certifications in historical past — could use the headlining set as a dry run for his upcoming After Hours Til Daybreak Tour with Doja Cat. The Canadian singer had pushed again the tour after discovering that arenas have been too constraining to do the whole lot he needed to do with the present, which can now take over stadiums in 18 cities, together with his native Toronto.