Frank Ocean Cancels Coachella Headline Set After Chaotic First Show
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Coachella’s second show by Frank Ocean has been cancelled, just a week after his first performance – his first in six years – left many fans disappointed. The musician’s representative confirmed to Rolling Stone on Wednesday night that his upcoming performance had been cancelled due to a leg injury sustained during the festival’s first week. As a result of two fractures and a sprain in his left leg, the singer has received medical advice not to perform again. It was chaotic, Ocean said. Chaos can be beautiful in some ways. Despite the fact that it is not what I intended to show, I enjoy being out there and I will see you in the near future.
Frank Ocean has dropped out of headlining Coachella Week 2. pic.twitter.com/IqjC824FoE
— Pop Base (@PopBase) April 19, 2023
According to Variety, Blink-182 will replace Ocean as the headlining act. It was Ocean’s first show since 2017 when he headlined Coachella last Sunday. After the pandemic hit, the festival was rescheduled for 2023. He originally planned to headline it in 2020. Despite the high expectations, however, anger began to stir when the highly anticipated performance wasn’t live-streamed on the Coachella YouTube channel. About an hour after his scheduled start time, at around 11 pm local time, the singer took to the stage. His performance of several hit songs was distorted, while he mimed for others, using a vocal track.
frank ocean after pulling a generational scam on his fans pic.twitter.com/L93KOhasq1
— SK⚡️ (@raptalksk) April 19, 2023Advertisement
After Chaotic First Show At Coachella, Frank Ocean Cancels His Coachella Headlining Set
Rolling Stone reports that Frank Ocean cancelled his Coachella performance a week after his first performance disappointed many fans. The singer’s rep said Wednesday that due to two fractures and a sprain in his left leg, he wouldn’t be able to perform at Coachella the following week because of a leg injury suffered during the festival’s first week. The situation was chaotic. Chaos can be beautiful. Ocean stated in a statement sent by his rep, “It’s not what I intended to show, but I enjoy being out there and I’ll see you soon.” According to Variety, Blink-182 will replace Ocean as the headliner. After performing at several music festivals in Europe and at FYF Fest in Los Angeles last year, Ocean played his first headline set at Coachella last Sunday. The singer-songwriter was slated to headline the festival in 2020 before the pandemic struck and delayed it for 2023, a date the festival secured two years earlier with an announcement in August 2021. However, his highly anticipated headlining performance during Coachella Week One left many perplexed.
The fact that Ocean’s concert would not be live-streamed on the official Coachella YouTube account like the rest of the event left many fans disappointed. The musician took the stage approximately an hour after his announced start time, and the audience had already begun to leave. Ocean sat in the middle of the stage for the majority of the performance, which was curtailed short due to the stringent midnight curfew on Sundays. According to sources, Ocean’s initial act included 120 performers skating on ice. The podcast Empty Netters, hosted by former hockey players Dan and Chris Powers, recounted how Ocean’s rumoured ice skating element of his Coachella concert fell apart. The hosts revealed that these were just a few of the numerous professional skaters who had been chosen for the performance. Some fans were inspired by Ocean’s long-awaited performance after the news of his contentious set and cancellation in week two. On Tuesday, Justin Bieber shared an image from Ocean’s performance with a comment that expressed his feelings. Frank Ocean’s Coachella performance blew me away, wrote Bieber. I was moved to tears. It inspired me to keep working and improve as an artist. He continues to raise the standard and provided me with a night I will never forget! Thank you, Frank.
but he made blonde pic.twitter.com/NvkUCHUUDc
— Jak (@JakTunes69) April 20, 2023
My second weekend holders rn pic.twitter.com/Frlqx3X6Q1
— Joseph Teegardin (@Joseph) April 19, 2023
Frank Ocean about to go back into hiding for another decade only to reappear again and ruin Coachella 2033
— Def Noodles (@defnoodles) April 19, 2023
I always had this feeling that Frank is more an artist/musician than a performer, I believe he doesn’t like be in front of any crowd, maybe his art is too personal for him and it’s difficult for him being on stage, could be too vulnerable for him and try self sabotage sometimes
— Denise (@dnsrpld1989) April 19, 2023
