Coachella Isn’t Sold Out Yet: Here’s Where You Can Buy Tickets

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Coachella was canceled last year due to the pandemic, but the annual music festival is back in full swing and it’s not too late to buy tickets.

The 2022 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival kicks off in Indio, Calif., on Friday (April 15). The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia, Harry Styles and Billie Eilish will headline the festival.

Additional performers include Phoebe Bridgers, Megan Thee Stallion, 21 Savage, Anitta, Giveon, Lil Baby, Big Sean, Daniel Caesar, Doja Cat, Run the Jewels, Karol G, Nicki Nicole, Nathy Peluso, Omar Apollo, Maggie Rogers, Ari Lennox, Ed Maverick, Jessie Reyez, Carly Rae Japsen, Japanese Breakfast, Kim Petras, Baby Keem, Disclosure, Princess Nokia, Cordae, Rebecca Black and Thundercat.

The two-week festival will take place at the Empire Polo Club on April 15-17 and April 22-24.

General Admission and VIP Passes for weekend one of Coachella are sold out at Ticketmaster, but there are plenty of passes available for weekend two. General admission tickets start at $353 and $897 for VIP (ticket prices are expected to fluctuate).

Over at Vivid Seats, you can purchase two to four tickets for this weekend for $276 and up while supplies last. VIP tickets start at $1,031 each. Weekend two tickets are $295 and up and $774 on Vivid Seats.

Stub Hub has tickets for sale for the inaugural weekend of Coachella, but like the other sites, expect to pay at least $300 for general admission. Weekend two tickets start at $295 and camping passes are $195 each. At Seat Geek, tickets start at around $259 for GA and $1,181 for VIP.

Finding a place to stay may be a little trickier as many of the hotel packages are sold out. You can search for hotels on sites such as Expedia, Trip Advisor and Travelocity, and Airbnb may still have bookings available.

After you get your tickets secured, check out our list of Coachella essentials to take on the road.

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Charlie Puth Vows to Always ‘Tell the Truth’ Musically After Elton John Said His Music ‘Sucked’

Charlie Puth got all the wrong “Attention” from Sir Elton John.

Puth stopped by Ellen on Wednesday (April 13) to perform his latest hit “Light Switch,” and while chatting with Ellen Degeneres, the singer revealed the comment that inspired him to make his most truthful music yet.

“The most important thing you can do, for all the songwriters watching this, when you write a song, it’s important to tell the truth. I wasn’t really doing that in 2019,” he explained of the time following the release of his 2018 album, Voicenotes. “The person who awoken my sense was none other than Elton John.”

Puth went on to explain that he met the iconic “Rocketman” singer at the popular West Hollywood restaurant, Craig’s, where Puth recalled John saying to him, “You know, your music sucked in 2019. It wasn’t good.”

While John’s thoughts were a “gut punch” to Puth, the quality of his music was something he had already been thinking about. “I was going through a messy breakup, and I think that was also going alongside it. It was kind of a wake-up call. I was in denial a little bit,” he explained. “Then, the whole world shut down and I was able to sit with my new way of making music and just decided I would never put out a song again if it weren’t the truth.”

Puth shared that his upcoming album Charlie because, “in the spirit of telling the truth, it’s the most ‘me’ music ever.”

Watch Puth’s “Light Switch” performance below.

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Hailey Bieber Begs Trolls to Leave Her Alone: ‘Be Miserable Somewhere Else’

Hailey Bieber has had enough. On Tuesday, the model shared a message with her online haters and didn’t hold anything back.

“This is for you guys in my comments every single time I post,” she captioned the frank TikTok video, which finds her speaking directly to the camera. “Leave me alone at this point,” she says in the clip. “I’m minding my business, I don’t do anything, I don’t say anything. Leave me alone. Please. Enough time has gone by where it’s valid to leave me alone. I beg of you, truly. That’s my only request. Leave me alone. Be miserable somewhere else. Please.”

The online harassment experienced by Bieber has been a near-constant in her life ever since she started dating now-husband Justin Bieber. In fact, back in December 2020, the pop star even publicly called out a fan of his ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez who was encouraging her followers to bully his wife by bombarding her Instagram Live with comments comparing her to the “Rare” singer.

“I just wanted to share this so that people get an idea of what we face on a day to day,” Justin wrote on his Instagram Stories at the time. “It is extremely hard to choose the high road when i see people like this try and rally to gather people to bully the person i love the most in this world. It is not right.”

Meanwhile, the daughter of Stephen Baldwin is still recovering after being hospitalized last month with a blood clot in her brain that was causing stroke-like symptoms. “Although this was definitely one of the scariest moments I’ve ever been through, I’m home now and doing well,” she shared on social media upon being released from the hospital. The health scare occurred amid Justin’s ongoing Justice World Tour, where he’s offering crew and fans free therapy through a partnership with online therapy platform Better Help.

Watch Hailey’s plea to her social media bullies below.

@haileybieber

this is for you guys in my comments every single time I post

♬ original sound – Hailey Bieber

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David Bowie Documentary ‘Moonage Daydream’ Is Coming to Theaters, HBO

An all-new documentary celebrating the life of late British rockstar David Bowie is nearing completion and will be released by NEON and Universal Pictures Content Group, the companies announced Wednesday (April 13). Titled Moonage Daydream, the film will be released by NEON in the U.S., while Universal Pictures Content Group has international distribution rights.

No theatrical release date has been announced, though the film is slated to premiere on HBO and HBO Max in spring 2023 via HBO Documentary Films. Theatrical engagements for Moonage Daydream — which marks the first film under a multi-picture deal between Morgen and BMG for IMAX Productions — will include IMAX screenings in select markets.

Five years in the making, Moonage Daydream was written, directed, edited and produced by Brett Morgen, who was given “unfiltered” access to Bowie’s personal archives, including all master recordings, according to a press release. While researching the film, Morgen came across hundreds of hours of never-before-seen 35mm and 16mm footage, allowing him to assemble Bowie’s performances from these original camera masters. The resulting project is described as “an artful and life-affirming film that takes the audience on a journey through Bowie’s creative life.”

Morgen was assisted in the effort by Bowie’s long-time collaborator, friend and music producer Tony Visconti; sound mixer Paul Massey (Bohemian Rhapsody); sound engineer David Giammarco (Ford v. Ferrari); the sound design team of John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone (Bohemian Rhapsody); and visual effects producer Stefan Nadelman (Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck).

Guided by “Bowie’s narration,” according to the release, Moonage Daydream includes 48 musical tracks mixed from their original stems and is the first film to be officially sanctioned by his estate. BMG owns the rights to Bowie’s songs released between 1970 to 1977, including the title song “Moonage Daydream” along with “Changes,” “Starman,” “Ziggy Stardust,” “The Jean Genie,” “All The Young Dudes,” “Life on Mars,” “Rebel Rebel,” “Fame,” “Young Americans” and “Golden Years.” The company additionally has the rights to six early Bowie recordings first released on the Pye label in 1966.

Moonage Daydream is part of an ongoing Bowie75 commemoration in honor of the icon’s life and musical legacy. Bowie died of liver cancer in January 2016 and would have turned 75 on Jan. 8, 2022.

Live Nation Productions partnered with BMG on Moonage Daydream as co-financiers and executive producers. Additional executive producers on the project include Hartwig Masuch, Kathy Rivkin-Daum and Justus Haerder for BMG; Michael Rapino, Heather Parry and Ryan Kroft for Live Nation Productions; Bill Zysblat, Tom Cyrana, Aisha Cohen and Eileen D’Arcy for RZO; Billy Gerber and Debra Eisenstadt.

NEON’s Jeff Deutchman negotiated the North America deal with Kevin Koloff, as well as Karen Gottlieb of Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C. Submarine and WME handled sales.

Moonage Daydream is the latest documentary film project for BMG, which announced its expansion into music-related movies in 2017. Previous releases include Bad Reputation, about the life and career of Joan Jett; David Crosby: Remember My Name, which was nominated for Best Music Film at the 62nd Grammys; DIO: Dreamers Never Die, about the life and career of Ronnie James Dio; Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records; and Echo In The Canyon, about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the ’60s and ’70s. BMG also recently partnered with Pulse and Quickfire Films to produce Lewis Capaldi’s debut feature-length documentary.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Score Their First No. 1 Album in 15 Years — Who Else Waited a Decade-Plus?

With Unlimited Love‘s debut atop the Billboard 200 this week, the Red Hot Chili Peppers scored their first No. 1 album in almost 16 years, dating back to 2006’s Stadium Arcadium. So just how rare is it to wait that long between Billboard 200 chart-toppers?

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about other acts who have waited at least 10 years between No. 1 albums. We searched through every No. 1 on the Billboard 200 going back to January 2010 and found 12 other acts who waited at least a decade, including Backstreet Boys, A Tribe Called Quest and Paul McCartney, who waited a whopping 36 years to get back to the top.

Who else is on the list? You’ll have to listen below to find out:

Also on the show, we’ve got chart news about how Harry Styles has the No. 1 song both in America and the world with his brand-new single “As It Was” and how the Grammy Awards shine on the Billboard 200, including a big re-entry for album of the year winner Jon Batiste. Plus, we’ve got news about Britney Spears announcing her pregnancy in perfectly Britney fashion, and now that we know who’s replacing Ye (formerly Kanye West) at Coachella — a combination of Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd — let’s talk about what we’re expecting from the new headlining duo.

The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard‘s executive digital director, West Coast Katie Atkinson and senior director of Billboard charts Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)

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Virtual Avatar Company Genies Raises $150M at $1B Valuation

Genies, a Los Angeles-based avatar startup with close ties to the music industry, raised $150 million in Series C funding led by Silver Lake and existing investors Bond, NEA and Tamarack Global, the company announced today. The deal values Genies at over $1 billion.

The six-year-old company has partnerships with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group as their official avatar and digital goods NFT provider, and has partnered with artists including Cardi B, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Shawn Mendes, J Balvin and Migos. Genies creates virtual identities for artists to use across the metaverse and releases digital wearables – such as a J Balvin space suit and a Mendes digital hoodie — for fans to collect and wear in the metaverse. Last year, Genies widened its ambition by launching a marketplace, The Warehouse, to allow individual designers to buy, sell and trade avatar designs.

“We believe avatar ecosystems are going to shape Web3 the same way that mobile apps defined Web2,” said CEO Akash Nigam in a statement. “In Web3, Gen Z avatar ecosystem builders are going to be the leaders of innovation and, through our creator tools, we strive to empower their wildest imaginations, ideas, and experiences as avatar creations.”

Entertainment executives and celebrities have bet on Genies’ vision for metaverse apparel and collectibles. Former Disney CEO Bob Iger invested an undisclosed amount in Genies and joined its board in March. Thomas Tull, the founder of Legendary Entertainment invested in 2019. Singer Camila Cabello and NBA player Victor Oladipo are also investors.

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