This post was updated April 20 at 10:20 p.m. Seun Kuti is hoping to remind audiences of the intersection between art and social justice. After not being able to take the Indio, California, stage in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian musician and his band Egypt 80 will perform at the second weekend of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Read more...

Photo: Seun Kuti wears a red ensemble and squats next to a tiled wall while placing his hands on his head. Kuti is the son of Fela Kuti, a pioneer of the Afrobeat genre, and is performing at both weekends of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (Courtesy of Kola Oshalusi)

Burning bright, Tinlicker’s newest track is heating up the Coachella Valley. “I Started A Fire,” which also features vocals by Hero Baldwin, follows the electronic and dance music duo’s 2024 album “Cold Enough For Snow.” Composed of members Jordi van Achthoven and Micha Heyboer, Tinlicker played the track at the first weekend of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Read more...

Photo: Pictured are Jordi van Achthoven (left) and Micha Heyboer (right) from the duo Tinlicker, with Hero Baldwin in the center, leaning against a red wall. The band performed at the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last weekend and will perform again for the festival’s second weekend. (Courtesy of Mees Borst)