It was announced a few weeks that Amy Winehouse would not be performing at Coachella due to issues getting her visa, but now we’ve got a replacement. M.I.A. will be joining Coachella’s lineup, making it one of her first shows after having her son a few months ago. Entertainment Weekly reports that she’ll be taking Winehouse’s Saturday night spot.
I haven’t heard a lot of M.I.A.’s music, aside from the song on the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, but I know a lot of people who like her very much. Apparently, she announced her retirement at last year’s Coachella – I guess “retirement” was a code word for “maternity leave,” eh?
Coachella runs April 17-20, 2009, in Indio, California. Both three-day and individual-day passes are still available.
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March 21, 2009
Her retirement was before the whole popularity of Paper Planes, which is an awesome hip hop dance pop song. Now that she’s become fairly huge, she can’t pass up all these opportunities!
March 21, 2009
That’s a very good point, Jonathan. Gotta capitalize on that, and the popularity of Slumdog. She’s not really my fave style of music, but I’m sort of excited to see her anyway.
March 23, 2009
I dig M.I.A. and Paper Planes is far from my fave song of hers. She has some seriously wicked beats and I love the 70s disco vibe of her second album. Good to see she’s not officially retired – I missed her stop in Vancouver last year and hope to still catch her live – at some point.