Four Tet, Skrillex, and Fred Again.. Replacing Frank Ocean as Coachella 2023 Headliners

After closing out the first weekend of Coachella 2023, Frank Ocean will not return as the Sunday headliner of the California festivals second weekend. Instead, Four Tet, Skrillex, and Fred Again.. will perform in his place, Pitchfork can confirm. Upon revealing its full weekend two schedule, the festival had TBA listed under the 10:25 time slot at the Coachella main stage. The three electronic artists will perform at that time. Pitchfork has reached out to Coachella representatives for further comment.

Four Tet, Skrillex, and Fred Again.. recently released a collaborative track called Baby Again.. The artists have been sharing it during live sets in recent months, including the trios five-hour b2b live set at Madison Square Garden. The song prominently samples Lil Babys Baby.

Oceans camp said he was forced to cancel the weekend two performance on the advice of his doctor due to two fractures and a sprain in his left leg. It was chaotic, Ocean said in a statement. There is some beauty in chaos. It isnt what I intended to show but I did enjoy being out there and Ill see you soon.

The news followed reports that overall production of his headlining set was altered due to an ankle injury; a pair of ice skaters seemed to confirm rumors of a scrapped ice rink component. Oceans set was one of very few that didnt appear on the festivals YouTube stream, and it ended somewhat abruptly with an address to the crowd: Guys, Im being told its curfew, so thats the end of the show. Thank you so much.

Oceans performance last week was his first since 2017. He was announced as a headliner for Coachella 2020 before the festival was canceled for two years in a row due to the pandemic. In 2021, the festival revealed that Ocean would headline the 2023 edition instead of returning for a set in 2022.