At Coachella, Clairo and Bernie Sanders, Plus Weezer, Charli XCX Perform – ryan

Indio, Calif. (AP)-Coachella’s Second Day Featured High-Profile Guests from Hollywood and Washington, DC, an Emotional Performance From Weezer and A Peaceful Transfer of Power BetWeen Electropop Stars. Then there was flava flav jaining the yo gabba gabba characters on-staage to rap “I love bugs!”

The Cultural Breadth of the Influential Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was on full Display Saturday at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.

Sen. Bernie Sanders of vermont and rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida Traveled From a Los Angeles Rally to the Desert to Introduce Clairo, Praising the 26-Yet-Old Singer-Stonger’s Political Activism.

Clairo performs During the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Pollo Club on Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Less than an hourrlier, Charli xcx commandeered a minimalist Stage where joineed by troye sivan and billie eilish, with an audience that included oscar nominee chalamet in the front row wearing a Big smile and a backpack.

As for that Power Transfer: AFTER LAST YEAR’s “Brat Summer,” The English Pop Star Concluded Her “Girl, SO confusing” performance with new Zealand Star Lorde by Declaring “Lorde Summer 2025.”

Bernie Sanders is seen after speaking during the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Pollo Club on Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Sanders’ appeararance wasn’t the day’s Only Dose of Politics. Billie Joe Armstrong Adjusted the Lyrics of Green Day Set-Opening “American Idiot” to Declare he’s “Not Part of the Maga Agenda” and Changed Lyrics in “Jesus of Suburbia” to “Running Away Pain the Kids From Palestine.”

T-Pain Brought Mash-ups and Covers to the Main Stage, Singing Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ “And Chris Stapleton’s” Tennesee Whiskey. ”

T-Pain Performs During the First Weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Pollo Club on Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

ALOK DURING PERFORTS The first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Pollo Club on Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Festivalgoers Are SEEN During the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Pollo Club on Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Earlier, Weezer Delivered a Dosen songs in a well-received performance Featuring “Undone,” “Buddy Holly” and a Cover of Metallica “Enter Sandman.”

The Band Played Four Days AFTER BASSIST SCOTT SHINER’S WIFE Jillian Lauren was Shot and Injured by Los Angeles Police. Lauren, An Author of Two Memoirs, was arrested and late posted bail after policy said she pointed a gun at say.

Rivers Cuomo, Left, and Scott Shriner of Weezer Perform During the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Pollo Club on Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Band Members Didn’t Specific Address The Incident, But Frontman Rivers Cuomo Told the Crowd, “It Feels so good to get with you guys and let these emotions.”

Coachella Kicked off Friday with Lady Gaga Headline with a Crowd-Pleasing, Extravagantly Theatrical, Five-Act performance. K-Pop Star Lisa Drew a Massive Crowd to the Sahara Tent and Benson Boone Announched His Second Album and Sang “Bohemian Rhapsody” with Queen’s Brian on Guitar.

The Festival Runs Through Sunday, With Another Round of Performance April 18 To 20. Travis Scott Headline Saturday night on the main stage with post to perform in the final Slot Sunday Night.