Photos:: Day 1: 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
The Weeknd performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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The Weeknd performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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The Weeknd performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Jay Kay fronts the British funk and jazz band Jamiroquaion Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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St. Vincent performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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St. Vincent performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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St. Vincent performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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The Regrettes perform Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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The Regrettes’ Lydia Night performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Jean-Michel Jarre performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Masked fans enjoy Jean-Michel Jarre onFriday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Jean-Michel Jarre performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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“Supernova,” an art installation by Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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People walk inside the “Spectra” art installation at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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People walk inside of the “Spectra” art installation Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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A view from above the Empire Polo grounds through the colored panels of the “Spectra” installation.
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Fans crowd into the Sahara Stage for an electronic dance music performance Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Friends from San Diego take a group selfie inside “Etherea,” a wire mesh sculpture by Edoardo Tresoldi, Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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A festivalgoer alone inside “Etherea” at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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The American indie pop band Bleachers performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Jack Antonof of the American indie pop band Bleachers performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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A dancer sprays the crowd with water at the DoLab pnFriday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Festival fashion at the DoLab at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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The crowd gets sprayed with water at the DoLab on Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Indie pop artist Perfume Genius performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Indie pop artist Perfume Genius performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Indie pop artist Perfume Genius performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Kali Uchis on stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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The crowd dances to the Regrettes on Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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The Regrettes on stage Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio..
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Rapper Vince Staples performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Rapper Vince Staples performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Electro-pop artist Kelela, center, performs on the Mojave Stage on Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Knox Fortune perfoms at the Outdoor Theater on Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Festivalgoers with parasols walk past the “Supernova” sculpture Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Fans cheer as Los Angeles Azules takes the stage Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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The Mexican group Los Angeles Azules performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Los Angeles Azules performs Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Festivalgoers walk under the “Palm-3 World Station” art installation Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Electro-pop artist Kelela performs on the Mojave Stage onFriday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Indie rock singer-songwriter Moses Sumney performs on the Gobi Stage on Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Indie rock singer-songwriter Moses Sumney performs on the Gobi Stage on Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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Amanda Dihn, front, 29, is joined by her bridesmaids Friday on Day 1 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
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