After a six-year hiatus from live performances, Frank Ocean made his much-anticipated return to headline this year's Coachella music festival. The Grammy winner took to the stage on Saturday, April 15, to perform hits including "Novacane," "Crack Rock," "White Ferrari" and an acoustic version of "Self-Control." However, Ocean's performance was not well received by Coachella ticket holders and many on social media, who criticized his performance as "lackluster." The singer-songwriter also faced backlash for canceling her YouTube livestream, showing up late to the stage, and not selling merchandise at the festival.
Now, less than a week away from the controversial show, Ocean has withdrawn from headlining Coachella and will not perform during the festival's second weekend. On April 19, a rep for Ocean confirmed in a statement to Rolling Stone that the upcoming show had been canceled after the singer received medical advice not to perform "due to two fractures and a sprain in his left leg." Cancel. Meanwhile, speaking about his split performance, Orson said: "It was chaotic. There was some beauty in the chaos. It's not something I wanted to show, but I enjoyed being there and I'll see you soon. "
According to Variety , Ocean will be replaced by Blink-182, who will reportedly headline the Coachella music festival the weekend starting April 21.
Of course, fans had a lot to say about Ocean's explosive announcement, with many taking to Twitter to express their disappointment.
"I know it's so good to see Frank Ocean for $50," one fan wrote on Twitter, while another added the "Thinkin Bout You" hitmaker's The replacement described it as "objectively the funniest music festival replacement in history".
Others, however, are excited about Blink-182's upcoming headlines. "So glad Blink-182 replaced Frank. That set is about to get crazy," another fan commented.
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