Kanye West bails on Coachella, leaving festival under pressure to find a headliner

Kanye West has bailed on Coachella, the place he was to have headlined each of the music pageant’s two weekends later this month, The Occasions has confirmed.

The cancellation leaves the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Pageant with solely two weeks to discover a new headliner, as West was booked for April 17 and 24. Travis Scott was to have joined the rapper — now referred to as Ye — however he gained’t carry out both, in line with TMZ, which first reported the information.

Reps for West and for Coachella didn’t reply instantly to The Occasions’ request for affirmation or remark Monday.

Ye beforehand headlined the pageant in 2011 and carried out his Sunday Service at Coachella on Easter 2019. He threatened earlier this yr to tug out of the reserving after fellow headliner Billie Eilish didn’t apologize to Scott for one thing she by no means stated.

On Friday, Web page Six cited unnamed sources in reporting that West instructed ex-wife Kim Kardashian that he was “going away to get assist” after weeks of random social media assaults on her and her boyfriend, Pete Davidson.