Frank Ocean suffered an ankle harm at on-site rehearsals the week earlier than Coachella, which led to manufacturing adjustments following medical doctors’ recommendation, Billboard can verify.
In line with TMZ, who first reported the information, one of many main manufacturing adjustments concerned the usage of an ice rink, which was constructed particularly for the headlining efficiency on Sunday (April 16). The skaters casted for the present nonetheless joined Ocean onstage regardless of the eliminated ice rink, and wore customized Prada as background dancers, based on a supply near the state of affairs.
The supply additionally famous that Coachella organizers cherished the ultimate product, which featured 20 songs together with fully reworked variations of a few of his hit tracks like “Pink + White,” “Solo,” “Chanel,” “Wiseman” and extra. Ocean closed out his much-awaited set along with his cowl of Aaliyah‘s 1994 observe “At Your Finest (You Are Love)” that was featured on his 2016 visible album Limitless. See Billboard‘s full recap right here.
The elusive singer’s efficiency got here three years since Ocean, Travis Scott and Rage Towards the Machine had been all slated to headline the 2020 version of Coachella, which was postponed on account of COVID-19.
It’s nonetheless unclear why Ocean started his set almost an hour late or how harm will have an effect on his Weekend 2 efficiency, as he’s scheduled to take the stage once more on Sunday (April 23).
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